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Disastrous news as Johnny Sexton is ruled out of Scotland game

Published 13:36 31 Jan 2017 GMT

Updated 13:44 31 Jan 2017 GMT

Sean McMahon
Disastrous news as Johnny Sexton is ruled out of Scotland game

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Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of Ireland's Six Nations opener.

Ireland travel to Murrayfield to face Scotland on Saturday, but will do so without Sexton, who has been nursing a calf injury. The fly-half didn't train today, after his calf tightened in training on Monday. He will miss the game in Edinburgh as a precaution and will be monitored over the next week. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/826421770848714753 Sexton picked-up the injury during Leinster's Champions Cup draw in Castres earlier this month. No replacement has been called-up to Joe Schmidt's team. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/826422841570709504 It gets worse, Simon Easterby also revealed that Peter O'Mahony has been ruled out of this weekend's match after suffering a hamstring injury and is set to undergo a scan. Andrew Trimble is also a doubt after picking up a knock and was limited to just running in today's training session.

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Disastrous news as Johnny Sexton is ruled out of Scotland game