Ireland Head coach Joe Schmidt has had his preparations for the November series interrupted by a cluster of injuries to some key players.
In good news Brian O'Driscoll is back in training following a spell out with a calf injury.
The campaign kicks off against Samoa on Saturday week before games against Australia and New Zealand.
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Former Connacht, Leinster and Ireland hooker and current coach with French Top 14 side Grenoble Bernard Jackman joined me on Newstalk Breakfast to run through the injuries and see if they could affect Schmidts plans.
