Osborne injury will force back three reshuffle

The now injured Jamie Osborne had been deputising for the injured Hugo Keenan

Jamie Osborne of Ireland is tackled by Kippei Ishida of Japan during the Quilter Nations Series 2025 match between Ireland and Japan at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Andy Farrell will be forced into a backline reshuffle for Ireland’s showdown with Australia in Dublin on Saturday following full-back Jamie Osborne’s suspected shoulder dislocation during the 41-10 victory over Japan.

Osborne had been deputising for the injured Hugo Keenan, whose rehabilitation from the hip surgery he underwent following the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia this summer is expected to keep him sidelined until after Christmas. Yet after starts against both New Zealand and Japan on successive Saturday’s Osborne’s Ireland involvement looks over for the remaining two games of the Quilter Nations Series, leaving the Ireland boss to consider his options for the number 15 jersey.