Ireland back Joey Carbery fractured his arm playing for his country against Fiji in Dublin on Saturday and will be sidelined for “the foreseeable future”, according to coach Joe Schmidt.
Carbery, 22, sustained the injury after being tackled by Fijian prop Peni Ravai on the hour mark of a game the Irish narrowly won 23-20 in the second of their three-Test November schedule.
“We will update on Monday but that would mean he will not play any part in the tests for us,” Schmidt told Reuters.
Carbery, chosen at fly-half despite usually playing full-back for Leinster, was also injured in June playing Test rugby. He suffered ankle ligament damage in Ireland’s 55-19 away win over the United States and missed two subsequent Tests in Japan.
Ireland, playing with their reserve squad, closed out victory over Fiji with a penalty eight minutes from the end.
“We wanted to see the players react under pressure. We got that at 17-all, and 20-all,” Schmidt said.
“We stayed calm enough to control that last 10 minutes. I thought Ian Keatley did really well to come in and kick the two goals, particularly the second kick he struck really well.”
Ireland complete their November internationals schedule at home to Argentina on Saturday.
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