{"id":19608,"date":"2021-02-02T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19608"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:42:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:42:47","slug":"doris-and-roux-likely-to-miss-irelands-six-nations-opener-against-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19608","title":{"rendered":"Doris And Roux Likely To Miss Ireland&#8217;s Six Nations Opener Against Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.57773547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.57773547.jpg 512w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.57773547-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>Ireland forwards Caelan Doris and Quinn Roux look certain to miss the Guinness Six Nations opener against Wales after returning to their provinces for medical assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Leinster number eight Doris, who was arguably his country\u2019s standout performer during the Autumn Nations Cup, has symptoms of concussion.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa-born lock Roux has a neck complaint and rejoined Connacht.<\/p>\n<p>Munster backrow Gavin Coombes and Leinster lock Ryan Baird will train with Andy Farrell\u2019s side this week, ahead of Sunday\u2019s meeting with Wayne Pivac\u2019s men in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Johnny Sexton, forwards Iain Henderson, Tadhg Furlong and Peter O\u2019Mahony and winger James Lowe were among the injury doubts included in head coach Farrell\u2019s initial 36-man selection.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from the Irish Rugby Football Union, all players still in the camp are expected to train this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-19608\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19608&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-19608\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19608&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-19608\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19608&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19608\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland forwards Caelan Doris and Quinn Roux look certain to miss the Guinness Six Nations opener against Wales after returning to their provinces for medical assessment. 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