MUNSTER LOCK BILLY Holland, along with Ulster duo Ricky Lutton and Stuart McCloskey have been called up to the Emerging Ireland squad.

The shadow tour will see the ‘Emerging’ side take on Russia, Uruguay and Romania in Bucharest between June 13 and 22.

The reason for the call-ups are as a result of a calf injury sustained by Mike McCarthy and the senior call-ups handed to Rodney Ah You and Noel Reid.

As McCarthy had been originally named captain of the squad bound for Romania, the honour will pass to 24-year-old Dominic Ryan, who captained Leinster A to the British and Irish Cup last month.

Here’s the revised squad in full:

FORWARDS (15) 
Niall Annett (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Michael Bent (Dublin University/Leinster)
Callum Black (Malone/Ulster)*
Paddy Butler (Shannon/Munster)*
Bryan Byrne (Clontarf/Leinster)*
Robin Copeland (Cardiff Blues)*
Sean Dougall (Dolphin/ Munster)*
David Foley (UL Bohemians/Munster)*
Billy Holland (Cork Constitution/Munster) *
Mick Kearney (Clontarf/Connacht)*
Richard Lutton (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Tommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Dominic Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster)*C
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster)*
James Tracy (UCD/Leinster)*

BACKS (11) 
Michael Allen (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Andrew Conway (Blackrock College/Munster)*
Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster)
Eoin Griffin (Galwegians/Connacht)*
JJ Hanrahan (UL Bohemians/Munster)*
Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
Brendan Macken (Blackrock College/Leinster)*
Paul Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster)
Stuart McCloskey (Dungannon/Ulster)*
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)*
Johne Murphy (Young Munster/Munster)*

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