Not a Munster or Connacht player in sight, understandably enough.
Joe Schmidt has named an Ireland squad full of Ulster and Leinster players, for Thursday’s game against the Barbarians in Thomond Park.
28 players have been named for the exhibition match in Limerick, with Jamie Heaslip captaining the side.
There are interesting call-ups for Ben Marshall, Cian Kellher, Tadhg Furlong and Collie O’Shea of Leinster as well as welcome returns for Ulster’s Chris Henry and Luke Marshall.
There are, of course, no Munster players in the squad as Anthony Foley’s men are in the Guinness PRO12 final this Saturday.
Connacht’s season ended on Sunday but a four-day turnaround after extra-time heartache, against Gloucester, may have been too much of an ask.
IRELAND
- Michael Bent (Leinster/Dublin University)
- Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere)
- Robbie Diack (Ulster/Malone)
- Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf)
- Jamie Heaslip (Leinster/Dublin University) CAPTAIN
- Chris Henry (Ulster/Malone)
- Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch)
- Jack McGrath (Leinster/St Mary’s College)
- Ben Marshall (Leinster/Old Belvedere)
- Jordi Murphy (Leinster/Lansdowne)
- Mike Ross (Leinster/Clontarf)
- Rhys Ruddock (Leinster/St Mary’s College)
- Richardt Strauss (Leinster/Old Wesley)
- Devin Toner (Leinster/Lansdowne)
- Dan Tuohy (Ulster/Ballymena)
- Craig Gilroy (Ulster/Dungannon)
- Paddy Jackson (Ulster/Dungannon)
- Dave Kearney (Leinster/Lansdowne)
- Rob Kearney (Leinster/UCD)
- Cian Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne)
- Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Ballynahinch)
- Luke McGrath (Leinster/UCD)
- Ian Madigan (Leinster/Blackrock College)
- Luke Marshall (Ulster/Ballynahinch)
- Colm O’Shea (Leinster/Clontarf)
- Eoin Reddan (Leinster/Lansdowne)
- Noel Reid (Leinster/Clontarf)
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