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Three familiar faces recalled as Ireland name 27-man mini-camp squad

Ireland's Tadhg Furlong (Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Andy Farrell has named a 27-man squad for this week’s two-day Ireland training camp, retaining 24 of the players included in the 37 named at the start of the Guinness Six Nations round three matchweek versus Italy and recalling three familiar names.

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Ireland went on to survive an Italian scare, eventually keeping their Grand Slam bid on track with a 34-20 Stadio Olimpico win, and head coach Farrell has now started plans for the round four Six Nations assignment away to Scotland on March 12 by confirming his fallow week training squad.

Tadhg Furlong, Robbie Henshaw and Jamison Gibson-Park have been called up after they missed all three of the Ireland matches so far in 2023 through injury, with Furlong’s return especially timely following the injury sustained by starting tighthead Finlay Bealham in Rome.

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      The half-dozen backs omitted from last week’s squad are 37 were: Caolan Blade, Joey Carbery, Jack Crowley – who played off the bench in Italy, Jordan Larmour, Jamie Osborne and Jacob Stockdale.

      In the pack, seven players were not asked back: Bealham, who is now injured, Gavin Coombes, Rob Herring, Scott Penney, Cian Prendergast, Rona Salanoa and Kieran Treadwell.

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      A statement read: “Andy Farrell and the Ireland coaching team have retained a group of 27 players to partake in a two-day mini-camp later this week which culminates in an open training session against Richie Murphy’s unbeaten Ireland U20s at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday morning. Finlay Bealham, who twisted his knee against Italy on Saturday, has been ruled out of the remainder of the championship. Bealham had started all three games in the campaign to date.

      “Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is named in the group for the mini-camp, as is Garry Ringrose, who was a late withdrawal from the Italy game with a tight calf, and Robbie Henshaw, who is returning from injury.

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      “Also included for this week’s camp are Jamison Gibson-Park (hamstring) and Tadhg Furlong (calf), neither of whom have featured to date in the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship. All four provinces are in URC action this weekend with a number of players released from the wider group to access game time.”

      Ireland mini-camp squad
      Backs (13):
      Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 44 caps
      Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 17 caps
      Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 10 caps
      Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster) 23 caps
      Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 12 caps
      Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 61 caps
      Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 28 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)

      Forwards (14):
      Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 9 caps
      Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 36 caps
      Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 63 caps
      Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 26 caps
      Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 121 caps
      Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 71 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
      James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps
      Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 15 caps
      Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 48 caps

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