Ireland captain Johnny Sexton will miss his side’s final Autumn Nations Series fixture against Argentina after being ruled out for four to six weeks.
Fly-half Sexton twisted his knee and ankle in the 29-20 victory over New Zealand on Saturday and was forced from the field of play with 15 minutes still remaining at the Aviva Stadium.
The 36-year-old was replaced by Joey Carbery who is in line to start against Los Pumas on Sunday after kicking three late penalties to help secure a third victory in five outings against the All Blacks.
Connacht No.10 Jack Carty has also been called up by Andy Farrell for the final week of the Autumn Nations Series.
Sexton won his 100th cap in the 60-5 win over Japan in Ireland’s opening fixture and will remain in camp with the squad to help prepare for the visit of Mario Ledesma’s side.
Ireland last hosted Argentina in 2018 and they will be hoping for a similar result this weekend, having triumphed 28-17 on that occasion.
Farrell has also welcomed back-rower Gavin Coombes back into the squad after he missed last week through illness.
Ireland squad Backs (19) Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 33 caps Robert Baloucoune (Ulster/Enniskillen) 1 cap Harry Byrne (Leinster/Lansdowne) 1 cap Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 26 caps Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 10 caps Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 3 caps Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 27 caps Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 95 caps Ciaran Frawley (Leinster/UCD)* Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 12 caps Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 52 caps James Hume (Ulster/Banbridge) 1 cap Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 15 caps Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 30 caps James Lowe (Leinster) 8 caps Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 6 caps Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 91 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 36 caps Simon Zebo (Munster/Cork Constitution) 35 caps
Forwards (20) Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 5 caps Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 18 caps Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 24 caps Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 22 caps Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps Ultan Dillane (Connacht/Corinthians) 19 caps Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 11 caps Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 51 caps Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 111 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 65 caps Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 23 caps Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 15 caps Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 45 caps Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 78 caps Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 1 cap Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 39 caps James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 39 caps Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 1 cap Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) 1 cap Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 34 caps
