Two Munster stars join Ireland squad ahead of Six Nations clash with Wales

Two Munster men link up with the squad.

Andy Farrell has named his revised Ireland squad for the third round of the 2024 Six Nations. After two opening wins, Ireland welcome Wales to Aviva Stadium this Saturday (2:15pm kick-off). The IRFU press release reads, "Prop Oli Jager has joined the squad and Thomas Ahern has also linked up with Andy Farrell's side at the IRFU High Performance Centre this week. "Iain Henderson picked up a foot injury during Ulster's URC game away to Ospreys on Sunday and there will be a further update later in the week."

FULL IRELAND SQUAD

Backs (15): Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) Harry Byrne (UCD/Leinster) Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster) Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster) Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster) Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster) Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster) Jordan Larmour (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) James Lowe (Leinster) Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster) Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) Calvin Nash (Young Munster/Munster) Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) Forwards (21): Thomas Ahern (Shannon/Munster)* Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster) Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht) Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) Caelan Doris (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster) Oli Jager (Munster)* Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster) Jeremy Loughman (Garryowen/Munster) Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster) Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)(captain) Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster) Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster) Tom Stewart (Ballynahinch/Ulster) Nick Timoney (Banbridge/Ulster) Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)

The Ireland match-day squad to face Wales at Aviva Stadium will be named on Thursday at 2pm. [caption id="attachment_296934" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Jack Crowley and Josh van der Flier are named in the latest Ireland squad. (Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile)[/caption]

Ireland squad chasing big Six Nations milestone

Ireland opened up their 2024 Six Nations campaign with an impressive 38-17 win over France, before dusting Italy 36-0 at Aviva Stadium. They face Wales, next up, on Saturday before travelling to Twickenham to take on England and finishing up, on March 16, by welcoming Scotland to Lansdowne Road. No side has ever gone back-to-back with Grand Slams since the Six Nations came into being. It has been 26 years since the championship has seen a double Grand Slam - France achieving that feat in 1998.

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