Ireland Squad announced for Summer Tour of Argentina <\/p>\n
The Ireland coaching team have named a 30 player squad for the two Test tour of Argentina in June. The squad will fly to Buenos Aires on Sunday 1st June the day after the Rabodirect Pro 12 final between Leinster and Glasgow Warriors.<\/p>\n
The squad which is made up of 16 forwards and 14 backs contains four uncapped players \u2013 Munster prop James Cronin, Ulster back-row Robbie Diack and hooker Rob Herring and Connacht scrum-half Kieran Marmion.<\/p>\n
The first Test takes place at the Estadio Centenario in Resistancia in Chaco Province in the northeast of the country on Saturday 7th June. The second Test will be played in the Estadio Jos\u00e9 Fierro in Tucum\u00e1n in North-western Argentina on Saturday 14th June. Both Tests against the Pumas will kick-off at 15:40 local time (19:40 Irish Time).<\/p>\n
The Ireland squad will depart for the two Test tour on Sunday 1st June and both Tests will be broadcast live on SKY Sports 2 with coverage starting from 7.00pm.<\/p>\n
IRELAND Squad for Tour of Argentina<\/p>\n
Forwards (16)
\nRory Best (Banbridge\/Ulster) 75
\nJames Cronin (Dolphin\/Munster) *
\nRobbie Diack (Malone\/Ulster) *
\nIain Henderson (Ballinahinch\/Ulster) 10
\nChris Henry (Malone\/Ulster) 14
\nJamie Heaslip (Dublin University\/Leinster) 65
\nRob Herring (Ballinahinch\/Ulster) *
\nDave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians\/Munster) 8
\nJack McGrath (St Mary’s College\/Leinster) 8
\nMarty Moore (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 5
\nJordi Murphy (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 2
\nPaul O’Connell (Young Munster\/Munster) 92
\nMike Ross (Clontarf\/Leinster) 39
\nRhys Ruddock (St Mary’s College\/Leinster) 2
\nDevin Toner (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 15
\nDamian Varley (Garryowen\/Munster) 2<\/p>\n
Backs (14)
\nDarren Cave (Belfast Harlequins\/Ulster) 5
\nKeith Earls (Young Munster\/Munster) 39
\nRobbie Henshaw (Buccanneers\/Connacht) 3
\nPaddy Jackson (Dungannon\/Ulster) 9
\nFelix Jones (Shannon\/Munster) 5
\nRob Kearney (UCD\/Leinster) 54
\nKieran Marmion (Corinthians\/Connacht) *
\nLuke Marshall (Ballinahinch\/Ulster) 5
\nFergus McFadden (Old Belvedere\/Leinster) 26
\nConor Murray (Garryowen\/Munster) 27
\nEoin Reddan (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 54
\nJohnny Sexton (Racing Metro) 43
\nAndrew Trimble (Ballymena\/Ulster) 55
\nSimon Zebo (Cork Constitution\/Munster) 6<\/p>\n
*Denotes uncapped player<\/p>\n
Argentina v IRELAND
\nSaturday 7th June, 2014
\nEstadio Centenario, Resistencia, Chaco
\nKO 15:40 local time (19:40 Irish time)<\/p>\n
REF: Glen Jackson (NZ) ASSIST REFS: Mike Fraser (NZ), Jaco van Heerden (SA) TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SA)<\/p>\n
Argentina v IRELAND
\nSaturday 14th June, 2014
\nEstadio Jos\u00e9 Fierro, Tucum\u00e1n
\nKO 15:40 local time (19:40 Irish time)<\/p>\n
REF: Pascal Gauzerre (FRA) ASSIST REFS: Glen Jackson (NZ) Lourens van der Merwe (SA) TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SA) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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