The Ireland coaching group will retain a 23 man panel for the two day mini-camp on Thursday and Friday this week at the IRFU High Performance Centre at the Sports Ireland Campus. The squad dispersed upon return to Ireland on Saturday evening following the win over Italy in Round 3 of the 2021 Guinness Six Nations Championship.    The provinces are involved in Guinness PRO14 interprovincial action this weekend so 13 players have been released to access game time. Players who picked up knocks over the weekend – Jordan Larmour (hip), Tadgh Furlong (ankle), Dave Kilcoyne (HIA) and Ronan Kelleher (ankle) have continued their recovery under the supervision of the national medical team and will be further assessed later in the week. The 13 players returning to their provincial bubbles to avail of game time in the Guinness PRO14 this weekend are – Bundee Aki, Ultan Dillane, Dave Heffernan (Connacht),  Ed Byrne, Ross Byrne, Rhys Ruddock, Josh van der Flier (Leinster), Craig Casey, Andrew Conway, Shane Daly, Chris Farrell (Munster) and Stuart McCloskey, Tom O’Toole (Ulster).

Ireland Squad (Two Day Camp, March 4/5, IRFU High Performance Centre

Backs Billy Burns (Ulster) 6 caps Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 91 caps Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 8 caps Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 50 caps Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 9 caps Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 27 caps James Lowe (Leinster) 5 caps Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 88 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 33 caps Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 97 caps Forwards Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 1 cap Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 20 caps Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 18 caps Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) 8 caps Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 47 caps Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 107 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 61 caps Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 19 caps Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 9 caps Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 41 caps Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 35 caps James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 34 caps CJ Stander (Munster/Shannon) 49 caps

Returning to Provinces

Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 30 caps Ed Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 4 caps Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 12 caps Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 1 cap Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 24 caps Shane Daly (Munster/Cork Con) 1 cap Ultan Dillane (Connacht/Corinthians) 18 caps Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 14 caps Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 5 caps Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 4 caps Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) uncapped Rhys Ruddock (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 27 caps Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps