9 Munster Players In Ireland Training Squad

Joe Schmidt has named a 45 man training squad ahead of Ireland’s Guinness Summer Series in August and September. Munster’s Paul O’Connell has been named captain with Dave Kilcoyne, Tommy O’Donnell, Peter O’Mahony, Donnacha Ryan, Keith Earls, Felix Jones, Conor Murray and Simon Zebo also included.

Ireland Head Coach Schmidt, commented, "The squad selection has been a long process with some very tight decisions. Some injured players who are getting close to full fitness have been included while others have missed out due to prolonged absence or lack of opportunity to demonstrate their full Test Match readiness."

"Rhys Ruddock would have been selected but has been ruled him out after fracturing his arm against Uruguay last week."

The 2015 Guinness Summer Series will see Ireland take on Wales in Cardiff on Saturday 8^th August before hosting Scotland a week later at the Aviva Stadium. On Saturday 29^thAugust, Wales come to the Aviva Stadium with the final game of the series taking place in Twickenham against England on Saturday 5^th September. Tickets for the two home games of the Guinness Summer Series are available from www.ticketmaster.ie.

The Ireland national team will host three Open Sessions during its World Cup training schedule, the first will take place in the Sportsground, Galway on Tuesday 14^th July, the second will take place in Cork on Wednesday 29^th July and the final Open Session will take place in the RDS, Dublin on Tuesday 8^th September. Details on how to access tickets for the open sessions will be released in due course.


IRELAND Training Squad

Forwards (23)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Michael Bent (Dublin University/Leinster)
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*
Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)*
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster)
Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)
Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)

Backs (22)
Isaac Boss (Terenure/Leinster)
Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
Jared Payne (Ulster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Noel Reid (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Simon Zebo (Cork Con/Munster)

*Denotes uncapped player


2015 GUINNESS SUMMER SERIES FIXTURES

Wales v IRELAND
Millennium Stadium
Saturday 8^th August, 2015
KO: 14:30

IRELAND v Scotland
Aviva Stadium
Saturday 15^th August, 2015
KO: 17:00

IRELAND v Wales
Aviva Stadium
Saturday 29^th August, 2015
KO: 14:30

England v IRELAND
Twickenham Stadium
Saturday 5^th September, 2015
KO: 14:30