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Henderson sidelined again ahead of Six Nations
After only recently making a comeback following thumb surgery, Ulster’s Iain Henderson is set to miss several weeks due to a finger injury.
Ireland appear set to be without Iain Henderson for the start of their Six Nations title defence after Ulster confirmed the lock will be out for “several weeks” with a finger injury.
Second-rower Henderson was hurt during the 14-13 European Champions Cup win over Leicester Tigers at the weekend having only just returned to action following thumb surgery.
Ulster confirmed in a statement that the latest injury is not related to the thumb that was operated on in December, though the setback suffered by the forward is a blow for Ireland ahead of this year’s Six Nations.
Joe Schmidt’s squad open their campaign against England in Dublin on February 2 before travelling to Edinburgh to face Scotland the following weekend.
The defending champions were already certain to be without versatile forward Tadhg Beirne for their first two fixtures due to a knee injury, with Quinn Roux drafted into the squad as a replacement.
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