Two Tipperary men have been named to the Ireland ‘A’ squad ahead of next weekend’s clash with England.
New Inn’s Diarmuid Barron and Loughmore’s Brian Gleeson have been included in head coach Mike Prendergast’s 29-man squad.
The Tipp men are joined in the squad by Munster teammates Oli Jager, Alex Kendellen, Evan O’Connell, Fineen Wycherley, Shane Daly and Ben O’Connor.
The squad is meeting at the IRFU High Performance Centre today before flying to Bristol on Friday.
Sunday’s game against England ‘A’ kicks-off at Ashton Gate at 1pm.
Ireland ‘A’ Squad:
(Club/Province/Test caps)
Forwards (16):
Jack Aungier (Clontarf FC/Connacht)
Diarmuid Barron (Garryowen/Munster)
James Culhane (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(captain)(2)
Brian Gleeson (Garryowen FC/Munster)
Oli Jager (Munster)(1)
Sean Jansen (Connacht)
Alex Kendellen (UCC RFC/Munster)
Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University FC/Leinster)
Darragh Murray (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)
Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(16)
Stephen Smyth (Old Wesley RFC/Leinster)
Alex Soroka (Clontarf FC/Leinster)
Fineen Wycherley (Young Munster/Munster)(1)
Backs (13):
Shayne Bolton (Connacht)
Harry Byrne (UCD/Leinster)(4)
Hugh Cooney (Clontarf/Leinster)
Shane Daly (Cork Constitution/Munster)(2)
Cathal Forde (Corinthians/Connacht)
Hugh Gavin (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
Fintan Gunne (Terenure College RFC/Leinster)
Ben Murphy (Clontarf/Connacht)
Ben O’Connor (UCC RFC/Munster)
Tommy O’Brien (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Andrew Osborne (Naas RFC/Leinster)
Jude Postlethwaite (City of Armagh RFC/Ulster)
Zac Ward (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)
Ireland ‘A’ Management:
Mike Prendergast (Head Coach/Attack Coach)
Jimmy Duffy (Forwards)
Sean O’Brien (Defence)
Mark Sexton (Backs/Assistant Attack Coach)
Colm Tucker (Scrum/Breakdown)
