Peter O'Mahony: 'Ultimate professional' Joey Carbery has time on his side 

Joey Carbery looks in serious danger of missing out on World Cup selection.

TOUGH TIMES: Munster’s Joey Carbery. Pic: INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Thinus Maritz

Joey Carbery had to show a rare mental resilience to wade his way through the mire of injuries that stalled his career for so long, after suffering that ankle problem in the dead air of a World Cup warm-up game back in 2019.

That resolve has been sorely tested again this past three months with the talented 27-year-old dropped from Andy Farrell’s Ireland Six Nations squad and then slipping down the pecking order at Munster as the season grows legs.