Ireland and Munster rocked by Joey Carbery wrist injury

There was no mention of the injury to Carbery in a medical update issued by Munster at 6.14pm last night, but confirmation was forthcoming an hour and a half later after news of the problem emerged online.

Munster’s Heineken Champions Cup hopes, as well as Andy Farrell’s first Six Nations campaign in charge of Ireland, have been thrown into disarray after Joey Carbery was ruled out with a wrist ligament injury which will require surgery.

Munster confirmed last night that Carbery suffered the injury in his first start for the province this season when they were defeated by Ulster in Belfast on Friday night.