{"id":293092,"date":"2023-10-10T16:52:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293092"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:52:37","slug":"ireland-stars-lowe-hansen-and-ryan-doubtful-for-new-zealand-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/ireland-stars-lowe-hansen-and-ryan-doubtful-for-new-zealand-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland stars Lowe, Hansen and Ryan doubtful for New Zealand clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ireland stars James Lowe, Mack Hansen and James Ryan are injury doubts for World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand&#8230; as Wales confirm Dan Biggar will be fit to take on Argentina<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ireland will name their team to take on New Zealand on Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ireland cancelled a planned media session ahead of Saturday&#8217;s quarter-final\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ireland shut up shop on Tuesday, cancelling a planned media session ahead of their crunch World Cup quarter-final with New Zealand as they sweat on the fitness of three key players.<\/p>\n<p>Wings James Lowe and Mack Hansen and lock James Ryan all remain doubts for the clash between Andy Farrell\u2019s side and the All Blacks in Paris on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Lowe suffered an eye injury in Ireland\u2019s hammering of Scotland and while he was able to train on Tuesday, he did so without taking contact.<\/p>\n<p>Hansen (calf) and Ryan (wrist\/hand) are bigger concerns for Ireland head coach Farrell after they also suffered serious injuries against the Scots.<\/p>\n<p>Six Nations grand slam champions and world No 1 Ireland will name their team for New Zealand on Wednesday and will give Lowe and Hansen every chance to prove their fitness but it is unlikely Ryan will be involved. Farrell also has doubts over experienced backs Keith Earls and Robbie Henshaw.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/16\/76386401-0-image-a-1_1696951872220.jpg\" height=\"805\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wing James Lowe suffered an eye injury in Ireland\u2019s hammering of Scotland<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/16\/76386435-0-image-a-2_1696951981886.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mack Hansen and James Ryan remain doubts for Saturday&#8217;s clash with New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>In the other half of the draw, Wales have confirmed star No 10 Dan Biggar will be fit for their quarter-final with Argentina in Marseille on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Biggar hasn\u2019t played since injuring his pectoral muscle injury early in Wales\u2019 40-6 win over Australia in Lyon on September 24.<\/p>\n<p>He was forced to come on to the bench for Warren Gatland\u2019s side against Georgia at the 11th hour when his fellow fly-half Gareth Anscombe suffered a groin strain in the warm up.<\/p>\n<p>But Biggar did not come on in Wales\u2019 43-19 win over the Lelos to rest up for the start of the knock-out stages.<\/p>\n<p>Wales are also yet to rule Anscombe and full-back Liam Williams \u2013 who has a knee problem \u2013 out of the Argentina game. Wales will name their team on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018All of those injured players are, at this stage, looking positive,\u2019 said Wales assistant coach Jonathan Thomas. \u2018We&#8217;ll make that call closer to the end of the week.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12615479\/Ireland-stars-James-Lowe-Mack-Hansen-James-Ryan-injury-doubts-World-Cup-quarter-final-against-New-Zealand-Wales-confirm-Dan-Biggar-fit-Argentina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland stars James Lowe, Mack Hansen and James Ryan are injury doubts for World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand&#8230; as Wales confirm Dan Biggar will be fit to take on Argentina Ireland will name their team to take on New Zealand on Wednesday Ireland cancelled a planned media session ahead of Saturday&#8217;s quarter-final\u00a0 Mail Sport&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ireland stars Lowe, Hansen and Ryan doubtful for New Zealand clash - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/ireland-stars-lowe-hansen-and-ryan-doubtful-for-new-zealand-clash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ireland stars Lowe, Hansen and Ryan doubtful for New Zealand clash - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ireland stars James Lowe, Mack Hansen and James Ryan are injury doubts for World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand&#8230; 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