CARDIFF (Reuters) - Ireland centre Jared Payne has been ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup after fracturing his foot, the Six Nations champions said on Saturday after suffering their first major injury blow of the tournament.
Payne missed last weekend's win against Italy after bruising his foot before returning to training this week. He was not included in Sunday's team to face France and Ireland said further scans this week revealed a foot fracture.
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