PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

After 14 years at the sharp end of Test combat, Cian Healy never had a better chance of a serious tilt at the World Cup until the 21st minute of Ireland’s final warm-up last Saturday night.
All that vanished in the flash it took the veteran Dubliner to smash his right knee and with it the hope of going all the way to the final.

Crocked: Cian Healy has been ruled out of the World Cup

Instead he is marooned in the World Cup crocks’ XV:
15 Israel Folau (Tonga, knee)
14 Anthony Watson (England, calf)
13 Tomasso Menoncello (Italy, bicep)
12 Len Iki...