Second Group Departs

The second group of national squad members departed Dublin Airport this morning en route to Perth where they will join up with those who left on Thursday morning. The players will fly Dublin-London/Heathrow-Singapore-Perth and will be based in Freemantle ahead of the opening Test on Saturday June 7th.

Tour Party

Forwards. Simon Best (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins), Emmet Byrne (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Shane Byrne (Leinster/Blackrock College), Reggie Corrigan (Leinster/Greystones), Leo Cullen (Leinster/Blackrock College), Victor Costello (Leinster/St. Mary’s College), Kieron Dawson (London Irish), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Justin Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster), Aiden McCullen (Leinster/Lansdowne), Keith Gleeson (Leinster/St.Mary’s College), Marcus Horan (Munster/Shannon), Gary Longwell ( Ulster/Ballymena), Eric Miller (Leinster/Terenure College), Donncha O’Callaghan (Munster/Cork Constitution), Paul O’Connell (Munster/Young Munster), Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster/St. Mary’s College), Alan Quinlan (Munster/Shannon), Frank Sheahan (Munster/Cork Constitution), Paul Shields (Ulster/Ballymena), David Wallace (Munster/Garryowen).

Backs. Jonathan Bell (Ulster/Dungannon), Paul Burke (Harlequins), Gordon Darcy (Leinster/Lansdowne), Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College), Guy Easterby (Llanelli), Mike Mullins (Munster/Old Crescent), Anthony Horgan (Munster/Cork Constitution), Tyrone Howe (Ulster/Dungannon), David Humphreys (Ulster/Dungannon), John Kelly (Munster/Cork Constitution), Mark McHugh (Connacht/St. Mary’s College), Kevin Maggs (Bath), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Ronan O’Gara (Munster/Cork Constitution), Brian O’Meara (Leinster/Cork
Constitution), David Quinlan (Leinster/Blackrock College), Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon), James Topping (Ulster/Ballymena), Paddy Wallace (Ulster/Ballymena).