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Delayed Departure

Fresh injury sees D'Arcy stay behind

A calf strain has forced centre Gordon D’Arcy to postpone his flight to New Zealand for at least 48 hours.

IRELAND’S WORLD CUP squad has been hit by further injury problems with confirmation that centre Gordon D’Arcy will not leave Ireland with the rest of the travelling party after picking up a calf strain during a recovery session on Tuesday morning.

The Leinster star will delay his journey to New Zealand by 48 hours in order to “minimise the possibility of any swelling on the flight”, according to an IRFU statement. The strain has been scanned and it was decided to allow D’Arcy recover in Ireland before joining up with the rest of his team-mates in Queenstown at a later date.

Declan Kidney, his staff and 28 players will leave for their World Cup camp on Tuesday evening as planned with both D’Arcy and Cian Healy staying behind for treatment.

Injury has already forced the withdrawal of Munster’s David Wallace, who is looking to a spell of at least six months on the sidelines, from the 30-man panel and D’Arcy was, at one stage, a doubt for the tournament itself after requiring surgery on an ankle injury sustained in the Heineken Cup final in May.

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