Pre Japan Tour Practice Game

The Ireland squad will take part in a closed practice (public not allowed attend) game on Friday, May 27th in Blackrock College, Stradbrook (Kick off 1.00pm).

The Ireland squad will take part in a closed practice game on Friday, May 27th in Blackrock College, Stradbrook (Kick off 1.00pm).

Players not available because of their involvement with the Barbarians are, Girvan Dempsey, David Humphreys, Kevin Maggs, Eric Miller, Johnny O Connor, Frankie Sheehan.

Teams are as follows

Whites (Coach Michael Bradley) 15. Mark McHugh, 14. Tommy Bowe, 13. Kieran Lewis, 12. James Downey, 11. Gary Brown, 10. Paddy Wallace, 9. Peter Stringer, 1. Marcus Horan, 2. Paul Shields, 3. Simon Best, 4. Trevor Hogan, 5. Ben Gissing, 6. Simon Easterby, 7.Denis Leamy, 8. Roger Wilson Replacements: 16. Ray Hogan, 17. Jerry Flannery, 18. Des Dillon, 19. Keith Gleeson, 20. Chris Keane, 21. David McAllister, 22. Darren Yapp Blues (Coach – Mark McCall) 15. Gavin Duffy, 14. Conor McPhillips, 13. Paul Devlin, 12. David Quinlan, 11. Anthony Horgan, 10. Jeremy Staunton, 9. Kieran Campbell, 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Bernard Jackman, 3. Lewis Johnson, 4. Leo Cullen, 5. Matt McCullough, 6. David Wallace, 7. Shane Jennings, 8. Alan Quinlan Replacements: 16. Ronnie McCormack, 17. John Fogarty, 18. Aidan McCullen, 19. John O Sullivan, 20. Brian O Riordan, 21. Jeremy Manning, 22. Andrew Maxwell.