Ulster hooker Tom Stewart is certainly one of 4 uncapped gamers in Eire’s 42-strong summer season coaching squad to arrange for the Rugby World Cup.
Leinster duo Ciaran Frawley and Jamie Osborne are additionally included, together with Munster’s Calvin Nash.
Eire captain Johnny Sexton is called regardless of not enjoying for the reason that Six Nations with a groin damage.
Munster’s Keith Earls is in too, however membership team-mate Joey Carbery and Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune miss out.
Jordan Larmour, Shane Daly, Jean Kleyn and Jeremy Loughman are additionally not within the squad.
Andy Farrell’s facet face Italy (5 August) and England (19 August) in Dublin, plus Samoa in France (26 August), earlier than the squad might be decreased to 33 gamers for the World Cup.
The event begins in France in September, the place Romania, Tonga, South Africa and Scotland await Eire in Pool B.
Stewart, who set the file for essentially the most tries in a United Rugby Championship season with 16, is certainly one of seven Ulster gamers named, together with Jacob Stockdale, who final performed for Eire in 2021.
Stuart McCloskey, Iain Henderson, Tom O’Toole, Rob Herring and Kieran Treadwell make up the contingent, nevertheless there is no such thing as a place for Michael Lowry, Nick Timoney or James Hume.
Lengthy-serving winger Earls, 35, is chosen after serving to Munster to the URC title on Saturday and Jack Crowley, who can play at fly-half or centre, is most well-liked to Munster team-mate Carbery.
Eire squad
Forwards: Ryan Baird, Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Jack Conan, Gavin Coombes, Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, Cian Healy, Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Ronan Kelleher, Dave Kilcoyne, Joe McCarthy, Peter O’Mahony, Tom O’Toole, Andrew Porter, Cian Prendergast, James Ryan, Dan Sheehan, Tom Stewart, Kieran Treadwell, Josh van der Flier.
Backs: Bundee Aki, Caolin Blade, Ross Byrne, Craig Casey, Jack Crowley, Keith Earls, Ciaran Frawley, Jamison Gibson-Park, Mack Hansen, Robbie Henshaw, Hugo Keenan, James Lowe, Stuart McCloskey, Conor Murray, Calvin Nash, Jimmy O’Brien, Jamie Osborne, Garry Ringrose, Jonathan Sexton, Jacob Stockdale.