Irish Rugby Squad

The new Irish management have announced a squad for the opening training session of the year which will be held at the University of Limerick next week.

Not surprisingly, the newcomers include Munster lock Paul O’Connell, Leinster flanker Keith Gleeson and Paddy Wallace of Ulster, all of whom have been in such good form for their respective provinces this season.

The squad will assemble on Sunday January 13th and work through to Friday January 18th. On Tuesday January 15th the training session in the afternoon will be held at Thomond Park and will be open to the public from 3pm – 5pm.

Forwards: Emmet Byrne (St.Mary’s College), Shane Byrne (Blackrock College), Peter Clohessy (Young Munster), Reggie Corrigan (Lansdowne), Victor Costello (St.Mary’s College), Jeremy Davidson (Dungannon), Kieron Dawson (London Irish), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Anthony foley (Shannon), Mick Galwey (Shannon), Keith Gleeson (St.Mary’s College), John Hayes (Shannon), Marcus Horan (Shannon), Gary Longwell(Ballymena), Eric Miller (Terenure College), Malcolm O’Kelly (St.Mary’s College), Paul O’Connell (Young Munster), Alan Quinlan (Shannon), Frank Sheehan (Cork Constitution), David Wallace (Garryowen), Paul Wallace (Blackrock College), Keith Wood (Harlequins).

Backs: Jonathan Bell (Dungannon), Paul Burke (Harlequins), Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College), Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne), Neil Doak (Ballymena), Guy Easterby (Llanelli), Rob henderson (Young Munster), Denis Hickie (St.Mary’s College), Anthony Horgan (Cork Constitution), Shane Horgan (Lansdowne), Tyrone Howe (Dungannon), David Humphreys (Dungannon), John kelly (Cork Constitution), Kevin Maggs (Bath), Mike Mullins (Young Munster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Brian O’Driscoll (Blackrock College), Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution), Brian O’Meara (Cork Constitution), Peter Stringer (Cork Constitution), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena).