'Everyone trained' - Injury problems ease for Ireland ahead of second Test

Ireland's injury worries appear to be easing ahead of Saturday's second Test agaunst South Africa in Durban, with Andy Farrell set to have a full squad of players to choose from.

While Dan Sheehan and Craig Casey were ruled out earlier this week, and replaced in the group by Dave Heffernan and Nathan Doak, there had been several minor knocks in the group following a bruising defeat to the world champions in Pretoria at the weekend.

Robbie Henshaw, Bundee Aki, James Lowe, Jamie Osborne and Andrew Porter were all treated for injuries after the 27-20 defeat, but all members of the squad too part in this afternoon's session at their Northwood High School base in North Durban.

"Everyone trained today, Heff [Dave Heffernan] and Doaky [Nathan Doak] came in and took part in the session," defence coach Simoin Easterby said.

"Everyone apart from Dan [Sheehan] and Craig [Casey] were available and training."

Farrell is due to name his team on Thursday afternoon for the second Test, with Ronan Kelleher and Conor Murray expected to come into the line-up to replace the injured Sheehan and Casey.

Garry Ringrose is also in the mix to start after impressing off the bench in Saturday's game at Loftus Versfeld, and while Robbie Henshaw is on track to come through the return to play protocols before this week's game at King's Park, Ringrose's impact in defence last week cannot be ignored.

Ireland's early sluggishness in defence was one of the big frustrations for Farrell on Saturday night, as they struggled to get a grip on South Africa's wide gameplan.

And Easterby says while they were prepared for what the Springboks would do in attack, their execution left a lot to be desired.

"They put the ball into space which we anticipated but we didn't deal