The Ireland management have named a 32 man squad as preparations reach their final stages for Ireland\u2019s opening game of the 2012 RBS 6 Nations Championship against Wales on Sunday, February 5th.<\/p>\n
The majority of the squad that trained in the Limerick camp last week have been retained and there are also call ups for O2 Ireland Wolfhound players Denis Hurley, Dan Tuohy, Chris Henry and Rhys Ruddock, all of whom have been capped previously for Ireland.<\/p>\n
David Kearney, Eoin O\u2019Malley, Simon Zebo, Brett Wilkinson and Peter O\u2019Mahony are the uncapped players in the squad to join up with the senior Ireland squad in Kildare.<\/p>\n
Ireland Squad (32):
\nRory Best (Banbridge\/Ulster)
\nTommy Bowe (Ospreys)
\nTom Court (Malone\/Ulster)
\nSean Cronin (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\nGordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\nKeith Earls (Young Munster\/Munster)
\nStephen Ferris (Dungannon\/Ulster)
\nCian Healy (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\nJamie Heaslip (Naas\/Leinster)
\nChris Henry (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nDenis Hurley (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nShane Jennings (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\nRob Kearney (UCD\/Leinster)
\nDavid Kearney (Lansdowne\/Leinster)*
\nFergus McFadden (Old Belvedere\/Leinster)
\nConor Murray (Garryowen\/Munster)
\nSean O’Brien (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\nDonncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nPaul O’Connell (Young Munster\/Munster)
\nRonan O’Gara (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nPeter O\u2019Mahony (Cork Constitution\/Munster)*
\nEoin O\u2019Malley (Old Belvedere\/Leinster)*
\nEoin Reddan (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\nMike Ross (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\nDonnacha Ryan (Shannon\/Munster)
\nRhys Ruddock (St. Mary\u2019s College\/Leinster)
\nJonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\nAndrew Trimble (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nDan Tuohy (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nPaddy Wallace (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nBrett Wilkinson (Galwegians\/Connacht)*
\nSimon Zebo (Cork Constitution\/Munster)*<\/p>\n
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