A 33-strong Ireland squad was announced today for a two day training and preparation camp for the coming season.<\/p>\n
While a further squad will be announced for the Guinness Series in late October following the completion of the second round of the Heineken Cup, this training squad reflects a mixture of internationals and younger players who have been gaining experience in the early part of the season.<\/p>\n
The uncapped players in the squad are forward Dave O\u2019Callaghan, centre Luke Marshall and former U20 international Iain Henderson, who impressed during the recent IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa during the summer.<\/p>\n
There are a number of players named in the squad who missed the summer tour including Paul O\u2019Connell, Stephen Ferris, Tom Court and Tommy Bowe.<\/p>\n
In addition there are also some players who did play in June but who are sitting this camp out to either rehab current minor injuries or to finish off their pre season, such as Rob Kearney. There are also longer term absentees such as Luke Fitzgerald and Sean O\u2019Brien but overall the squad generally contains two players per position.<\/p>\n
Ireland Coach Declan Kidney said: \u201cAt this stage of the season it is about building foundations for the Guinness Series and it is vital to get the players together to do that. A number of them have yet to play, but it was important to include some of them from a positional sense for this camp, such as Paul (O\u2019Connell) and Rory (Best), as well as other players who missed the summer tour. <\/p>\n
There are a number of players who are not included due to injuries and will continue their rehab and their preseason work in their provinces, but with more playing time and a lot of high level games to come, there is certainly time for them to push for their inclusion in the Guinness series squad and selection for the games in November.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ireland Training Squad (33):<\/p>\n
Rory Best (Banbridge \u2013 Ulster)
\nTommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins \u2013 Ulster)
\nDarren Cave (Belfast Harlequins \u2013 Ulster)
\nTom Court (Malone \u2013 Ulster)
\nSean Cronin (Lansdowne \u2013 Leinster)
\nGordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne \u2013 Leinster)
\nKeith Earls (Young Munster \u2013 Munster)
\nStephen Ferris (Dungannon \u2013 Ulster)
\nDeclan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon \u2013 Ulster)
\nCian Healy (Clontarf \u2013 Leinster)
\nJamie Heaslip (Naas \u2013 Leinster)
\nIain Henderson (Queens University \u2013 Ulster)
\nChris Henry (Ballymena \u2013 Ulster)
\nDenis Hurley (Dolphin\u2013 Munster)
\nLuke Marshall (Ballymena \u2013 Ulster)
\nConor Murray (Garryowen \u2013 Munster)
\nMike McCarthy (Buccaneers \u2013 Connacht)
\nFergus McFadden (Old Belvedere \u2013 Leinster)
\nKevin McLaughlin (St. Mary\u2019s College \u2013 Leinster)
\nDavid O\u2019Callaghan (Dolphin \u2013 Munster)
\nDonncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution \u2013 Munster)
\nPaul O’Connell (Young Munster \u2013 Munster)
\nBrian O’Driscoll (UCD \u2013 Leinster)
\nRonan O’Gara (Cork Constitution \u2013 Munster)
\nPeter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution \u2013 Munster)
\nEoin Reddan (Lansdowne \u2013 Leinster)
\nMike Ross (Clontarf \u2013 Leinster)
\nDonnacha Ryan (Shannon \u2013 Munster)
\nJonathan Sexton (St.Mary\u2019s College \u2013 Leinster)
\nAndrew Trimble (Ballymena \u2013 Ulster)
\nDan Tuohy (Ballymena \u2013 Ulster)
\nDamien Varley (Garryowen \u2013 Munster)
\nSimon Zebo (Cork Constitution \u2013 Munster) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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