The remaining places in the Ireland touring squad to New Zealand have been confirmed. Several spots were left unfilled as players were given further time to prove their fitness in the game against the Barbarian’s.<\/p>\n
Chris Henry and Brett Wilkinson both came through the game after recent injury concerns and will take their places among the forwards and are joined by Mike McCarthy, who will travel to New Zealand as precautionary cover for Paul O’Connell who is continuing his recovery from a knee injury. A final decision on O’Connell’s participation will be made on Friday.<\/p>\n
There are also two further uncapped players making the trip to the home of the World Champions with scrumhalf Paul Marshall named in the squad along with prop Ronan Loughney, who will be providing further cover for the front row including Mike Ross who is currently recovering from a hamstring strain.<\/p>\n
The Ireland team will depart from London for New Zealand on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
Ireland Squad (New Zealand Tour 2012 with test matches on June 9th, 16th and 23rd):<\/p>\n
Forwards (17):
\nRory Best (Banbridge\/Ulster)
\nSean Cronin (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\nDeclan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon \/Ulster)*
\nCian Healy (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\nJamie Heaslip (Naas\/Leinster)
\nChris Henry (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nRonan Loughney (Galwegians\/Connacht)*
\nKevin McLaughlin (St.Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\nMike McCarthy (Buccaneers\/Connacht)
\nSean O’Brien (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\nDonncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nPeter O\u2019Mahony (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nMike Ross (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\nDonnacha Ryan (Shannon\/Munster)
\nMike Sherry (Garryowen\/Munster)*
\nDan Tuohy (Ballymena \/Ulster)
\nBrett Wilkinson (Galwegians\/Connacht)*<\/p>\n
Backs (13):
\nDarren Cave (Belfast Harlequins\/Ulster)
\nGordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\nKeith Earls (Young Munster\/Munster)
\nRob Kearney (UCD\/Leinster)
\nPaul Marshall (Belfast Harlequins\/Ulster)*
\nFergus McFadden (Old Belvedere\/Leinster)
\nConor Murray (Garryowen\/Munster)
\nBrian O\u2019Driscoll (UCD\/Leinster)
\nRonan O’Gara (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\nEoin Reddan (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\nJonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\nAndrew Trimble (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\nSimon Zebo (Cork Constitution\/Munster)*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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