{"id":316710,"date":"2026-02-25T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316710\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:45:08","slug":"wales-will-be-without-plumtree-for-ireland-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316710\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales will be without Plumtree for Ireland clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taine Plumtree has been ruled out of the Wales&#8217; Guinness Six Nations clash with Ireland but Sam Costelow could feature in next week&#8217;s game at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Blindside flanker Plumtree limped off in the 10th minute of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/rugby\/2026\/0221\/1559731-scotland-keep-triple-crown-hopes-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">26-23 defeat to Scotland<\/a> in Cardiff because of a shoulder injury and has now been released from Steve Tandy&#8217;s squad.<\/p>\n<p>Costeloe lasted until the 55th minute of the Principality Stadium showdown due to ankle damage but is to remain with Wales to continue his rehabilitation, according to a statement released by the Welsh Rugby Union.<\/p>\n<p>A trip to Dublin to face Ireland on 6 March is the team&#8217;s next assignment and Costelow will be given every opportunity to prove his fitness following a superb performance against Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Six Nations table 2026 after round three\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0023f010-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Scarlets playmaker was not involved during the autumn but has fought his way back into the team, making his first appearance of the Six Nations last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>His return coincided with Wales&#8217; most encouraging display of the championship, even if their three-year wait for a win in the tournament continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"youtube-container\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taine Plumtree has been ruled out of the Wales&#8217; Guinness Six Nations clash with Ireland but Sam Costelow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-316710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316710","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=316710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}