Ireland second row James Ryan is seeing a specialist but has not been ruled out of Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand.
Ryan received treatment on his hand injury after coming off the bench in Ireland's win over Scotland on Saturday
Ireland team manager Mick Kearney issued the upbeat injury update during a news conference on Monday morning, explaining that the team should have a clearer picture of Ryan's fitness over the next 24 hours. "Mack Hansen took a bang to his calf but is improving and both him and James Lowe are making good strides.
Kearney has been team manager under three head coaches - Declan Kidney, Joe Schmidt and now Farrell - and says there is subtle changes that reflect the environment around the squad. "That's not to say the environment under Joe was in any way poor. Andy has maybe introduced a lot of softer skills such as getting the families involved.
"The players are an extremely happy bunch, and that comes with winning as well, and they genuinely have huge respect for each other.
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