Ireland fans may have been fearing the worst when Finlay Bealham went down injured against England but ‘Lazarus’ has made quite the recovery.
With regular tighthead Tadhg Furlong still rehabbing a troublesome calf injury, Connacht’s Bealham has stepped into his shoes, and, whisper it quietly, Ireland haven’t felt the Leinster man’s absence all that much.
The Australia-born prop went down suddenly, letting out a big shout as he did, with an ankle injury in the 27-22 win over England in round one of the Guinness Six Nations.
“Did I? Oh, I can’t remember,” he said after Sunday’s 32-18 victory over Scotland on Sunday.
“I got a nasty enough one but thankfully it was all good. We made it here so it…