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Ireland Rugby
Ireland and Ireland ‘A’ Squads
Declan Kidney has announced a reduced 27-man squad for Ireland’s opening game against France.
IRELAND SQUAD (v France, 2009 RBS 6 Nations Championship, Croke Park, Saturday, February 7, kick-off 5pm):
Backs:
Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College – Leinster)
Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne – Leinster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster – Munster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College – Leinster)
Shane Horgan (Boyne – Leinster)
Robert Kearney (UCD – Leinster)
Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
Brian O’Driscoll (UCD – Leinster) (capt)
Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution – Munster)
Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin – Munster)
Peter Stringer (Shannon – Munster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena – Ulster)
Forwards:
Rory Best (Banbridge – Ulster)
Tom Court (Malone – Ulster)*
Stephen Ferris (Dungannon – Ulster)
Jerry Flannery (Shannon – Munster)
John Hayes (Bruff- Munster)
Jamie Heaslip (Naas – Leinster)
Marcus Horan (Shannon – Munster)
Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution – Munster)
Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution – Munster)
Paul O’Connell (Young Munster – Munster)
Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution – Munster)
Malcolm O’Kelly (St. Mary’s College – Leinster)
Alan Quinlan (Shannon – Munster)
David Wallace (Garryowen – Munster)
IRELAND ‘A’ SQUAD (v England Saxons, ‘A’ International Match, Donnybrook, Friday, February 6, kick-off 7.35pm):
Backs:
Isaac Boss (Ballymena – Ulster)
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins – Ulster)*
Ian Dowling (Shannon – Munster)*
Gavin Duffy (Galwegians – Connacht)
Ian Humphreys (Ballymena – Ulster)
Keith Matthews (Buccaneers – Connacht)
Eoin Reddan (Wasps)
Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College – Leinster)*
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena – Ulster)
Forwards:
John Andress (Exeter)
Neil Best (Northampton)
Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon – Ulster)*
Bob Casey (London Irish)
Sean Cronin (Buccaneers -Connacht)
Cian Healy (Clontarf – Leinster)*
Bernard Jackman (Clontarf – Leinster)
Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College – Leinster)
John Muldoon (Galwegians – Connacht)
Mike Ross (Harlequins)*
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon – Munster)
Sean O’Brien (Clontarf – Leinster)
AN Other to be added to the squad
* Denotes uncapped player