{"id":19368,"date":"2021-01-25T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T12:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19368"},"modified":"2021-01-25T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T14:00:04","slug":"two-uncapped-players-named-to-irelands-six-nations-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19368","title":{"rendered":"Two Uncapped Players Named To Ireland’s Six Nations Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Ireland coaching group have selected a squad of 36 players for the upcoming 2021 Guinness Six Nations Championship.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Sexton will captain the squad for a second Six Nations campaign and there are two uncapped players included \u2013 Munster scrum half Craig Casey and Ulster prop Tom O\u2019Toole.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole was named in the Ireland panel at the start of the 2020 Championship, while Casey, who won a Grand Slam with the Ireland Under-20s in 2019, trained with the squad last October.<\/p>\n

Ireland have just two fixtures at the Aviva Stadium in the 2021 Six Nations, hosting France in the second round and England during the final weekend of the tournament.<\/p>\n

In the opening round Ireland will take on Wayne Pivac\u2019s Wales at the Principality Stadium. Their first two games of the 2021 Championships against Wales and France will both take place on Sunday afternoons.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s third round match is at the Stadio Olimpico against Italy, and in the penultimate round they will face Scotland.<\/p>\n

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell commented: \u201cSince the autumn international window, the club season has had a good few disruptions and the cancellation of the European fixtures means there have been less opportunities for players to show form or to return from injury and get some minutes under their belts.<\/p>\n

\u201cTadhg (Furlong) hasn\u2019t played in quite a while but he is ready to join the group. Unfortunately Jacob (Stockdale) will not be available to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ireland Squad \u2013 2021 Guinness Six Nations Championship:
\nPlayer\/Club\/Province\/Caps \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

Backs (17):<\/strong>
\nBundee Aki (Galwegians\/Connacht) 30
\nBilly Burns (Ulster) 3
\nRoss Byrne (UCD\/Leinster) 11
\nCraig Casey (Shannon\/Munster) *
\nAndrew Conway (Garryowen\/Munster) 24
\nShane Daly (Cork Constitution\/Munster) 1
\nKeith Earls (Young Munster\/Munster) 88
\nChris Farrell (Young Munster\/Munster) 14
\nJamison Gibson-Park (Leinster) 5
\nRobbie Henshaw (Buccaneers\/Leinster) 47
\nHugo Keenan (UCD\/Leinster) 6
\nJordan Larmour (St. Mary\u2019s College\/Leinster) 24
\nJames Lowe (Leinster) 2
\nStuart McCloskey (Bangor\/Ulster) 4
\nConor Murray (Garryowen\/Munster) 87
\nGarry Ringrose (UCD\/Leinster) 30
\nJonathan Sexton (St. Mary\u2019s College\/Leinster) (capt) 95<\/p>\n

Forwards (19):<\/strong>
\nTadhg Beirne (Lansdowne\/Munster) 17
\nWill Connors (UCD\/Leinster) 5
\nCaelan Doris (St. Mary\u2019s College\/Leinster) 7
\nUltan Dillane (Galway Corinthians\/Connacht) 17
\nTadhg Furlong (Clontarf\/Leinster) 25
\nCian Healy (Clontarf\/Leinster) 104
\nDave Heffernan (Buccaneers\/Connacht) 5
\nIain Henderson (Academy\/Ulster) 58
\nRob Herring (Ballynahinch\/Ulster) 16
\nRonan Kelleher (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 6
\nDave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians\/Munster) 39
\nPeter O\u2019Mahony (Cork Constitution\/Munster) 73
\nTom O\u2019Toole (Banbridge\/Ulster) *
\nAndrew Porter (UCD\/Leinster) 32
\nQuinn Roux (Galwegians\/Connacht) 16
\nRhys Ruddock (St. Mary\u2019s College\/Leinster) 26
\nJames Ryan (UCD\/Leinster) 32
\nCJ Stander (Shannon\/Munster) 46
\nJosh van der Flier (UCD\/Leinster) 28<\/p>\n

* Denotes uncapped player<\/em><\/p>\n

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