Updated 19.30
CIAN HEALY WAS a welcome participant as Joe Schmidt’s Ireland side ran through an open training session in Cork today.
The loosehead has emerged as a major doubt for the looming Rugby World Cup after undergoing surgery on a neck injury before the end of last season.
The still images from Musgrave Park do not show Healy taking part in contact training
Contact is often omitted from open sessions, however. And running on the angle past Marty Moore is none-the-less a heartening image to see.
Jack McGrath posed for a picture with this young Irish ruby fan
Schmidt emerges from the tunnel in Cork
All the onlookers wanted a piece of Sean O’Brien
And local lad done good Simon Zebo
Peter O’Mahony never shirks a head-to-head
Robbie Henshaw hit the pads
Conor Murray puts his knee through kicking pressures
Jonathan Sexton gets his stretch on
Fans were out in force
Church attempted to trap a ball between his knees
Ian Keatley got a training run for the bibbed side
Paul O’Connell and Simon Zebo were cooled off
A creed to live by
Originally published 13.00