13 Munster players have been included in Farrell’s 50-man squad for a one day camp ahead of Autumn International preparations.
Irish Rugby head coach Andy Farrell is beginning his preparations for what is set to be a very busy year of international rugby ahead. Farrell will host a one day camp in the IRFU’s High Performance Centre at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin, with an extended 50-man squad.
Munster Rugby is well represented with thirteen players included in Farrell’s training squad, seasoned players such as Keith Earls, Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony all return to Farrell’s squad along with some of the province’s newer names, such as Craig Casey, Shane Daly, Fineen Wycherley and Gavin Coombes.
Joey Carbery, Andrew Conway and Chris Farrell are also included in Farrell’s extended squad along with fellow Munster teammates Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan and Tadhg Beirne.
Andy Farrell faces what could be his defining year as Irish head coach, with a whole host fixtures set against some of international rugby’s most outstanding oppositions.
The 2021/22 international season will begin with the Autumn Internationals, where Ireland are set to take on Japan, New Zealand and Argentina at the Aviva Stadium in November.
In February and March of next year, Ireland face the difficult away fixtures against England and France in the 2022 Six Nations Championships while Ireland host Wales, Italy and Scotland at the Aviva Stadium.
Farrell and his squad’s most difficult test of the year is undoubtedly their summer tour to New Zealand in July. The last time an Irish squad played a three test series in New Zealand was under Declan Kidney in 2012, Ireland lost the series 0 games to 3 with a 60 – 0 scoreline in the final test.
Take a look at Andy Farrell’s 50-man squad below:
Backs (23)
Will Addison (Ulster/Enniskillen) 5 caps
Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 31 caps
Robert Baloucoune (Ulster/Enniskillen) 1 cap
Caolin Blade (Connacht/Galwegians) 1 cap
Billy Burns (Ulster) 7 caps
Harry Byrne (Leinster/Lansdowne) 1 cap
Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 24 caps
Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 3 caps
Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 25 caps
Shane Daly (Munster/Cork Constitution) 2 caps
Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 93 caps
Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 15 caps
Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 10 caps
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 52 caps
James Hume (Ulster/Banbridge) 1 cap
Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 13 caps
Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 30 caps
James Lowe (Leinster) 6 caps
Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 5 caps
Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 89 caps
Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 34 caps
Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 99 caps
Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 35 caps
Forwards (27)
Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 5 caps
Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 16 caps
Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 22 caps
Paul Boyle (Connacht/Buccaneers) 1 cap
Ed Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 6 caps
Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 20 caps
Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) 9 caps
Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps
Ultan Dillane (Connacht/Corinthians) 19 caps
Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 9 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 49 caps
Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 109 caps
Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 6 caps
Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 63 caps
Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 22 caps
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 13 caps
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 45 caps
Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 76 caps
Eric O’Sullivan (Ulster/ Banbridge) 1 cap
Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 1 cap
Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 37 caps
Rhys Ruddock (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 27 caps
James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 37 caps
John Ryan (Munster/Cork Constitution) 24 caps
Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) 1 cap
Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 32 caps
Fineen Wycherley (Munster/Young Munster) 1 cap
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