Ireland retain 25 players for mini-camp as remainder return to provinces

Mini-camp

The Ireland coaching group will retain 25 players for a two-day mini-camp at the IRFU’s High Performance Centre later this week while the remainder of the squad has returned to their provinces to play in this weekend’s URC fixtures. Tadhg Beirne, meanwhile, will see a specialist today to determine the treatment plan for the leg injury that saw him leave the game early on Saturday. Rob Herring will proceed through the Return to Play protocols, while captain Johnny Sexton’s groin will be managed this week. Dan Sheehan will continue his hamstring rehab under the supervision of the Ireland medical team. Cian Healy, Tadhg Furlong, Robbie Henshaw and Jamison Gibson Park will continue their respective rehab programmes. The Ireland squad will train with Richie Murphy’s Ireland U20s later in the week. Both squads are unbeaten to date in their respective Championship campaigns. Ireland Squad Mini-Camp 16-17th February, 2023 Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 43 caps Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 8 caps Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 29 caps Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 16 caps Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 9 caps Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 35 caps Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution) 2 caps Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 25 caps Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 10 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 70 caps Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 33 caps Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 27 caps Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 19 caps James Lowe (Leinster) 17 caps Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 50 caps Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 11 caps Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 102 caps Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 91 caps Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 6 caps Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 50 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 50 caps Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 111 caps (c) Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 14 caps Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 47 caps Released to Provinces Caolin Blade (Connacht/Galwegians) 1 cap Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 98 caps Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Marys College) 30 caps Joe McCarthy (Leinster/Dublin University) 1 cap Michael Milne (Leinster/UCD) * Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas) 3 caps Jamie Osborne (Leinster/Naas) * Cian Prendergast (Connacht/Corinthians) 1 cap Roman Salanoa (Munster/Shannon) * Tom Stewart (Ulster/Ballynahinch) * Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 35 caps *denotes uncapped player