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Published 13:26 11 Nov 2014 GMT
Updated 14:36 11 Nov 2014 GMT
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Payne, who made his debut against the Springboks on Saturday, will go for another consultation on his sprained foot on Wednesday before a final call is made on his participation this weekend. Ireland coach Joe Schmidt may opt to pair Gordon D'Arcy with Robbie Henshaw (moving over to outside centre) for the Georgia game if there are any serious doubts over Payne's fitness.
Mick Kearney told Word in Sport, 'Looking back over the video it was quite an innocuous incident where Jared tackled a player. He did try to run it off, but it tightened up and was quite sore. He’s still quite sore but we’ll probably know more tomorrow. The swelling will have gone down, he’ll have another scan and further medical assessment.'
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