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• British & Irish Lions tour Australia in 2013
Ireland have reported "no major injury concerns" ahead of preparation for next week's Six Nations clash against Wales. Kidney has added 12 players to the squad on top of the 22 match-day squad for the Scotland game a week ago. O'Leary is recalled along with Munster team-mates Donnacha Ryan, Mick
It's a bit of a shake up for an injury hit Ireland squad going into this years Six Nations.. The team features one new cap and nine changes to the team that beat Argentina in November. Fergus McFadden makes his first senior cap joining Keith Earls and Luke Fitzgerald in a new look back three.
It looks like Ireland will be without Horgan, McFadden and Flannery for the tour. Horgan was a late withdrawal from Ireland 29-23 defeat to a stomach bug that saw him heading to hospital instead. McFadden has a broken jaw which will require surgery and a six to eight week recovery. Flannery
It appears Declan Kidney is thinking less about the next game (which so often seems to be the way in rugby these days) and is planning for the future with his team announcement for tomorrow's game against the Barbarians. Four uncapped players make the squad Fergus McFadden, Dan Tuohy, Ed O?Donogh
Trying to achieve a balance during the summer tour of giving new players a run-in and get wins is a tough one, Declan Kidney thinks he's cracked it with his tour squad for New Zealand and Australia. Ireland will face the might of the All Blacks, Australia, the Barbarians and the New Zealand Maori
While the British and Irish Lions team is taking on the might of the Springboks on home soil in South Africa, one should not think that there is no rugby being played at home. Quite the opposite is true in fact and this week saw some great action between the Ireland A side and the England Saxons.
