Additional Players Brought Into Ireland Squad

Twelve players have been drafted into the Ireland squad for this week, in addition to the matchday 22 from the recent win over Scotland.

There are no major injury concerns for the Ireland squad ahead of the RBS 6 Nations Championship game against Wales next Saturday and the squad will gather in Dublin this evening to begin preparations.

The team and replacements to face Wales in Cardiff will be announced by Declan Kidney on Tuesday afternoon.

IRELAND SQUAD – ADDITIONAL PLAYERS:

Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Johne Murphy (Young Munster/Munster)
Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht)