Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has cut his squad down to 40 players for the side’s warm-weather training camp in Portugal.
Which has meant that Connacht’s Finlay Bealham,
Ulster’s John Cooney and Munster’s Mike Haley have all returned to their
provinces after being left out.
Their departures come after Ultan Dillane
and Rory Scannell were recently cut from the squad also as Schmidt continues to
work toward his final 31-man squad for the tournament in Japan.
The remaining 40 gathered at Dublin airport
earlier today ahead of their trip to Portugal where it was confirmed that Joey
Carbery will stay with the squad and continue his rehabilitation from the ankle
injury he sustained during Saturday’s 29-10 victory over Italy.
It is expected that Carbery will return to action in the next four to six weeks which means he is in a race to be fit for World Cup selection.
Meanwhile, Devin Toner and Rob Herring, who
both came off the field through injury in the win, have overcome their
respective ankle and back injuries.
Following their training camp in Portugal
the Irish team will face England at Twickenham on August 24th, before
a double-header with reigning Six Nations Grand Slam champions Wales.
Schmidt will announce his final 31-man
squad to travel to Japan after the first of those games, meaning we will know his
selection ahead of the second game against Wales at the Aviva Stadium on September
7th.
Ireland will then travel to Japan to
prepare for their opening World Cup game with Scotland on September 22nd.
Check Out the Full 40-Man Squad Below.
Forwards (22)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 117 caps
Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 6 caps
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 14 caps
Sean Cronin (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 68
caps
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 33 caps
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 89 caps
Iain Henderson (Queen’s University/Ulster)
45 caps
Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 8 caps
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 29
caps
Jean Kleyn (Munster) 1 cap
Jack McGrath (St Mary’s College/Ulster) 55
caps
Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Ulster) 28 caps
Tommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster) 13
caps
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
57 caps
Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 15 caps
Rhys Ruddock (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
22 caps
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 17 caps
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 19
caps
Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 15 caps
CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 31 caps
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 65 caps
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 17 caps
Backs (18)
Will Addison (Enniskillen/Ulster) 3 caps
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 17 caps
Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 2 caps
Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster) 19 caps
Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 4 caps
Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 13 caps
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 77 caps
Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 6
caps
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 37
caps
Dave Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster) 18 caps
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 90 caps
Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
14 caps
Kieran Marmion (Galwegians/Connacht) 26
caps
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 11 caps
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 72 caps
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 21 caps
Jonathan Sexton (St Marys College/Leinster)
83 caps
Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 19 caps
