Head Coach Andy Farrell has immediately named a 35-player Eire Males’s squad for the upcoming Summer time Tour to South Africa, captained by Peter O’Mahony who’s one in every of seven Munster gamers within the squad.
The squad will assemble on the IRFU Excessive Efficiency Centre in Dublin on Thursday to start preparations for the two-match Take a look at Collection towards the Springboks, earlier than departing for Johannesburg from Tuesday, 25 June.
Farrell has included three uncapped gamers within the squad, as Leinster duo Jamie Osborne and Sam Prendergast are rewarded for his or her performances at Provincial stage, whereas Ulster’s Cormac Izuchukwu earns his first senior name up.
Farrell’s aspect will go head-to-head with the Springboks within the opening Take a look at at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, 6 July (Kick-off 5pm native time/4pm Irish time), with Hollywoodbets Kings Park in Durban internet hosting the second Take a look at every week in a while Saturday, 13 July (Kick-off 5pm native time/4pm Irish time).
Looking forward to the Summer time Tour, Farrell stated: “Travelling to South Africa to play a Take a look at Collection towards the defending world champions offers no higher check for us, and it’s one other precious alternative for us to additional develop and develop from the Guinness Six Nations.
“The squad will come collectively in Dublin this week in preparation for the Tour and the group understands the necessity to hit the bottom operating, guaranteeing we’re the perfect model of ourselves for the problem forward.”
Eire captain Peter O’Mahony added: “I’m proud to be requested to guide Eire in South Africa, a rustic which offers one of many hardest challenges in world rugby.
“As reigning world champions, South Africa will present the sternest of exams and we all know that we should carry out at a excessive stage to get the outcomes we would like. There’s plenty of respect and familiarity between each nations in recent times at worldwide and Membership ranges, since they have been invited to hitch the URC and European Cup competitions, and we all know the problem that awaits.”
The 2 Exams are reside on Sky Sports activities within the Republic of Eire and United Kingdom.
Eire Squad – Summer time Tour 2024:
Participant/Membership/Province/Caps
Forwards:
Ryan Baird (Dublin College/Leinster) 20
Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht) 40
Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 50
Caelan Doris (St Mary’s School/Leinster) 41
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 76
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 129
Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 39
Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster/Ballynahinch)*
Oli Jager (Munster) 1
Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster) 31
Joe McCarthy (Dublin College/Leinster) 10
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Structure/Munster)(captain) 105
Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 13
Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 64
Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht) 3
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 62
Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster) 26
Nick Timoney (Banbridge/Ulster) 3
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 62
Backs:
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 56
Caolin Blade (Galwegians/Connacht) 2
Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster) 14
Jack Crowley (Cork Structure/Munster) 14
Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster) 4
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 72
Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s School/Leinster) 32
James Lowe (Leinster) 31
Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster) 17
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 116
Calvin Nash (Younger Munster/Munster) 6
Jimmy O’Brien (Naas/Leinster) 8
Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster)*
Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 58
Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 37
* denotes uncapped participant
Unavailable: Jamison Gibson-Park (hamstring damage) and Jack Conan (private causes).
Summer time Tour 2024 Fixtures:
Saturday, 6 July: South Africa v Eire, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (5pm native time/4pm Irish time)
Saturday, 13 July: South Africa v Eire, Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban (5pm native time/4pm Irish time).
