The Ireland squad reassembled in national camp yesterday evening following the 35-17 victory over Fiji in the second game of the Bank of Ireland Nations Series.  On Saturday evening , Ireland face Dave Rennie’s Australia in a sold-out Aviva Stadium (Kick-off 8pm, live on Virgin Media/Amazon Prime). Joey Carbery will complete the return to play protocols at Munster following his removal on Saturday for a HIA. Robbie Henshaw’s hamstring issue will rule him out of this week’s game against Australia, and he will continue his rehab at Leinster. Jimmy O’Brien will complete the HIA process today and is expected to be available to train tomorrow. The players who picked up knocks against South Africa – Johnny Sexton, James Ryan, Andrew Porter, Josh van der Flier and Hugo Keenan – will be monitored across the early part of the week and re-integrated into training according to their individual management plans. Joe McCarthy returns to the squad having completed his return to play protocols. Bundee Aki, who has trained with the squad for the past few weeks, is now available for selection having completed his suspension and the coaching intervention programme.

Ireland Squad – Bank of Ireland Nations Series 2022:

Backs (15) Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 40 caps Robert Baloucoune (Ulster/Enniskillen) 4 caps Caolin Blade (Connacht/Galwegians) 1 cap Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 6 caps Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution) 1 cap Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 22 caps Mack Hansen (Connacht) 8 caps Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 24 caps Michael Lowry (Ulster/Banbridge) 1 cap Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 8 caps Calvin Nash (Munster/Young Munster) * Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas) 2 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 46 caps Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 109 caps Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 35 caps Forwards (21) Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 26 caps Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 35 caps Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 32 caps Max Deegan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 2 caps Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 22 caps Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 62 caps Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 7 caps Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 120 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 68 caps Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 30 caps Jeremy Loughman (Munster/Garryowen) 1 cap Joe McCarthy (Leinster/Dublin University) * Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 88 caps Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 4 caps Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 47 caps Cian Prendergast (Connacht/Corinthains) 1 cap James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 47 caps Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 12 caps Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) 3 caps Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 10 caps Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 44 caps *denotes uncapped player Bank of Ireland Nations Series Fixtures IRELAND v Australia Saturday 19^th November, 2022, Aviva Stadium, KO 20:00