First Squad of the Season
An extended 45 man squad has been named for the Ireland training camp, by Declan Kidney. The squad includes the players who toured New Zealand and Australia and 11 players from the Churchill Cup Squad.
Gordon D’Arcy, Andrew Trimble and Leo Cullen all make welcome returns to the squad after missing out recently through injury.
Declan Kidney said,
“The camp is an opportunity for the coaching staff to work with the players and set some foundations ahead of what is going to be an important November for us. We have a new blend of experience in the coaching staff and we felt that this camp would be key to getting the ideas of both the staff and players across ahead of the new season”.
“Once we get into September, it really is a short space of time before we will arrive at our first camp ahead of the November games, so it will be important to our preparation. It is an exciting time and both the coaching staff and myself are looking forward to getting down to business and working with what is a talented squad of players”.
Ireland Squad:
Neil Best (Northampton)
Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)
Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster)
Robert Casey (London Irish)
Tom Court (Ballymena/Ulster)
Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster)
Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)
Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
Keith Earls (Garryowen/Munster)
Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster)
Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster)
Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
Donncha O’ Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Paul O’ Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
Ronan O’ Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Malcolm O’ Kelly (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)
Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster)
Eoin Reddan (Wasps)
Michael Ross (Harlequins)
Donncha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
Roger Wilson (Northampton)
Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster)