Extended Ireland squad for 6N.

danthefan

No less than 44 players, many of whom will be the 'A' squad.

IRELAND SQUAD (44) (RBS 6 Nations Championship, 2010):
Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)
Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
John Fogarty (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster)*
John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)*
Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
Denis Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Shane Jennings (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Fergus McFadden (UCD/Leinster)*
Kevin McLaughlin (UCD/Leinster)*
Johne Murphy (Leicester)*
Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)
Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary's College/Leinster)
Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Dan Touhy (Ballymena/Ulster)*
David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)*

bamboozle

no Bob Casey but we do have Mick O'Driscoll.
not sure why Dowling is involved, he's currently playing center for Shannon in AIL.

outwest

carr should be there instead of dowling, no comlaints with no bob casey, but why is mick o driscal there, seem to me it easier to stay in squad even tho u dont play for ur team then it is to get in to squad

Madworld

Im disappointed with the fact that there is no Bob Casey, Neil Best or Georden Murphy when there are some really poor Ulster and Munster players in it.

outwest

if were going to be contenders for the next world cup, it is vital that player like touhy get some caps at senior to see what there like, i think kidney should give dowling a go against italy to see if he u to this level, no point picking the same 15 evry time, we need options, imagine what would happen in poc was to get injured who would take his place cullen meaning a player mick o driscall would be on the bench,

laughable that jeenings is there, hasnt a chance at getting into team, only played once sence in 17 weeks, will he be with the squad during any games that he could be playing in to get match fitness

ScrubsfanChris

Madworld wrote: »

Im disappointed with the fact that there is no Bob Casey, Neil Best or Georden Murphy when there are some really poor Ulster and Munster players in it.

Murphy hasn't played a game in over four months since he was injured against Bath back in September.
Were Best and Casey going to be in the 6 Nations squads anyway? There is 44 players in that squad, nearly half of which will not see a starting spot on the first team. And do you think Bob Casey would rather play for Ireland "A" than London Irish?

SpAcEd OuT

outwest wrote: »

laughable that jeenings is there, hasnt a chance at getting into team, only played once sence in 17 weeks, will he be with the squad during any games that he could be playing in to get match fitness

How is Jenning's inclusion diffrent from Horan, Flannery and Bests inclusion?

toomevara

Mosey on over to the general 6N discussion thread for this one folks, its already being heavily discussed on there. Ta.