Herring added to Ireland training squad

A 37 man squad has been named ahead of Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations game against France in Aviva Stadium on Sunday. The squad reconvened at their Carton House base in Maynooth on Monday night following last week’s mini camp in Belfast, which also included an open training session at Queen’s University. Rob Herring is included as one of three hookers alongside skipper Rory Best and Munster’s Niall Scannell. Fellow Ulster forwards Rory Best (captain), Iain Henderson and Jordi Murphy are also included, along with scrumhalf John Cooney and winger Jacob Stockdale. Ross Byrne, who was capped on the summer tour to Australia is named in the squad, which also sees the return of Connacht’s Kieran Marmion. IRELAND SQUAD (Guinness Six Nations Championship, Round 4) FORWARDS (21) Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 115 caps (c) Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 4 caps Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 12 caps Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 13 caps Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 31 caps Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 86 caps Iain Henderson (Queen's University/Ulster) 43 caps Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 7 caps Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 27 caps Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 54 caps Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Ulster) 27 caps Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster) 55 caps Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 55 caps (vc) Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 13 caps Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 11 caps Rhys Ruddock (Lansdowne/Leinster) 21 caps James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 15 caps John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 17 caps Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 12 caps CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 29 caps Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 16 caps BACKS (16) Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 15 caps Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 2 caps Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster) 18 caps Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 1 cap Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 11 caps John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster) 7 caps Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 75 caps Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 5 caps Tom Farrell (Coolmine/Connacht) 0 caps Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 89 caps Jordan Larmour (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 11 caps Kieran Marmion (Galwegians/Connacht) 24 caps Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 70 caps Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 18 caps Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 81 caps (vc) Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 17 caps