Andy Farrell and the Ireland Coaching Team have retained a group of 27 players to partake in a two day mini-camp later this week which culminates in an Open Training Session against Richie Murphy’s unbeaten Ireland U20s at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday morning. Finlay Bealham, who twisted his knee against Italy on Saturday, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Championship. Bealham had started all three games in the campaign to date. Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is named in the group for the mini-camp, as is Garry Ringrose who was a late withdrawal from the Italy game with a tight calf and Robbie Henshaw who is returning from injury. Also included for this week’s camp are Jamison Gibson Park (hamstring) and Tadhg Furlong (calf), neither of whom have featured to date in the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship. All four Provinces are in URC action this weekend with a number of players released from the wider group to access game time. After a priority window for Irish Rugby Supporters Club members last week, a limited number of tickets for Ireland's Open Training Session at Aviva Stadium will be available to download for free from Ticketmaster.ie from 5pm today.

Ireland Squad Mini Camp – 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship:

Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 44 caps Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 9 caps Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 17 caps Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 10 caps Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 36 caps Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 63 caps Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 26 caps Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 23 caps Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 12 caps Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 121 caps Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 61 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 71 caps Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 20 caps Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 51 caps James Lowe (Leinster) 18 caps Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 12 caps Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 103 caps Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas) 4 caps Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 92 caps Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 7 caps Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 111 caps (c) Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 15 caps Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 48 caps 

2023 Guinness Six Nations Fixtures & Results

Wales 10 IRELAND 34 Principality Stadium, Saturday 4^th February 2023   IRELAND 32 France 19 Aviva Stadium, Saturday 11^th February 2023   Italy 20 IRELAND 34 Stadio Olimpico, Saturday  25^th February 2023   Scotland v IRELAND Sunday 12^th March 2023, KO 15:00 (IST) RTE TV / BBC / RTE Radio / BBC Radio   IRELAND v England Saturday 18^th March 2023, KO 17:00 (IST) VIRGIN / ITV / RTE Radio / BBC Radio