Jacob Stockdale: Ulster and Ireland wing to have MRI scan on right ankle
- Published
Stockdale has started all three of Ulster's games so far this season having returned from injury
Ulster wing Jacob Stockdale will have an MRI scan on Monday to assess the extent of an ankle injury sustained against Leinster on Friday.
The Ireland international was replaced at half-time of his side's 20-13 defeat by their inter-provincial rivals.
Friday's injury was to Stockdale's right ankle and is unrelated to the left ankle injury that kept him out of all but one game last season.
Meanwhile, Rob Herring is following graduated return to play protocols.
The hooker was replaced in the first half of the Leinster loss after suffering a concussion.
Ulster are back in action in Belfast on Saturday night, when they host Ospreys who are coming off their first win of the season over Glasgow Warriors.
With Stockdale set to miss the fixture, Ulster will go into the game without their three first choice wings with Robert Baloucoune and Ethan McIlroy currently in South Africa with Emerging Ireland.
"Jacob was pretty gutted post-match as when you go through all that process of rehabilitation you tend to think the worse but he's pretty upbeat now, albeit we have had no scan result yet," said Ulster assistant coach Dan Soper on Monday.
"We'll get that back and then see where we are at. It's a shame because he has got back to some good form pretty quickly and got back out there again.
"Jacob is pretty resilient. We'll see what the scan result says and hopefully he's not out for too long."
Can people smugglers be stopped?: Panorama investigates if the government's Rwanda plan will deter migrants trying to come to the UK
Storm clouds are gathering for Berlin's elite...: Coming-of-age drama set in Germany in the 1920s
