An Ireland squad of 33 players was today announced for the 2010 summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.
The Ireland squad includes three uncapped players with forwards Chris Henry and Dan Tuohy making the tour party as competition in the back row and second row respectively. The other uncapped player is Fergus McFadden who, along with Tuohy, will be making their first senior tour for Ireland.
Ireland will begin the tour with a game against the Barbarians in Thomond Park on Friday June 4th before flying out for a meeting with New Zealand in New Plymouth on June 12th.
The New Zealand Maoris team is the next opposition for Ireland in Rotorua on June 18th as part of the Maoris centenary celebrations. The final game of the tour will see Ireland playing their Rugby World Cup Pool C opponents Australia in Brisbane on June 26th.
Date
Venue
4th June 2010
Ireland
v
Barbarians
Thomond Park
12th June
New Zealand
New Zealand/New Plymoth
26th June
Australia
Australia / Brisbane
Click on name to view their player profiles Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (withdrawn due to injury)
Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) (withdrawn due to injury)
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) (withdrawn due to injury)
John Fogarty (DLSP/Leinster) *
John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)*
Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
Shane Jennings (St.Mary's College/Leinster) (withdrawn due to injury)
Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)* (withdrawn due to injury)
Kevin McLaughlin (St.Mary's College/Leinster) (withdrawn due to injury)
John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)
Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) (withdrawn due to injury)
Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)
Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary's College/Leinster)
Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)*
David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
*Denotes uncapped player