Ireland Squad Begin Prep For Stade de France

Ireland Squad Begin Prep For Stade de France

The Ireland squad reassembled on Sunday evening in Carton House. There were no injury concerns emerging from Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations Round 1 win over Wales at Aviva Stadium. Keith Earls will continue his hamstring rehab in Munster over the coming weeks and his progress will be assessed as the Championship progresses. Rob Herring is unavailable for selection this weekend's Round 2 trip to Paris to face France with a calf issue and Dave Heffernan has joined the squad. Ulster trio Michael Lowry, Robert Baloucoune and Nick Timoney have re-joined the squad having featured for Ulster against Connacht in the URC on Friday evening. Image removed. Johnny Sexton surpassed 500 points in the Six Nations Championship at the weekend and currently stands on 955 points for his country. Saturday's game at the Stade de France (Kick-off 4.45pm Irish time) will be broadcast live on VIRGIN (ROI) and ITV (NI) and RTE Radio.

Ireland Squad Round 2 Guinness Six Nations Championship:

Backs (16) Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 34 caps Robert Baloucoune (Ulster/Enniskillen) 2 caps Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 28 caps Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 10 caps Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 4 caps Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 28 caps Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 13 caps Mack Hansen (Connacht) 1 cap Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 53 caps James Hume (Ulster/Banbridge) 2 caps Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 17 caps Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 30 caps Michael Lowry (Ulster/Banbridge) uncapped Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 93 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 38 caps Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 102 caps CAPTAIN Forwards (20) Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 7 caps Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 19 caps Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 26 caps Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 23 caps Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 13 caps Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 53 caps Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 113 caps Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 6 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 65 caps Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 17 caps Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 45 caps Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 80 caps Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 2 caps Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 41 caps James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 41 caps Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 3 caps Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) 2 caps Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 3 caps Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 36 caps