The Scotsman

Slam-chasing Ireland could welcome back quartet for Twickenham

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three win over Wales due to a knee issue and a dislocated toe respective­ly.

Munster prop Jager made his Test debut as a replacemen­t in that 31-7 success on February 24 before sustaining a knee problem.

Grand Slam-chasing Ireland, who play at Twickenham on Saturday before completing their campaign at home to Scotland seven days later, reported a clean bill of health ahead of holding a more physical training session today. "We

Garry Ringrose has not yet featured in this year’s championsh­ip

all on the field today, it was great," scrum coach John Fogarty said yesterday.

"Garry and Hugo, Hendy, all trained today, Oli as well. So, yeah, it's such an important day forustobeo­nthefield.ahealthy squad training is important for

selection and it was great they were all on the field."

Ciaran Frawley deputised for Keenan against Wales and marked his first internatio­nal start with one of four tries for Andy Farrell's side.

Asked about the

progress of Ireland's first-choice No 15, Fogarty said: "Well, he trained today. Again, they are on the road to recovery, training on the field today live was important for them. We'll see how they got through the session.

"We've another session on Wednesday, which is the most physical session of the week where we'll properly test our plan so we'll see how he gets through tomorrow and then Andy will select his side.

"[Tuesday] it's full speed, there's no huge contact in it, it's kind of a coaching day.

"Monday is forming a plan, Tuesday we put it on the field and we'll see the timings of our launch plays and how our defence works, and Wednesday we'll test that full contact.

"We want to get as live as possible, ready for what's going to be a huge test in Twickenham."

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