CHARLIE TECTOR, CHAY Mullins and Mark Donnelly have been added to the Emerging Ireland squad for the upcoming tour to South Africa, with Tommy O’Brien among those ruled out.
Leinster’s O’Brien had emerged as a doubt after suffering a hamstring injury in Friday’s opening URC win away to Edinburgh.
Shayne Bolton and Jack Boyle are also unavailable for the Emerging Ireland squad, but Simon Easterby has been able to call on Ireland Sevens back Mullins, Munster prop Donnelly and Leinster man Tector.
The squad will assemble at the IRFU High Performance Centre on Wednesday morning, before travelling to South Africa on Saturday.
They open their campaign against the Pumas on Wednesday, 2 October, before facing Western Force and the Cheetahs.
Emerging Ireland Squad
Forwards (18):
- Jack Aungier (Clontarf FC/Connacht)
- James Culhane (UCD RFC/Leinster)
- Mark Donnelly (Garryowen FC/Munster)
- Jordan Duggan (Naas RFC/Connacht)
- Sean Edogbo (UCC RFC/Munster)
- Ronan Foxe (Garryowen FC/Munster)
- Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)
- Sean Jansen (Connacht)
- Alex Kendellen (UCC RFC/Munster)(captain)
- Gus McCarthy (UCD RFC/Leinster)
- Darragh Murray (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
- Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)
- Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD RFC/Leinster)
- Danny Sheahan (Cork Constitution FC/Munster)
- Harry Sheridan (Dublin University FC/Ulster)
- Stephen Smyth (Old Wesley RFC/Leinster)
- Alex Soroka (Clontarf FC/Leinster)
- Scott Wilson (Queen’s University Belfast RFC/Ulster)
Backs (15):
- Hugh Cooney (Clontarf FC/Leinster)
- Ethan Coughlan (Shannon RFC/Munster)
- Matthew Devine (Corinthians RFC/Connacht)
- Cormac Foley (Lansdowne FC/Leinster)
- Hugh Gavin (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
- Chay Mullins (Connacht/Ireland Sevens)
- Jack Murphy (Clontarf FC/Ulster)
- Sean O’Brien (Clontarf FC/Munster)
- Ben O’Connor (UCC RFC/Munster)
- Andrew Osborne (Naas RFC/Leinster)
- Jude Postlethwaite (City of Armagh RFC/Ulster)
- Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne FC/Leinster)
- Rob Russell (Dublin University FC/Leinster)
- Charlie Tector (Lansdowne FC/Leinster)
- Zac Ward (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster/Ireland Sevens).
Emerging Ireland Tour Fixtures
Wednesday, 2 October: Emerging Ireland v The Pumas, 4pm local time/3pm Irish time
Sunday, 6 October: Emerging Ireland v Western Force, 1pm local time/12pm Irish time
Wednesday, 9 October: Emerging Ireland v The Cheetahs, 7pm local time/6pm Irish time.
