Those Canadians better get ready for some speed.
Eyebrows were raised when Joe Schmidt only selected four players from the reigning PRO12 champions in his original 34-man squad, but Connacht’s number was bolstered by two on Monday afternoon.
Speedsters Niyi Adeolokun and Tiernan O’Halloran are one-third of the half-dozen reinforcements drafted in by Joe Schmidt for Saturday evening’s Aviva Stadium clash with the Canucks.
Munster trio Dave Kilcoyne, Jack O’Donoghue and Darren Sweetnam, plus Dan Leavy of Leinster also joined the squad today at Carton House.
Bleary eyes, weary bodieshttps://t.co/hshlQHRsz4
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) November 7, 2016
Unfortunately but unsurprisingly, Jordi Murphy leaves the squad after damaging the ACL in his left knee – ruling him out of action for between six and nine months.
Ireland Squad for Canada
Niyi Adeolukun (Connacht)*
Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) c
Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster)
Sean Cronin (St Marys/Leinster)
Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Tadgh Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)
Craig Gilroy (Ulster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) vc
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)
Billy Holland (Cork Constitution/Munster)*
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster)*
Kieran Marmion (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Luke Marshall (Ulster)
Jack McGrath (St Marys/Leinster)
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)*
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster)
Jack O’Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster)*
Tiernan O’Halloran (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Jared Payne (Ulster)
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)*
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster)*
Jonathan Sexton (St Marys/Leinster)
CJ Stander (Munster)
Darren Sweetnam (Cork Constitution/Munster)*
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
James Tracy (UCD/Leinster)*
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)
