Ireland's Final 23 for 2022

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The last Ireland Match Day Squad of 2022 has been selected by the Ireland coaching staff for Saturday's Bank of Ireland Nations Series match against Australia at Aviva Stadium.


Ireland Squad:

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 24 caps

14. Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 8 caps

13. Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 46 caps

12. Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 8 caps

11. Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas) 2 caps

10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 109 caps CAPTAIN

9. Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 22 caps


1. Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 47 caps

2. Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 12 caps

3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 62 caps

4. Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 35 caps

5. James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 47 caps

6. Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 88 caps

7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 44 caps

8. Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 22 caps

 

Replacements:

16. Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 30 caps

17. Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 120 caps

18. Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 26 caps

19. Joe McCarthy (Leinster/Dublin University) *

20. Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 32 caps

21. Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 6 caps

22. Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution) 1 cap

23. Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 40 caps


*denotes uncapped player

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