Ireland chiefs remain hopeful Eoin Reddan will beat his medial knee ligament strain in time to face Italy in the Six Nations opener in Rome. The Leinster scrum-half damaged his knee in Saturday's 20-20 Champions Cup draw with Wasps, and now faces a race against time to be ready to take on Italy on Saturday, February 7. Munster scrum-half Conor Murray is 'scheduled to have further scans this week' on the disc problem in his neck that also threatens to rule him out of Ireland's opening Six Nations clash. Ireland remain hopeful that Eoin Reddan will be passed fit to face Italy in their Six Nations opener
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Ireland hoping scrum-half Eoin Reddan will be able to play against Italy
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Leinster scrum-half suffered a strained medial knee ligament in the 20-20 Champions Cup clash with Wasps
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Conor Murray and Jamie Heaslip are doubts for the Six Nations clash
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Head coach Joe Schmidt's squad play opener in Rome on February 7
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