Two Cork players Peter O'Mahony and Jack Crowley named in Ireland squad for the Six Nations Championship
Munster star Peter O'Mahony
Ireland Interim Head Coach Simon Easterby has named his 36-player squad for the forthcoming Guinness Men’s Six Nations, captained by Caelan Doris.
Easterby takes the Head Coach reins for the 2025 Championship and Summer Tour from Andy Farrell, who takes charge of the British and Irish Lions for this summer’s Tour of Australia.
Easterby has included one uncapped player in his panel as Leinster prop Jack Boyle is named in the squad having been a Development Player during Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series campaign last November.
Additionally, Easterby has called up Leinster’s Hugh Cooney, Ulster back row James McNabney and Connacht duo Ben Murphy and Cathal Forde as Development Players for this Six Nations.
The uncapped quartet are set to link up with the Ireland squad at the IRFU High Performance Centre on Monday and travel to the pre-tournament training camp in Portugal.
Subject to their successful return from injury with their respective Provinces over the coming weeks, James Lowe and Dan Sheehan will link up with the Ireland squad in Portugal on Sunday week.
“The Guinness Six Nations is one of the most keenly-contested competitions in the global calendar and there’s great excitement across the playing group and coaching team for this year’s tournament," said Easterby.
"Personally I’m hugely excited to work with a talented group and speaking to the players you can sense that they are up for the challenge.
“One of the highlights from the recent Autumn Nations Series was the emergence of a number of new internationals in Thomas Clarkson, Cormac Izuchukwu, Gus McCarthy and Sam Prendergast.
"We are also delighted to welcome back a number of players who were unavailable for the recent Autumn Nations Series and their return will further boost competition levels across the panel."
Ireland open their 2025 Championship against England at a sold-out Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 1 February (Kick-off 4.45pm), before travelling to Edinburgh to face Scotland in Round 2 on Sunday, 9 February (Kick-off 3pm).
After a break week, Easterby’s side are in Cardiff to go head-to-head with Wales at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, 22 February (Kick-off 2.15pm), followed by a showdown against France at Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 8 March (Kick-off 2.15pm).
The Six Nations concludes with a trip to Rome on St Patrick’s weekend, as Ireland face Italy at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday, 15 March (Kick-off 2.15pm).
Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster) (23), Finlay Bealham (Corinthians/Connacht) (46), Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) (56), Jack Boyle (UCD/Leinster)*, Thomas Clarkson (Dublin University/Leinster) (2), Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) (46), Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster) (captain) (47), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) (78), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) (134), Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster)(84), Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) (42), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch/Ulster) (1), Rónan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster) (37), Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster) (2), Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster) (16), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) (110), Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) (70), Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht) (4), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) (67), Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster) (27), Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) (68).
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) (60), Caolin Blade (Galwegians/Connacht) (3), Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster) (19), Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster) (8), Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster) (38), Mack Hansen (Corinthians/Connacht) (25), Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) (77), Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster) (42), James Lowe (Leinster) (36), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) (120), Calvin Nash (Young Munster/Munster)(8), Jimmy O’Brien (Naas/Leinster) (8), Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster) (5), Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster) (3), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) (63).
Hugh Cooney (Clontarf/Leinster)*, Cathal Forde (Corinthians/Connacht)*, James McNabney (Ballymena/Ulster)*, Ben Murphy (Clontarf/Connacht)*
*denotes uncapped player.
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