Chris Farrell (HIA) and Jordan Larmour (groin) have been released from the Irish squad ahead of next Saturday’s test against the USA Eagles in the Aviva Stadium (kick-off 7.15pm, live on RTÉ2 and C4 NI).
Both players are being managed by their respective provincial medical teams while, after his valuable contribution in last Saturday’s 39-31 win over Japan, Peter O’Mahony has also been released to commence his off season. No players have been called up, with the squad now trimmed to 35 players.
The USA squad, minus the injured AJ MacGinty, landed in Dublin today after Sunday’s 43-29 defeat by an experimental England side at Twickenham after which head coach Gary Gold could feel understandably pleased with a second-half effort which saw his side outscore their hosts by 26-17.
“I’m very encouraged because of the circumstances and the adversity we went through,” said Gold. “Things could have gone belly-up at half-time. Other teams may have given up the fight.”
This will be the third meeting between the two sides in the past four years, with another to come in Las Vegas in the autumn. Ireland beat the Eagles by 55-19 in New Jersey in 2017 and by 57-14 in the Aviva Stadium in 2018.
Ireland squad to face USA
Backs (16)
Will Addison (Ulster/Enniskillen) 4 caps
Robert Baloucoune (Ulster/Enniskillen) uncapped
Caolin Blade (Connacht/Galwegians) uncapped
Billy Burns (Ulster) 7 caps
Harry Byrne (Leinster/Lansdowne) uncapped
Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 23 caps
Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 2 caps
Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 24 caps
Shane Daly (Munster/Cork Constitution) 2 caps
Tom Daly (Connacht/Lansdowne) uncapped
Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 10 caps
James Hume (Ulster/Banbridge) uncapped
Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 12 caps
Michael Lowry (Ulster/Banbridge) uncapped
Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 5 caps
Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 35 caps
Forwards (19)
Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 4 caps
Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 15 caps
Paul Boyle (Connacht/Buccaneers) uncapped
Ed Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 5 caps
Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 1 cap
Ultan Dillane (Connacht/Corinthians) 19 caps
Peter Dooley (Leinster/Lansdowne) uncapped
Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 8 caps
Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 5 caps
Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 22 caps
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 12 caps
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 44 caps
Ross Molony (Leinster/UCD) uncapped
Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) uncapped
James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 36 caps
John Ryan (Munster/Cork Constitution) 24 caps
Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) uncapped
Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 32 caps
Fineen Wycherley (Munster/Young Munster) uncapped
