Good news for James Coughlan however, who was also forced to retire (eye injury) but has been given the all clear and he is availble to be named in the squad for Friday's clash with London Irish as is Tomas O'Leary who trained with the squad this morning after his surprise omission from the World Cup squad.
Darragh Hurley (achilles) and Development contracted Troy Smith (cruciate) will not be considered for that game nor will Johne Murphy but damaged a hamstring playing with the Ireland Select XV but Murphy does expect to be in contention for a place in the squad for the Dragons game.