{"id":337637,"date":"2026-03-09T22:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/337637\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:02:10","slug":"jeremy-loughman-ruled-out-of-irelands-game-against-scotland-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/337637\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Loughman ruled out of Ireland\u2019s game against Scotland \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Jeremy Loughman\u00a0has been ruled out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-rugby\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-rugby\/\">Ireland<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/six-nations\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/six-nations\/\">Six Nations<\/a> clash against Scotland at a sold-out Aviva Stadium on Saturday (Kick-off 2.10pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">There are no fresh injury concerns arising from the 27-17 win over Wales and with Loughman\u00a0again sidelined, the likelihood is that Tom O\u2019Toole will further his education as a loosehead option, while the Connacht prop\u00a0Billy Bohan\u00a0has joined the squad as well as Munster\u2019s\u00a0Brian Gleeson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Ulster trio\u00a0of Cormac Izuchukwu,\u00a0Jude Postlethwaite\u00a0and\u00a0Bryn Ward\u00a0have returned to Ulster ahead of their refixed URC clash away to Edinburgh on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Ireland team will be named on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our rugby WhatsApp channel<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773093730_601_67P3MVWFGRH4RTWHUUGF5JCJAI.jpg\"  width=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you want the latest rugby news, analysis and opinion then you should follow our dedicated WhatsApp channel. From Gerry Thornley to Owen Doyle and Gordon D\u2019Arcy, we have every angle covered.<\/p>\n<p>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VbBUzyGIN9ipYJTuMU0f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VbBUzyGIN9ipYJTuMU0f\">the channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremy Loughman\u00a0has been ruled out of Ireland\u2019s Six Nations clash against Scotland at a sold-out Aviva Stadium on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,1449,43,75784,15551,40,38,41,39,92456],"class_list":["post-337637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-ireland-rugby","tag-news","tag-scotland-rugby","tag-six-nations","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-wales-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337637","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=337637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}