His back row place will be filled by Leinster's Aidan McCullen.

Foley's withdrawal from the 41-man squad follows the unavailability also because of injury of Brian O'Driscoll (hamstring), Shane Horgan (thigh), John Hayes (groin), Jeremy Staunton (groin) and Neil Doak (shoulder).

Foley's place at No. 8 in the Colours team to play Whites in a pre Tour training match at Thomond Park, Limerick tomorrow, (Friday, May 24th), will be taken by Victor Costello. He switches teams from number 6 on the Whites, with David Wallace moving from 7 to 6 on the Whites and Kieron Dawson being promoted from the Colours replacements to fill Wallace's original place on Whites.

The re-shaped Whites back row now reads: 6 - DavidWallace 7 - Kieron Dawson 8 - Eric Miller.

The back row vacancy in the Colours replacements will be filled by Denis Leamy (Munster - UCC).