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Andy Farrell\u00a0and the Ireland coaching group have named a 37 player squad ahead of the 2022\u00a0Guinness Six Nations\u00a0Championship which commences in early February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The squad will be captained by\u00a0Johnny Sexton\u00a0who earned his 100th cap for his country against Japan during the November international window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ireland will host Wales, Italy and Scotland at the Aviva Stadium over the course of the Championship while also travelling to Paris and London to face France and England respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two uncapped players named in the extended squad \u2013 Ulster\u2019s\u00a0Michael Lowry\u00a0and Connacht\u2019s\u00a0Mack Hansen. Both have trained with the national squad in the past few months, Lowry during the\u00a0Vodafone Summer Series\u00a0in July and Hansen during the\u00a0Autumn Nations Series\u00a0in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connacht\u2019s\u00a0Cian Prendergast\u00a0will join the squad for the training camp in Portugal as a Development Player. The former Ireland U20 player has made nine appearances for Connacht this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Lowe\u00a0has picked up a muscle injury that has ruled him out for a number of weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andy Farrell, Ireland Head Coach, commented: \u201cIn November we challenged the group to get up to speed quickly so that the team could perform at international level. The same will apply for this Six Nations campaign, we need to be at our best against Wales on the opening weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a strong squad with competition for places across the board, there is a nice blend of experienced internationals and guys who have had their first taste of this level in the past 12 months. \u00a0The games in November gave us a good foundation to build on and areas where we know we will have to improve.<\/p> \u201cIt will be an exciting Championship with so many strong squads and impressive performances across the board during the Autumn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ireland\u2019s opening fixture of the 2022 Six Nations Championship is against Wales on Saturday 5th February. A week later, the squad will travel to France to take on Les Bleus in Paris. In Round 3, on Sunday 27th February, Ireland host Italy at the Aviva Stadium and then travel to Twickenham to take on England two weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final round of the Championship, Ireland host Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 19th March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRELAND Guinness Six Nations Squad 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Backs (17)<\/strong>
Bundee Aki (Connacht\/Galwegians) 33 caps
Robert Baloucoune (Ulster\/Enniskillen) 2 caps
Joey Carbery (Munster\/Clontarf) 27 caps
Jack Carty (Buccaneers\/Connacht) 10 caps
Craig Casey (Munster\/Shannon) 4 caps
Andrew Conway (Munster\/Garryowen) 27 caps
Keith Earls (Munster\/Young Munster) 96 caps
Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 12 caps
Mack Hansen (Connacht) uncapped
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster\/Buccaneers) 53 caps
James Hume (Ulster\/Banbridge) 1 cap
Hugo Keenan (Leinster\/UCD) 16 caps
Jordan Larmour (Leinster\/St Mary\u2019s College) 30 caps
Michael Lowry (Ulster\/Banbridge) uncapped
Conor Murray (Munster\/Garryowen) 92 caps
Garry Ringrose (Leinster\/UCD) 37 caps
Johnny Sexton (Leinster\/St Mary\u2019s College) 101 caps CAPTAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forwards (20)<\/strong>
Ryan Baird (Leinster\/Dublin University) 6 caps
Finlay Bealham (Connacht\/Buccaneers) 18 caps
Tadhg Beirne (Munster\/Lansdowne) 25 caps
Jack Conan (Leinster\/Old Belvedere) 22 caps
Gavin Coombes (Munster\/Young Munster) 2 caps
Caelan Doris (Leinster\/St Mary\u2019s College) 12 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster\/Clontarf) 52 caps
Cian Healy (Leinster\/Clontarf) 112 caps
Iain Henderson (Ulster\/Academy) 65 caps
Rob Herring (Ulster\/Ballynahinch) 23 caps
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster\/Lansdowne) 16 caps
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster\/UL Bohemians) 45 caps
Peter O\u2019Mahony (Munster\/Cork Constitution) 79 caps
Tom O\u2019Toole (Ulster\/Ballynahinch) 2 caps
Andrew Porter (Leinster\/UCD) 40 caps
James Ryan (Leinster\/UCD) 40 caps
Dan Sheehan (Leinster\/Lansdowne) 2 caps
Nick Timoney (Ulster\/Banbridge) 2 caps
Kieran Treadwell (Ulster\/Ballymena) 3 caps
Josh van der Flier (Leinster\/UCD) 35 caps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Development Player<\/strong>
Cian Prendergast (Connacht)<\/p>\n

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