Ireland Squad Named For Final Two Rounds Of Championship

The Ireland coaches have named their squad for the final two rounds of the 2017 RBS 6 Nations Championship.

Ireland travel to Cardiff in round 4 to take on Wales at the Principality Stadium on Friday week (March 10) before hosting England on Saturday, March 18 at the Aviva Stadium.

Jared Payne makes a welcome return to the squad for the first time since he picked up a kidney injury against Australia in the GUINNESS Series last November.

The 37-man squad also sees the return of Joey Carbery who also featured for Ireland in that game.

IRELAND Squad (v Wales & England, 2017 RBS 6 Nations Championship):

Player/Club/Province/Caps –
 
Backs (17):

Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster) 3
Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) *
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 57
Craig Gilroy (Bangor/Ulster) 10
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 27
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 22
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 75
Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 11
Luke Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster) 9
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 1
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 56
Tiernan O’Halloran (Buccaneers/Connacht) 3
Jared Payne (Ulster) 19
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 6
Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 64
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 70
Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) 31

Forwards (20):

Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (capt) 102
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 1
Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 10
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 14
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 65
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) (vice-capt) 94
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 30
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 17
Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster) 1
Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 39
Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster) 47
Tommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster) 12
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 38
Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 1
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) 45
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 4
Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 2
CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 13
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 45
James Tracy (UCD/Leinster) 2
 
* Denotes uncapped player