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13th Apr 2016

Joe Schmidt rewards Matt Healy and Garry Ringrose with national squad call-ups

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Patrick McCarry

All those calls for Ringrose and Healy to be brought into the senior set-up have been heeded.

Joe Schmidt has called up 45 players for a one-day national squad training camp, this Sunday.

The players will assemble at Carton House and begin preparations for this summer’s tour to South Africa.

Healy has been in flying form for Connacht this season and is the leading tryscorer in the Guinness PRO12. He scored a superb try against Grenoble, last Saturday, and excelled in the fullback role. He regularly plays on Connacht’s left wing.

Schmidt has watched the player closely this season and has professed his satisfaction with the Dubliner’s stand-out season.

Garry Ringrose 3/2/2016

Ringrose has been Leinster’s starting 13 for most of the season. Schmidt had the 21-year-old in for training ahead of the Six Nations but released him for provincial duty.

The other uncapped players coming into camp are Leinster scrum-half Luke McGrath and second row Quinn Roux.

Elsewhere, Iain Henderson, Sean O’Brien and Peter O’Mahony are all included. The trio have all had seasons blighted by injuries.

FULL IRELAND TRAINING SQUAD

Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (St Marys/Leinster)
Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Tadgh Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)
Craig Gilroy (Ulster)
Matt Healy (Lansdowne/Connacht)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)

IrelandÕs Chris Henry and Iain Henderson 11/10/2015
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Rob Herring (Ulster)
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Ian Madigan (Blackrock/Leinster)
Kieran Marmion (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Luke Marshall (Ulster)
Stuart McCloskey (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Jack McGrath (St Marys/Leinster)
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster)
Tommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Stuart Olding (Ulster)
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Jared Payne (Ulster)
Eoin Reddan (Old Crescent/Leinster)
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht)
Rhys Ruddock (St Marys/Leinster)

Rhys Ruddock celebrates his try with Peter O'Mahony 8/11/2014
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Jonathan Sexton (St Marys/Leinster)
CJ Stander (Munster)
Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)

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