Andy Farrell names Ireland rugby summer tour squad

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A strong selection!

Head coach Andy Farrell has named his 36-man Ireland squad for their upcoming summer tour, with matches against Australia, Japan and New Zealand.

As expected, it is a strong selection with few surprises.

However, given injuries to key players, there are three new faces and a handful of more inexperienced men.

Caelan Doris captains the squad, with Connacht trio - tighthead Sam Illo, loosehead Billy Bohan, and number eight Sean Jansen - the uncapped players.

There was speculation whether Jack Crowley would overcome his injuries in time, but he has been left out, with Sam Prendergast, Ciarán Frawley and Harry Byrne the out-half options.

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Ireland Squad (from IRFU site):

(Club/Province/Caps)

Forwards (20):

Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(70)
Billy Bohan (Corinthians/Connacht)*
Thomas Clarkson (Blackrock College/Leinster)(13)
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(59)
Caelan Doris (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)(captain)(60)
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(86)
Sam Illo (Buccaneers/Connacht)*
Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(4)
Sean Jansen (Connacht)*
Rónan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(48)
Jeremy Loughman (Garryowen/Munster)(8)
Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(24)
Darragh Murray (Buccaneers/Connacht)(3)
Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(21)
Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht)(11)
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(80)
Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(39)
Tom Stewart (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(5)
Nick Timoney (Queen’s University/Ulster)(11)
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(79)

Backs (16):

Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(69)
Rob Baloucoune (Enniskillen/Ulster)(8)
Harry Byrne (Lansdowne/Leinster)(4)
Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(28)
Nathan Doak (Banbridge/Ulster)(1)
Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(12)
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(51)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) (84)
Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)(46)
Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(28)
Jimmy O’Brien (Naas/Leinster)(11)
Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock College/Leinster)(9)
Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster)(15)
Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(15)
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)(74)
Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster)(42).

* denotes uncapped

Ireland Fixtures:

Saturday, 4 July: Australia v Ireland, Allianz Stadium, Sydney, 8.10pm local time/11.10am Irish time
Saturday, 11 July: Japan v Ireland, McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, 8.10pm local time/11.10am Irish time
Saturday, 18 July: New Zealand v Ireland, Eden Park, Auckland, 7.10pm local time/8.10am Irish time.

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