Update: Fresh Ireland blow as Hugo Keenan out following Bundee Aki disciplinary axe

Aki has been replaced in the squad by uncapped Ulster centre Jude Postlethwaite.

Connacht's Bundee Aki after the game. Pic: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho

Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations build-up has been dealt yet another blow with confirmation that Hugo Keenan suffered a fractured thumb during Tuesday's training session and will take no further part in preparations for the opener against France.

It follows news earlier today that Bundee Aki has been axed from the travelling party for discplinary reasons.