Emmet Byrne, Tyrone Howe and Anthony Horgan have all been named in the Ireland A squad for the game against England with Jeremy Davidson set to lead the side.

The Irish A team to play England A in Donnybrook, on Friday, March 28th at 19.00hrs is as follows:

15 - Gordon Darcy (Leinster/Lansdowne) 14 - James Topping (Ulster/Ballymena) 13 - Gavin Duffy (Connacht/Galwegians) 12 - David Quinlan (Leinster/Blackrock College) 11 - Tyrone Howe (Ulster/Dungannon) 10 - Barry Everitt (London Irish) 9 - Brian O'Meara (Leinster/ Cork Constitution) 1 - Emmett Byrne (Leinster/St.Mary's College) 2 - Paul Shields (Ulster/Ballymena) 3 - Simon Best (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins) 4 - Donnacha O'Callaghan (Munster/Cork Constitution) 5 -Jeremy Davidson captain (Ulster/Dungannon) 6 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli) 7 - Kieron Dawson (London Irish) 8 - Des Dillon (Leinster/UCD).

Replacements: 16 - James Blaney (Munster/Shannon), 17 - Peter Bracken (Connacht/Galwegians), 18 - Mick O'Driscoll (Munster/ Cork Constitution), 19 - Aidan McCullen (Leinster/Lansdowne) 20 - Michael Prendergast (Munster/Young Munster) 21 - Mark McHugh (Connacht/St.Mary's College) 22 - Anthony Horgan (Munster/Cork Constitution)