{"id":241694,"date":"2026-01-12T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/241694\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:09:10","slug":"injuries-to-andrew-porter-and-paddy-mccarthy-leave-ireland-stretched-for-paris-clash-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/241694\/","title":{"rendered":"Injuries to Andrew Porter and Paddy McCarthy leave Ireland stretched for Paris clash \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leinster<\/a> and Ireland<\/a> are facing a severe test of their reserves at loosehead prop with the news that Andrew Porter could be absent for up to a couple of months while Paddy McCarthy has suffered a \u201csignificant\u201d foot injury.<\/p>\n

Porter suffered a calf injury in training last Thursday while McCarthy was forced off in the 43rd minute of last Saturday\u2019s dramatic 25-24 win over La Rochelle<\/a> at the Aviva Stadium. Neither player is expected to be available for the opening stages of the Six Nations, which kicks off when France host Ireland on February 5th. <\/p>\n

In the short-term, Jack Boyle (shoulder) could return for Saturday\u2019s Investec Champions Cup clash with Bayonne at Stade Jean-Dauger (4.15pm local time\/3.15pm Irish time, live on Premier Sports 2).<\/p>\n

If that match comes too soon for Boyle, he should be fit in time for the Six Nations opener in Paris, with the Munster<\/a> pair of Michael Milne and Jeremy Loughman also coming into consideration. It may also lead to Tom O\u2019Toole converting back to loosehead.<\/p>\n

Fullback is also stretched, albeit Hugo Keenan is nearing match fitness, as he is \u201cincreasing his on-field training\u201d following his hip injury. Despite limping off gingerly with a foot injury last Saturday, Ciar\u00e1n Frawley has not been ruled out of the Bayonne trip while Jimmy O\u2019Brien is back in the mix, as is Garry Ringrose, RG Snyman and Tadhg Furlong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leinster and Ireland are facing a severe test of their reserves at loosehead prop with the news that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[75388,61,60,1449,11287,43,15551],"class_list":{"0":"post-241694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-andrew-porter","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-ireland-rugby","12":"tag-leinster-rugby","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-six-nations"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}