Ireland name 37-man squad that shows five changes from round three

Andy Farrell has named a 37-strong Ireland squad for this Sunday’s match away to Scotland that shows five changes from the start of the week squad named a fortnight ago for the round three Guinness Six Nations win over Italy.

There are two changes in the pack, Tadhg Furlong named in place of the injured Finlay Bealham - who is ruled out of the remainder of the championship - and Nick Timoney replacing Scott Penny. In the backs, Ciaran Frawley, Jamison Gibson-Park and Robbie Henshaw are included at the expense of Joey Carbery, Caolin Blade and Jamie Osborne.

A statement read: “The Ireland squad re-assembled last night [Monday] ahead of the round four fixture away to Scotland at BT Murrayfield on Sunday - 37 players will commence preparations to play Gregor Townsend’s Scotland team, who have beaten England and Wales to date in this year’s championship.

“Gavin Coombes, Jack Crowley, Rob Herring, Jordan Larmour, Cian Prendergast, Roman Salanoa, Jacob Stockdale and Kieran Treadwell return having featured for their provinces in the URC at the weekend.

“Nick Timoney and Ciaran Frawley are included in the squad for the first time during this championship campaign. Timoney started the game against Fiji in November while Frawley picked up an injury playing for Ireland A against the All Blacks XV on the eve of the Autumn Nations Series.

“Jamie Osborne and Scott Penny, who trained with the squad ahead of round three, are unavailable having picked up minor knocks playing for Leinster against Edinburgh at the weekend.”

Ireland squad (vs Scotland, Sunday)

Forwards (20):

Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 9 caps

Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 36 caps

Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps

Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 26 caps

Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 63 caps

Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 121 caps

Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 71 caps

Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 33 caps

Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 20 caps

Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 51 caps

Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 92 caps

Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 7 caps

Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps

Cian Prendergast (Connacht/Corinthians) 1 cap

James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps

Roman Salanoa (Munster/Shannon) uncapped

Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 15 caps

Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) 3 caps

Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 10 caps

Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 48 caps

Backs (17):

Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 44 caps

Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 17 caps

Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 10 caps

Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution) 3 caps

Ciaran Frawley (Leinster/UCD) uncapped

Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 23 caps

Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 12 caps

Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 61 caps

Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps

Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Marys College) 30 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

Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps

Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 111 caps (c)

Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 35 caps