Ireland head coach, Declan Kidney, has named a 36 man Ireland squad first Ireland camp of the season which is to take place in Belfast from July 26 – 29. The camp is the first of three get togethers with further three day camps taking place in August and September.
The squad consists of players that were involved in the summer tours to North America and the Churchill Cup during May and June as well as several senior
players who were not included for the summer tours.
The squad also does not include several players recovering from injury or any Irish members of the British & Irish Lions party as they continue their holidays following the tour to South Africa.
Ireland Squad (36):
Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)
Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster)
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)
Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
Dennis Fogarty (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)
Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
Denis Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Shane Jennings (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
Felix Jones (Seapoint/Munster)
Ian Keatley (Galwegians/Connacht)
Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Fergus McFadden (UCD/Leinster)
John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)
Barry Murphy (U.L. Bohemians/Munster)
Johne Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
Niall O’Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster)
Mike Ross (unallocated/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
Devon Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
Ian Whitten (Ballymena/Ulster)
Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)
