Craig Casey looked healthy and smiling shortly after coming off injured in Ireland's test against South Africa on Saturday afternoon in Pretoria.

The Munster scrum-half was stretchered off during the second half after a collision with ex-teammate RG Snyman and looked to be in serious discomfort at the time.

Thankfully Casey acknowledged the crowd while leaving the pitch and appeared to be in good form post-game as he posed for a photo with Springboks ace Faf de Klerk and swapped jerseys.

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And Casey replied to the post underneath, saying: "Cheers mate, appreciate you checking up on me and the jersey swap. Some man!"

Speaking after the game, Ireland boss Farrell said: "He's concussed. He was still on the trolley when I came in at the end of the game. We were concerned enough but he's up walking around. Not quite himself yet but he's up and about and wondering what is going on."

Farrell has also urged his side to avoid desperation going into the second test following their loss.

I suppose the main thing is attacking the game the way we want to do it and not being desperate just because we’ve lost this week.

“If that creeps in then you become even more ill-disciplined and I think discipline cost us.

“The penalty count wasn’t outrageous but the way we put pressure on ourselves and relieved pressure for them is what we need to address.

“There are some great learnings from the first half that we put right in the second half

"We were still not clinical enough when we had chances, certainly on the Springboks’ line. You’ve got to convert in big games like this.

“If you put things like that right, we were still in the game so that says to you that we’ve got a chance.”

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