Joey Carbery pumped for Ireland return, says van Graan

Johann van Graan has backed a “pumped” Joey Carbery to make a speedy return to the Ireland fold and book his place in Joe Schmidt’s 31-man World Cup squad for Japan next month.

Munster fly-half Carbery, 23, injured an ankle in the 50th minute of Ireland’s opening Guinness Summer Series fixture against Italy on August 10 and was forced to undergo a minor surgical procedure making him unlikely to be fit before the World Cup pool opener against Scotland on September 22.