Ireland Summer Tour Squad

Twelve Munster players have been named in the 41 strong Irish sqaud for the upcoming Summer Tour to Australia, Tonga and Samoa. Jeremy Staunton & John Hayes have been ruled out due to injury.

Twelve Munster players have been named in the 41 strong Irish sqaud for the upcoming Summer Tour to Australia, Tonga and Samoa. Jeremy Staunton & John Hayes have been ruled out due to injury.

Irish Squad:

Forwards:

Simon Best (Ulster – Belfast Harlequins), Emmet Byrne (St. Mary’s College – Leinster), Shane Byrne (Leinster – Blackrock College), Reggie Corrigan (Leinster – Greystones), Leo Cullen (Leinster – Blackrock Clollege), Victor Costello (Leinster – St. Mary’s College), Kieron Dawson (London Irish), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Justin Fitzpatrick (Dungannon – Ulster), Anthony Foley (Munster – Shannon), Keith Gleeson (Leinster – St.Mary’s College), Marcus Horan (Munster – Shannon), Gary Longwell ( Ulster – Ballymena), Eric Miller (Leinster Terenure College), Donnacha O’Callaghan (Munster – Cork Constitution), Paul O’Connell (Munster – Young Munster), Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster – St. Mary’s College), Alan Quinlan (Munster – Shannon), Frank Sheahan (Munster Cork Constitution), Paul Shields (Ulster – Ballymena), David Wallace (Munster – Garryowen).

Backs:

Jonathan Bell (Ulster- Dungannon), Paul Burke (Harlequins), Gordon Darcy (Leinster-Lansdowne),Girvan Dempsey (Leinster-Terenure College), Guy Easterby (Llanelli), Rob Henderson (Munster-Young Munster),Dennis Hickie (Leinster-St. Mary’s College), Anthony Horgan (Munster-Cork Constitution), Tyrone Howe (Ulster Dungannon), David Humphreys (Ulster-Dungannon), John Kelly (Munster-Cork Constitution), Mark McHugh (Connacht St. Mary s College), Kevin Maggs (Bath), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Ronan O’Gara (Munster-Cork Constitution), Brian O Meara (Leinster Cork Constitution), David Quinlan (Leinster-Blackrock College), Peter Stringer (Munster-Shannon), James Topping (Ulster-Ballymena), Paddy Wallace (Ulster-Ballymena).

Injuries have ruled out Brian O’Driscoll (hamstring), Shane Horgan (thigh), John Hayes (groin), Jeremy Staunton (groin) and Neil Doak (shoulder) from Ireland s upcoming Summer Tour to Australia, Tonga and Samoa.

A team captain will be named prior to each Test when Ireland play Australia in Perth on Saturday, June 8, Tonga on Saturday, June 14 and against Samoa on Friday, June 20.

Keith Wood will also travel with the tour party as an additional player for training purposes.