Leinster's Ryan Baird included in Ireland training camp squad
The young lock has it all ahead of him.
At just twenty years old, and still an Academy player, Leinster's Ryan Baird has a huge future ahead in blue and green. A barn-storming performance from the young lock against Glasgow in the RDS on Friday night, including a hat-trick, has seen him called into Ireland's training camp this week. Baird re-joins the group for the "early part of the week", according to the IRFU, having previously trained with the national squad in the preparatory camp in Portugal in late January.
Ireland may not have a game this weekend, and their tournament may already be over for the time being, but preparations for the game against France in Paris on Saturday week continue apace.
Head Coach Andy Farrell has assembled a 35-man squad for a training camp this week at the IRFU’s High Performance Centre at the Sport Ireland Campus , with a change in plans coming as a result of the cancellation of the Italian clash last week due to fears around the COVID-19 outbreak.
Connacht's Ultan Dillane and Dave Heffernan join the group today having played in Connacht's 29-19 win over the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Sunday in the Pro 14.
Ireland Squad, Camp 2nd-5th March
Backs: (15)
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 26 caps
Billy Burns (Ulster) 0 caps
Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 6 caps
Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 21 caps
John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster) 11 caps
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 84 caps
Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 9 caps
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 43 caps
Dave Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster) 19 caps
Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 24 caps
Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster) 3 caps
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 19 caps
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 81 caps
Jonathan Sexton (St Marys College/Leinster) 91 caps
Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 28 caps
Forwards: (20)
Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster) 0 caps
Will Connors (UCD/Leinster) 0 caps
Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster) 1 cap
Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 15 caps
Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 2 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 44 caps
Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht) 1 cap
Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster) 55 caps
Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 11 caps
Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster) 3 caps
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 39 caps
Jack McGrath (St Mary’s College/Ulster) 56 caps
Jack O’Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster) 2 caps
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 67 caps
Tom O’Toole (Banbridge/Ulster) 0 caps
Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 26 caps
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 26 caps
CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 41 caps
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 70 caps
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 26 caps
