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Published 17:51 10 Feb 2018 GMT
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"We'll know more after his scan tomorrow, he looked in a fair bit of discomfort when he came off but he was more comfortable later on."What's not promising was the degree of discomfort he was in at the time.
"We'll have an update hopefully later once he's had that scan."
Henshaw may yet be ruled out of the championship - Schmidt admitted it was a "possibility" - and Jack Conan could also be facing time on the sidelines.
The Leinster back-row was expected to get an extended run in the Ireland team, against Italy, but he only lasted 40 minutes. Lock Iain Henderson was also withdrawn at half-time but that was described as "tactical" by an IRFU spokesman after the match. Schmidt commented:
"Jack just took a dunt on the shoulder. "The shoulder is being checked out but we hope it'll be okay. We will see how that looks over the next week."Ireland will be thankful that they have next weekend off and Schmidt remarked that he would be happy if he had '20 fit bodies' for training at Buccaneers RFC, in Athlone, midweek.
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