Leinster to wait before assessing Ciarán Frawley injury

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says they will wait until Monday to fully assess Ciarán Frawley's ankle injury.

The out-half was replaced just 16 minutes into Saturday’s 33-12 win against Connacht at the Dexcom Stadium, after he appeared to go over on his ankle after being tackled in the build-up to his side’s second try of the night.

The sight of Frawley limping out so early will also be a concern for Ireland head coach Andy Farrell, who is due to name his squad for next month’s Autumn Nations Series on Wednesday. Ireland’s first game of four next month is against New Zealand on Friday, 8 November, less than three weeks away.

Cullen had no update on the extent of Frawley’s injury in the immediate aftermath of the win, adding that the province will let the issue settle over the weekend before assessing it when the squad regather on Monday.

The Leinster coach was delighted with his side’s showing in difficult conditions as they comfortably saw off the challenge of Connacht to maintain their perfect start, with five bonus-point wins from five games so far this season.

Tries for Jamie Osborne, Liam Turner and RG Snyman gave them a 21-5 buffer at half time, while Max Deegan and Andrew Osborne (below) also added scores in the second half, as they played into a strong wind, which was only blowing harder as the game grew.

"We're delighted with the win. It's bloody tough coming here," Cullen said.

"Conditions were tricky as well out there. I thought we started the game well again, that's a few weeks in a row we've started the game well.

"We got in for two good tries and probably had another couple of opportunities we didn't take. Connacht came back into the game and had to play into the wind, it was very difficult to kick into the wind."