James Ryan to see specialist as Ireland issue injury updates

James Ryan is seeing a specialist today to discover the extent of his hand injury but has not been ruled out for Ireland's World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand on Saturday.

The Leinster lock came on as a replacement in the Pool B win over Scotland but appeared to be playing through the pain. He had suffered a wrist injury against South Africa in the third pool match on 23 September.

"James Ryan is seeing a specialist and we're hoping for better news than originally anticipated," said team manager Mick Kearney.

"We won't have a definitive [diagnosis] on James until after he sees the specialist but certainly there would be more optimism around James than probably what was originally anticipated.

"He's seeing the specialist today so we should know more either today or tomorrow morning. Certainly within the next 24 hours we should have a clearer picture about where James is at."

Wing Mack Hansen "took a bang to his calf but is improving," said Kearney.

"Both him and James [Lowe, eye] are making good strides."

Keith Earls and Robbie Henshaw "are both in contention" as they try to shake off hamstring injuries.

"No call ups, no one added to the squad, and at this stage, no one ruled out for the match against New Zealand on Saturday night," added Kearney.

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