Kidney also announced a 22 strong Wolfhounds squad that includes Stephen Archer, Mike Sherry, Damien Varley, Denis Hurley, Ian Keatley and Tomas O'Leary. The Wolfhounds play England Saxons and after that, on Monday 30th,  Kidney will announce the Ireland squad from which the team to play Wales, in the RBS Six Nations opener will be selected.

Ireland Squad (24): Rory Best (Banbridge  Ulster), Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Tom Court (Malone  Ulster), Sean Cronin (St.Mary's College  Leinster), Leo Cullen (Blackrock College  Leinster), Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne  Leinster), Keith Earls (Young Munster  Munster), Stephen Ferris (Dungannon  Ulster), Cian Healy (Clontarf  Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Naas  Leinster), Shane Jennings (St.Mary's College  Leinster), Rob Kearney (UCD  Leinster), Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere  Leinster), Conor Murray (Garryowen  Munster), Sean O'Brien (Clontarf  Leinster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution  Munster), Paul O'Connell (Young Munster  Munster), Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution  Munster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne  Leinster), Mike Ross (Clontarf  Leinster), Donnacha Ryan (Shannon  Munster), Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary's College  Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena  Ulster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena  Ulster)

Additional players (6): Ian Nagle (Cork Constitution  Munster), Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution  Munster), Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution  Munster), Tiernan O'Halloran (Galwegians  Connacht), Paddy McAllister (Ballynahinch  Ulster), Andrew  Conway (Blackrock College  Leinster),

Ireland Wolfhounds: Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution  Munster), Isaac Boss (Terenure College  Leinster), Gavin Duffy (Galwegians  Connacht), Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College  Leinster), Chris Henry (Belfast Harlequins  Ulster), Denis Hurley (Cork Constitution  Munster), David Kearney (Lansdowne  Leinster), Ian Keatley (Young Munster  Munster), Ronan Loughney (Buccaneers  Connacht), Ian Madigan (Blackrock College  Leinster), Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers  Connacht), Kevin McLaughlin (St.Mary's College  Leinster), John Muldoon (Galwegians  Connacht), Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin  Munster), Eoin O'Malley (Old Belvedere  Leinster), Rhys Ruddock (St.Mary's College  Leinster), Mike Sherry (Garryowen  Munster), Nevin Spence (Ballynahinch  Ulster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne  Leinster), Dan Touhy (Ballymena   Ulster), Damien Varley (Garryowen  Munster), Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians  Connacht).