{"id":15172,"date":"2011-08-22T16:37:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T16:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=15172"},"modified":"2011-08-22T16:46:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T16:46:07","slug":"ireland-rugby-world-cup-squad-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/ireland-rugby-world-cup-squad-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Rugby World Cup Squad Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland coach Declan Kidney today announced the 30 man squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The squad will be captained by Brian O\u2019Driscoll and contains a split of sixteen forwards and fourteen backs.<\/p>\n

Fifteen players will be travelling to the Rugby World Cup for the first time including the recently capped Fergus McFadden and Conor Murray. Nine of the forwards forwards will be making their first appearance at a Rugby World Cup Squad while six of the backs will make their tournament debut.<\/p>\n

Ireland play their final Guinness Summer Series game against England on Saturday in Aviva Stadium and fly out to New Zealand the following Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Ireland Rugby World Cup Squad 2011
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\nRory Best (Banbridge\/Ulster)
\nIsaac Boss (Terenure College\/Leinster)
\nTommy Bowe (Ospreys)*
\nTony Buckley (Sale Sharks)*
\nTom Court (Malone\/Ulster)*
\nSean Cronin (Leinster)*
\nLeo Cullen (Blackrock College\/Leinster)*
\nGordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\nKeith Earls (Young Munster\/Munster)*
\nStephen Ferris (Dungannon\/Ulster)
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\nJerry Flannery (Shannon\/Munster)
\nCian Healy (Clontarf\/Leinster)*
\nJamie Heaslip (Naas\/Leinster)*
\nRob Kearney (UCD\/Leinster)*
\nDenis Leamy (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nFergus McFadden (Old Belvedere\/Leinster)*
\nGeordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
\nConor Murray (Garryowen\/Munster)*
\nSean O’Brien (Clontarf\/Leinster)*
\nDonncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nPaul O’Connell (Young Munster\/Munster)
\nBrian O’Driscoll (UCD\/Leinster) Captain
\nRonan O’Gara (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nEoin Reddan (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\nMike Ross (Clontarf\/Leinster)*
\nDonnacha Ryan (Shannon\/Munster)*
\nJonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)*
\nAndrew Trimble (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nPaddy Wallace (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nDavid Wallace (Garryowen\/Munster)<\/p>\n

*Denotes first Rugby World Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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