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Seven Ulster men named in Ireland squad ahead of trip to Edinburgh

7th March 2023

The Ireland squad reassembled last night ahead of Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations Round 4 clash away to Scotland at BT Murrayfield (KO 3pm).

37 players will commence preparations to face Gregor Townsend’s Scotland side, who have beaten England and Wales to date in this year’s Championship.

Rob Herring, Jacob Stockdale and Kieran Treadwell along with Gavin Coombes, Jack Crowley, Jordan Larmour, Cian Prendergast and Roman Salanoa 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 3, are unavailable having picked up minor knocks playing for Leinster against Edinburgh at the weekend.

Ireland Squad Round 4– 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship:

Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 44 caps 
Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 9 caps 
Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 17 caps 
Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 10 caps 
Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 36 caps 
Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps 
Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution) 3 caps 
Ciaran Frawley (Leinster/UCD)\* 
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 63 caps 
Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 26 caps 
Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 23 caps 
Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 12 caps 
Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 121 caps 
Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 71 caps 
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 61 caps 
Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 33 caps 
Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps 
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 20 caps 
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 51 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 
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 
Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps 
James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps 
Roman Salanoa (Munster/Shannon)\* 
Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 111 caps (c) 
Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 15 caps 
**Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 35 caps 
Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) 3 caps 
Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 10 caps** 
Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 48 caps