When are the tour squads to be named?

[Mr Frosty]

as i said i would let Olding go and have be part of the u20's - but can understand the reasoning of him being brought through quicker due to luke's layoff. Diack on the emerging Ireland team for couple reasons id rather Henderson started in america and i think its a waste of time for diack to go and hold bags

[Scranner]

ATM Diack is a more complete player than Henderson. I'd have him first - in a heartbeat!! Think it's more likely that some of the southern back rowers will go however.

[Mr Frosty]

Id agree at the minute he is the more complete player and i would defiantly start him over Henderson at six next week at the RDS but i think Henderson has the potential to be a great player and to be and around the Ireland team for the next 8-10 years. Diack i think is at very most a very good provincial player.

[bootlaced]

With BOD extending his contract for one extra year,I reckon Schimdt will be doing his best to win the 6 Nations next year.To that regard it would probably make more sense for him to have a look at players on the periphery,and then use the Autumn internationals to start to develop his 6 Nations team.With players on the Lions tour and with a few injuries the two tours may be a Probables tour V a Possibles tour.This would give him a chance to rest players and test out future combinations.

[Russ]

With BOD extending his contract for one extra year,I reckon Schimdt will be doing his best to win the 6 Nations next year.To that regard it would probably make more sense for him to have a look at players on the periphery,and then use the Autumn internationals to start to develop his 6 Nations team.With players on the Lions tour and with a few injuries the two tours may be a Probables tour V a Possibles tour.This would give him a chance to rest players and test out future combinations.

[Russ]

Tour Squads

Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Tom Court (Ulster)
Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Jamie Hagan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)*
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Kieran Marmion (Galwegians/Connacht)*
Paul Marshall (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Kevin McLaughlin (St. Marys/Leinster)
Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)*
Stuart Olding (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Mike Sherry (Garryowen/Munster)*
Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Michael Allen (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Michael Bent (Leinster)
Andrew Conway (Blackrock/Leinster)*
John Cooney (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s/Leinster)
David Foley (UL Bohemian/Munster)*
Eoin Griffin (Galwegians/Connacht)*
Cathal Marsh ()*
Michael Heaney (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Robert Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)*
David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
Richard Lutton (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)*
Brendan Macken (Blackrock/Leinster)*
Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s/Leinster)*
Eoin McKeon (Galwegians/Connacht)*
Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
Niall Morris (Leicester/Exiles)*
Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
Ian Nagle (Cork Constitution/Munster)*
Robbie Diack ()*
Tiernan O'Halloran (Galwegians/Connacht)*
Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary’s/Leinster)
Dominic Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster)*
Lewis Stevenson (Malone/Ulster)*

[Kofi Annan]

A number of players were not considered due to injury including;

Stephen Ferris, Eoin Reddan, Luke Fitzgerald, Gordon D'Arcy, Luke Marshall, David McSharry, Keith Earls, Stephen Archer.

So is Gilroy not in the frame

[Russ]

A number of players were not considered due to injury including;

Stephen Ferris, Eoin Reddan, Luke Fitzgerald, Gordon D'Arcy, Luke Marshall, David McSharry, Keith Earls, Stephen Archer.

So is Gilroy not in the frame

Already named too many Ulster players

Can only ever name the same or less than Munster

[Kofi Annan]

Well I can see an Ireland team starting with an Ulster majority

[BR]

Already named too many Ulster players

Gilroy withdrawn due to injury.

[damianmcr]

Disappointed that Diack is going to Georgia.

[Russ]

Main tour squad

Ulster 10
Leinster 8
Munster 5
Connacht 3

[Snipe Watson]

That will be down to 9 when Rory joins the Lions

[Russ]

Emerging squad

Ulster 6
Leinster 12
Munster 4
Connact 3
Other 1

[Jackie Brown]

The fall of Michael Bent has been quite spectacular.