Rory Best is out of Saturday's test with South Africa at the Aviva.
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The Ulster hooker has been unable to shake off a calf injury, with his place now likely to go to Sean Cronin.
Meanwhile, the Irish Independent reports that Robbie Henshaw and Jared Payne will be paired together in the centre.
It had been tought either Henshaw or Payne would start beisde Gordon D'Arcy, but D'Arcy is said to be carrying a groin strain.