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Breaking: Ireland Name Squad For First Two Rounds Of Six Nations

24 February 2017; Jordan Larmour of Ireland makes a break through the French defence during the RBS U20 Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and France at Donnybrook Stadium, in Donnybrook, Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
Tony Kelly
By Tony Kelly
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Ireland's squad for the first two games of the 2018 Six Nations has been announced.

Ireland will begin with a trip to Paris to face France before their first home tie sees them host Italy at the Aviva Stadium. Garry Ringrose, Sean O'Brien and Jared Payne all miss out through injury, although Jordan Larmour is included after a stunning run of form for Leinster. He is the only uncapped player among the 36-man squad.

Also absent through injury are Finlay Bealham, Jamie Heaslip, Rhys Ruddock, Tommy O'Donnell, Luke Marshall, and Craig Gilroy as well as Niall Scannell.

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As expected, there is no place in the squad for Simon Zebo, nor is there for Munster-bound Tadhg Beirne.

Here's the squad in full.

FORWARDS (20)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) c 106 caps
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 5 caps
Sean Cronin (St Mary's College/Leinster) 56 caps
Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 11 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 19 caps
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 73 caps
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 34 caps
Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 3 cap
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 22 caps
Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster) 4 caps
Jack McGrath (St Mary's College/Leinster) 42 caps
Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 18 caps
Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 42 caps
Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 3 caps
Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 3 caps
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 4 caps
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 11 caps
CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 18 caps
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 53 caps
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 9 caps

BACKS (16)
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 2 caps
Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster) 6 caps
Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 6 caps
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 62 caps
Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 2 caps
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 31 caps
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 78 caps
Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster) 7 caps
Jordan Larmour (St Mary's College/Leinster)*
Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 18 caps
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 32 caps
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 6 caps
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 59 caps
Johnny Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster) 68 caps
Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 3 caps
Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 4 caps

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