Ireland Players Released Back To Provinces To Get Game-Time
Ireland players during the anthems ahead of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations match against Wales at the Aviva Stadium ©INPHO/Gary Carr
The Ireland coaching group have retained a squad of 23 players for the two-day camp in Cork this week. Thirteen players have been released back to their respective provinces to access game-time in the GUINNESS PRO14 this weekend.
Ultan Dillane, David Heffernan (both Connacht), Max Deegan, Dave Kearney, Ronan Kelleher, Luke McGrath, Will Connors (all Leinster), Chris Farrell, Jack O’Donoghue (both Munster), Billy Burns, Stuart McCloskey, Jack McGrath and Tom O’Toole (all Ulster) have returned to their provinces.
On Thursday Ireland will host an open session in CIT in Cork and train with the Ireland Under-20 squad. There are limited tickets available for this event via Ticketmaster.ie.
IRELAND Squad (Two-Day Cork Camp):
Player/Club/Province/Caps –
Backs (11):
Will Addison (Enniskillen/Ulster) 4
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 25
Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 5
Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 20
John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster) 10
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 83
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 42
Jordan Larmour (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 23
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 80
Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 90
Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 27
Forwards (12):
Caelan Doris (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 43
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 97
Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster) 55
Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 10
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 38
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 66
Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 25
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 25
CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 40
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 69
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 25