Andy Farrell names 36-man Ireland squad for the Nations Championship
Here we go.
Head coach Andy Farrell has named his Ireland squad for the Nations Championship Southern Hemisphere Series.
Ireland will kick off the inaugural Nations Championship against Australia, Japan and New Zealand in July, with Farrell selecting a 36-player squad to travel to Sydney on Monday.
Caelan Doris will captain the Ireland squad, which includes the uncapped Connacht trio of Billy Bohan, Sam Illo and Sean Jansen.
Bohan was part of the Ireland squad for the Guinness Men’s Six Nations earlier this season, while Illo and Jansen – who have featured for Emerging Ireland previously – have earned first senior squad call-ups after impressive seasons for their Provinces.
Ryan Baird, Shayne Bolton, Jack Boyle, Jack Crowley, Edwin Edogbo, Tom Farrell, Mack Hansen, Paddy McCarthy, Calvin Nash and Andrew Porter are all unavailable due to injury.
Ireland Squad:
(Club/Province/Caps)
Forwards (20):
Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(70)
Billy Bohan (Corinthians/Connacht)*
Thomas Clarkson (Blackrock College/Leinster)(13)
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(59)
Caelan Doris (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)(captain)(60)
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(86)
Sam Illo (Buccaneers/Connacht)*
Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(4)
Sean Jansen (Connacht)*
Rónan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(48)
Jeremy Loughman (Garryowen/Munster)(8)
Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(24)
Darragh Murray (Buccaneers/Connacht)(3)
Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(21)
Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht)(11)
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(80)
Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(39)
Tom Stewart (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(5)
Nick Timoney (Queen’s University/Ulster)(11)
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(79)
Backs (16):
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(69)
Rob Baloucoune (Enniskillen/Ulster)(8)
Harry Byrne (Lansdowne/Leinster)(4)
Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(28)
Nathan Doak (Banbridge/Ulster)(1)
Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(12)
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(51)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) (84)
Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)(46)
Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(28)
Jimmy O’Brien (Naas/Leinster)(11)
Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock College/Leinster)(9)
Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster)(15)
Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(15)
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)(74)
Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster)(42).
* denotes uncapped
Ireland Fixtures:
Saturday, 4 July: Australia v Ireland, Allianz Stadium, Sydney, 8.10pm local time/11.10am Irish time
Saturday, 11 July: Japan v Ireland, McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, 8.10pm local time/11.10am Irish time
Saturday, 18 July: New Zealand v Ireland, Eden Park, Auckland, 7.10pm local time/8.10am Irish time.
