{"id":8606,"date":"2026-02-26T20:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/lowe-ruled-out-of-remaining-six-nations-games\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:05:04","slug":"lowe-ruled-out-of-remaining-six-nations-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/lowe-ruled-out-of-remaining-six-nations-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowe ruled out of remaining Six Nations games"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Published26 February 2026, 14:29 GMT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Updated 20 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p>Wing James Lowe has been ruled out of Ireland&#x27;s two remaining Six Nations matches with a groin injury. <\/p>\n<p>Lowe, was replaced by Tommy O&#x27;Brien just 20 minutes into Ireland&#x27;s stunning 42-21 victory against England at Allianz Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Before the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) confirmed the news on Thursday, Ireland defence coach Simon Easterby admitted the 33-year-old Leinster player was &quot;struggling&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think he&#x27;s due to see someone today, a specialist,&quot; Easterby said after Ireland&#x27;s open training session in front of nearly 5,000 fans at Aviva Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I would have thought they&#x27;d make a call on it over the next few days, but you could see when he tried to take off that he did something nasty.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Lowey&#x27;s pretty tough. He was getting up and down on the sideline when things were going well for us and he was part of the cheerleading group on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think the next couple of days will probably be reflected on his involvement before the end of the Six Nations.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand-born Lowe has won 45 caps since making his Ireland debut in 2020 and earned two British and Irish Lions Test caps during last summer&#x27;s tour to Australia. <\/p>\n<p>He played every minute of Ireland&#x27;s triumphant Six Nations campaigns in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Having been left out of Andy Farrell&#x27;s matchday squad for the defeat by France earlier this month, Lowe&#x27;s impressive display in the win over Italy saw him keep his place in the line-up for the England game.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland, who sit third in the table, face Wales in Dublin on 6 March before hosting Scotland in their final game on 14 March. <\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/rugby-union\/irish\">Irish Rugby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/rugby-union\">Rugby Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/rugby-union\/teams\/ireland\">Ireland Rugby Union<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lowe ruled out of remaining Six Nations gamesImage source, Getty ImagesPublished26 February 2026, 14:29 GMTUpdated 20 minutes agoWing James Lowe has been ruled out of Ireland&#x27;s two remaining Six&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}