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Finlay Bealham will miss the rest of the Six Nations after twisting his knee against Italy on Saturday

IRELAND AND CONNACHT PROP FINALY BEALHAM’S Six Nations adventure is over after it was confirmed by the IRFU on Monday that his twisted knee would rule him out for the remainder of the tournament.

The 31-year-old has replaced Leinster and Ireland first choice prop Tadhg Furlong in the side this year and has shown he is more than capable of replacing the Wexford man with his three starts against France, Wales, and Italy.

However, the Canberra native left the Stadio Olympico in Rome in a protective boot after Ireland's 20-34 win against Italy.

The IRFU have now confirmed on their website that his tournament is over.

The Six Nations will take another break this weekend, which means the United Rugby Championship will return.

🤕 Wishing Finlay a speedy recovery as a 27-player Ireland squad reassembles in Dublin this week to begin preparations for the trip to Murrayfield.#TeamOfUs | #GuinnessSixNations

— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) February 27, 2023

A number of players will return to their provinces, while others will stay with the Ireland squad to prepare for the Scotland game.

Andy Farrell and the Ireland Coaching Team have retained a group of 27 players to partake in a two-day minicamp later this week.

The Irish senior team will have an Open Training Session against Richie Murphy’s unbeaten Ireland U20s at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday morning.

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is named in the group for the mini camp, as is Garry Ringrose who was a late withdrawal from the Italy game with a tight calf and Robbie Henshaw who is returning from injury.

Also included for this week’s camp are Jamison Gibson Park (hamstring) and Furlong (calf), neither of whom have featured to date in the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship.

Ireland Squad Mini Camp – 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship:

Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 44 caps
Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 9 caps
Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 17 caps
Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 10 caps
Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 36 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 63 caps
Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 26 caps
Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 23 caps
Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 12 caps
Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 121 caps
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 61 caps
Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 71 caps
Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 20 caps
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 51 caps
James Lowe (Leinster) 18 caps
Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 12 caps
Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 103 caps
Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas) 4 caps
Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 92 caps
Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 7 caps
Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps
Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps
James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps
Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 111 caps (c)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 15 caps
Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 48 caps

2023 Guinness Six Nations Fixtures

Scotland v IRELAND
Sunday 12^th March 2023, KO 15:00 (IST)
RTE TV / BBC / RTE Radio / BBC Radio

IRELAND v England
Saturday 18^th March 2023, KO 17:00 (IST)
VIRGIN / ITV / RTE Radio / BBC Radio