Ireland Squad for Tour of USA and Japan

Here is the squad I would select to tour the USA and Japan this June.

Forwards : James Cronin , Peter Dooley , Dave Kilcoyne , Denis Buckley

Hookers : James Tracy , Niall Scannell , Dave Heffernan

Tight Head Prop : John Ryan , Oisin Heffernan , Finlay Bealham , Brian Scott

Second Row : Quinn Roux , Billy Holland , Mick Kearney , Donnacha Ryan

Back Row : Dan Leavy , Tommy O Donnell , Sean O Brien , Jack O Donoghue , Josh Van Der Flier , Jack Conan.

Backs :

Scrum Halves : Kieran Marmion , Luke Mc Grath , John Cooney

Out Half : Ross Byrne , Paddy Jackson

Centre : Rory Scannell , Noel Reid , Rory O Loughlin , Luke Marshall

Wingers : Craig Gilroy , Ronan O Mahony , Matt Healy , Andrew Conway

Full Back : Jared Payne , Tiernan O Halloran.

There is the squad I would pick to tour this summer. It is the ideal chance for Joe Schmidt and his coaching staff to look at other players who could stake a claim for a long term inclusion in upcoming Ireland squad's.

Schmidt will be joined during this tour by a number of young coaches who will get first-hand experience with the National side. Ronan O Gara , Felix Jones and Girvan Dempsey will take part in different phases of this tour.

By

Cian Mc Gibney

10/04/2017