Farrell includes Leinster sensation in 35-man Ireland squad

Andy Farrell has called up another young Leinster star to his 35-man Ireland squad.

With Ireland's Six Nations game against Italy, originally due to be played in Dublin this Saturday, postponed in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus, Farrell's squad will train this week at the IRFU’s High Performance Centre in preparation for their round five fixture against France in Paris on Saturday 14th March.

A squad of 35 have been assembled for the training camp, with Connacht pair Ultan Dillane and Dave Heffernan joining the group later on Monday having played for Connacht in Port Elizabeth on Sunday in the Guinness PRO14.

And there is also a place in the squad for Leinster sensation Ryan Baird, who marked his second start for the province with a stunning hat-trick in Friday;s 55-19 thrashing of Glasgow Warriors.

The 20-year-old, who previously trained with the squad in their pre-Six Nations camp in Portugal in late January, will join the group for the early part of the training camp.

Ireland squad for training camp:

Backs: (15)

Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 26 caps

Billy Burns (Ulster) 0 caps

Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 6 caps

Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 21 caps

John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster) 11 caps

Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 84 caps

Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 9 caps

Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 43 caps

Dave Kearney  (Lansdowne/Leinster) 19 caps

Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 24 caps

Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster) 3 caps

Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 19 caps

Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 81 caps

Jonathan Sexton (St Marys College/Leinster) 91 caps

Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 28 caps

Forwards: (20)

Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster) 0 caps

Will Connors (UCD/Leinster) 0 caps

Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster) 1 cap

Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 15 caps

Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 2 caps

Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 44 caps

Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht) 1 cap

Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster) 55 caps

Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 11 caps

Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster) 3 caps

Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 39 caps

Jack McGrath (St Mary’s College/Ulster) 56 caps

Jack O’Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster) 2 caps

Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 67 caps

Tom O’Toole (Banbridge/Ulster) 0 caps

Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 26 caps

James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 26 caps

CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 41 caps

Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 70 caps

Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 26 caps

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