Joey Carbery to train fully with Ireland as key players up rehab

Joey Carbery has been cleared to take a full part in Ireland training week after shaking off the shoulder knock he suffered against Leinster.

The Munster out-half was replaced after 53 minutes after hurting his shoulder when tackling Scott Penny and looked in some discomfort as he left the pitch.

However, the IRFU released a positive squad update on Tuesday confirming Carbery had been passed fit to train fully with the Ireland squad at Carton House.

Carbery's Munster team-mates Tadhg Beirne (abductor) and Peter O’Mahony (neck) will train later this week as will Tadhg Furlong, who missed Leinster’s win over Munster with an ankle injury.

Leinster duo Jamison Gibson-Park and Hugo Keenan, who have yet to feature this season, will be integrated into training along with Jacob Stockdale and Calvin Nash.

Ciarán Frawley has a shoulder complaint which will be managed across the week while Josh van der Flier and Craig Casey will continue their rehabilitation from ankle and groin injuries respectively.

The Ulster contingent of Robert Baloucoune, James Hume, Rob Herring, Michael Lowry, Stuart McCloskey, Tom O’Toole, Nick Timoney and Kieran Treadwell returned from South Africa on Monday night.

They will be managed over the coming days following the recent gastro issues experienced by the squad that resulted in the postponement of their game against the Cell C Sharks.

Ireland begin their Bank of Ireland Nations series against world champions South Africa on 5 November before Tests against Fiji and Australia on 12 and 19 November respectively.

The 12 players who were named in the Ireland 'A’ panel for the game against an All Blacks XV on 4 November will remain with their provinces for this weekend’s round of BKT United Rugby Championship