McCarthy suffered a concussion in training last week while Furlong remains sidelined with a calf injury
Tadhg Furlong and Joe McCarthy have both been ruled out of Ireland's trip to Scotland in the Six Nations on Sunday.
McCarthy suffered a concussion in training last week while Furlong remains sidelined with a calf injury.
Finlay Bealham is in line to start at tighthead in Murrayfield, both Bealham and his Connacht teammate Mack Hansen trained fully this morning.

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