8 Munster Players For Trip To Argentina

Tony Buckley, Tomas O’Leary, Brian Carney and Barry Murphy are four uncapped of the eight Munster players who will travel to Argentina later this month with the 30 strong Ireland squad.

Ireland Squad:

Forwards (17):

Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Peter Bracken (Wasps)

Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)

Leo Cullen (Leicester)

Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)

Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)

Keith Gleeson (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)

Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster)

Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Leinster)

Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster)

Shane Jennings (Leicester)

Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Malcolm O’Kelly (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)

Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster)

Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster)

Backs (13):

Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)

Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Munster)

Brian Carney (Clonakilty/Munster)

Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)

Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)

Kieran Lewis (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)

Barry Murphy (U.L. Bohemians/Munster)

Geordan Murphy (Leicester)

Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)

Eoin Reddan (Wasps)

Jeremy Staunton (Wasps)

Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)

Saturday, May 26: Argentina v Ireland, Estadio Brigadier Estanislao López del Barrio Centenario, Club Atletico Colon, Sante Fe City, 4.10pm local time (8.10pm Irish time)

Saturday, June 2: Argentina v Ireland, Estadio José Amalfitani, Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, 4.10pm local time (8.10pm Irish time)