The Cook Islander will now miss all six of the province's Heineken Cup pool matches on top of the Magners league fixtures scheduled before March.
The news could be good in the long term for Ireland and Leinster, as it should give Cian Healy and Mike Ross greater opportunity for game time in top level encounters.
However, following Wright's injury and the departure of CJ Van Der Linde back to South Africa, head coach Joe Schmidt today confirmed that Leinster have already contacted the IRFU to examine the possibility of drafting in a new prop from overseas.
Meanwhile, Munster have dismissed reports that Keith Earls has broken his ankle. The utility back was injured in a non-contact training session with the southern province yesterday. Today, it was revealed that no break was detected by the X-ray.
However Munster Rugby has stated: "Earls will need to undergo further medical examination later in the week to determine the exact extent of the damage."
Ireland coach Declan Kidney, who today has gathered a squad for international training, will be wishing Earls a speedy recovery after impressive showings last season.
Kidney will already be without Paul O'Connell for the upcoming autumn internationals, after the second row suggested the Christmas period as rough estimate for his return from a groin infection.
"I'll be setting my sights around December, and anything else would be a bonus," said Ireland's vice captain. "I went back running 10 days ago, and I've had no problems. I need to go about 12 weeks from when I stopped the antibiotics and get back into the heavy stuff, so I'm about eight and a half weeks into that now."
"It's flying along at the moment. It was really slow at the start, but it's getting quicker now and going very well."
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