NEWS EXTRA
By SAM JACKSON
IRELAND captain Rory Best has eased fears over his participation at the Rugby World Cup but flanker Dan Leavy is out of the showpiece event in Japan.
Best, who has won 117 caps, revealed he should recover from his ankle problem before the end of the season but Leavy has a “complex knee ligament injury”, his club Leinster said in statement.
Best suffered the damage to his left foot in Ulster’s Champions Cup quarterfinal defeat by Leinster on Saturday and following a scan on Monday it was confirmed he will be fit to lead Joe Schmidt’s team int...