Ireland's Six Nations hopes suffered a worrying setback on Thursday when fly-half Jonny Sexton was ruled out for between 10 days and six weeks with a thumb injury, his French club Racing Metro announced.
Sexton suffered the injury during Ireland's 13-10 defeat to England at Twickenham last weekend, said Racing coach Laurent Labit.
The 28-year-old Sexton, who has won 41 caps, will miss Saturday's French Top 14 match at Castres and is already a doubt for the following weekend's Six Nations clash at home to Italy.
After facing Italy, Ireland will conclude their campaign against France in Paris on March 15.
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