Malcolm O'Kelly says Ireland are struggling badly, and need to stop getting so many serious injuries to key players.
Dave Kearney, Mike McCarthy, Sean O'Brien and Johnny Sexton all went off in Ireland's disappointing 10-9 defeat to France in the 6 Nations yesterday.
Ireland were leading 9-3 but faded badly and conceded the match winning try in the final ten minutes.
Former international O'Kelly says Joe Schmidt needs his best players on the pitch and that most of them are spending more time off the pitch, than on it.
O’Kelly was speaking to Jamie Moore on 98FM’s Now That’s What I Call Sport on Sunday morning.
He wondered why teams like France don’t seem to get injuries, and why Ireland have been riddled with them.
Listen to Mal’s interview in full below, including his thoughts on where Ireland go from here
