Diarmuid Barron travels with Ireland squad ahead of World Cup warm-up game against Samoa

While Andy Farrell expressed his confidence that Kelleher’s issue would not jeopardise his participation in the World Cup, and likewise Kilcoyne and Conan, he seemed somewhat concerned about Sheehan’s injury, and small wonder.

By contrast, Sheehan’s stock has risen in Kelleher’s absence, so much so that he has already won 18 caps since his debut in November 2021 against Japan. Sheehan started all three Tests in New Zealand against the All Blacks, both wins over the Springboks and the Wallabies last November, as well as three of Ireland’s games in their Grand Slam campaign, which he topped off with a two-try, man of the match performance.

Although the ultra-competitive English defensive line-out caused all manner of problems for Ireland last Saturday, at 6ft 3in and having been a specialist hooker, his throwing is generally excellent. Such has been his explosive carrying, footwork and eye for the tryline, as well as work in the scrum, that the former Irish hooker Jerry Flannery described the 24-year-old Sheehan as the best hooker in the world in his view during the interval last Saturday on pitch side.

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