Worry for Ireland as Jamie McGrath stretchered off playing for St Mirren

Stephen Kenny will be hoping McGrath’s injury doesn’t keep him out of next month’s concluding World Cup qualification double-header against Portugal and Luxembourg

St Mirren's Jamie McGrath is carried off the pitch on a stretcher during the Scottish Premiership match against Rangers. Picture: Steve Welsh/PA 

The extent of the hip injury which forced Ireland midfielder Jamie McGrath to be stretchered off today will be known after a scan on Monday.

McGrath sustained the knock in St Mirren’s 2-1 defeat to Rangers, a match they led in through a screamer by former Ireland U21 midfielder Connor Ronan.