James Lowe called up to Ireland squad
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has named three uncapped players in his 34-man squad ahead of this year’s Autumn Nations Cup campaign.
The squad which will be captained by veteran fly-half Johnny Sexton sees Leinster wing James Lowe, Ulster pivot Billy Burns and Munster utility back Shane Daly included.
The Ireland coaching group will reassemble the squad on Thursday at the Irish Rugby Football Union High Performance Centre at the Sport Ireland Campus in west Dublin.
Ireland will play Wales at home on Friday, November 13 and then travel to London to play England at Twickenham on Saturday, November 21.
📄 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🟢
Andy Farrell has named his Ireland squad for the upcoming #GuinnessSeries games in the Autumn Nations Cup, including 3⃣ uncapped players 🙌#ShoulderToShoulder #IrishRugby pic.twitter.com/6cvz4yRESI
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) November 5, 2020
The following Sunday, Ireland will host Georgia at the Aviva Stadium and will complete the series of international fixtures on Saturday, December 5 against either Fiji, France, Italy or Scotland.
Kieran Marmion and Quinn Roux will be available to Connacht this week and will join the national squad on Sunday. Jack Conan was rehabbing an issue in camp that hasn’t settled so will return to Leinster to continue his rehab programme.
Ireland squad
Backs: Bundee Aki, Billy Burns, Ross Byrne, Andrew Conway, Shane Daly, Keith Earls, Chris Farrell, Jamison Gibson-Park, Robbie Henshaw, Hugo Keenan, James Lowe, Kieran Marmion, Stuart McCloskey, Conor Murray, Jonathan Sexton (c), Jacob Stockdale
Forwards: Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Ed Byrne, Will Connors, Ultan Dillane, Caelan Doris, Cian Healy, Dave Heffernan, Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Ronan Kelleher, Peter O’Mahony, Andrew Porter, Quinn Roux, John Ryan, James Ryan, CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier