Irish O'Brien to miss Bok Test
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Sean O'Brien will miss Ireland's November internationals and possibly the Six Nations as well, after being ruled out for up to six months with a shoulder problem.
Leinster coach Matt O'Connor said the 27-year-old back row would undergo an operation in London on Friday.
British and Irish Lions flank O'Brien has suffered an infection in the same shoulder he had reconstructed after Ireland's dramatic 22-24 defeat by World Cup champions New Zealand in Dublin last November.
One small consolation for O'Brien is that, if the surgery is successful on this occasion, he should be fit in time…
Leinster coach Matt O'Connor said the 27-year-old back row would undergo an operation in London on Friday.
British and Irish Lions flank O'Brien has suffered an infection in the same shoulder he had reconstructed after Ireland's dramatic 22-24 defeat by World Cup champions New Zealand in Dublin last November.
One small consolation for O'Brien is that, if the surgery is successful on this occasion, he should be fit in time…
