Jacob Stockdale back as Ireland squad for Scotland game announced

The Ulster fullback takes the place of Shane Daly.

Jacob Stockdale is back in the Ireland squad for this Sunday's Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield. Stockdale has been named as part of Andy Farrell's 36-man squad for the game against the Scots, with Daly remaining with Munster. The 24-year-old started on the left wing for Ulster in their 38-19 defeat to Leinster, on Saturday. The rest of the squad remains unchanged from the one that Farrell assembled on the week of the win over Italy. An IRFU release states:

'Josh van der Flier will go through the graduated return to play protocols this week in Ireland camp while there were no significant injury concerns from the other 12 players who featured in the Guinness PRO14 fixtures over the weekend.'

IRELAND SQUAD FOR ROUNDS 4 & 5

Backs Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 30 caps Billy Burns (Ulster) 6 caps Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 12 caps Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 1 cap Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 24 caps Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 91 caps Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 14 caps Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 8 caps Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 50 caps Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 9 caps Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 27 caps James Lowe (Leinster) 5 caps Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 4 caps Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 88 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 33 caps Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 97 caps Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 33 caps Forwards Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 1 cap Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 20 caps Ed Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 4 caps Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 18 caps Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) 8 caps Ultan Dillane (Connacht/Corinthians) 18 caps Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 47 caps Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 107 caps Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 5 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 61 caps Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 19 caps Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 9 caps Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 41 caps Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) uncapped Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 35 caps James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 34 caps Rhys Ruddock (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 27 caps CJ Stander (Munster/Shannon) 49 caps Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps

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