{"id":2848,"date":"2014-10-21T17:53:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2014-10-21T17:57:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:57:55","slug":"ireland-name-37-player-squad-2014-guinness-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/ireland-name-37-player-squad-2014-guinness-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland name 37 player squad for 2014 Guinness Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ireland Coaching Team has named a squad of 37 players for the forthcoming Guinness Series which features Tests against South Africa, Georgia and Australia.<\/p>\n

The squad, captained by Paul O’Connell, features five uncapped players including Connacht’s Darragh Leader and Nathan White, Ulster’s Jared Payne, Munster’s Dave Foley and Leinster’s Dominic Ryan.<\/p>\n

Ireland take on Heyneke Meyer’s South Africa at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 8th November. The Springboks ended the All Blacks’ unbeaten run of 22 games with their victory at Ellis Park in the final game of the Rugby Championship in early October.<\/p>\n

On Sunday 16th November, Ireland play host to Georgia who have a plethora of players plying their trade at leading French Top 14 clubs.<\/p>\n

The final game of the Guinness Series will take place on Saturday 22nd November with the return of the Wallabies who recorded a victory in Dublin last November. The games against South Africa and Australia are sell-outs while there remain opportunities to secure tickets for the game against Georgia.<\/p>\n

Players unavailable for selection due to injury include Keith Earls, Luke Fitzgerald (returning from long term injury), Cian Healy, Iain Henderson, Dave Kearney, Luke Marshall, Fergus McFadden, Martin Moore, Jordi Murphy, Sean O’Brien, Donnacha Ryan, Mike Sherry, Dan Touhy, Andrew Trimble and Damien Varley.<\/p>\n

IRELAND 2014 Guinness Series Squad:<\/p>\n

Forwards (21)
\nStephen Archer (Cork Constitution\/Munster) 2
\nRodney Ah You (Corinthians\/Connacht) 1
\nRory Best (Banbridge\/Ulster) 77
\nJames Cronin (Dolphin\/Munster) 1
\nSean Cronin (St Mary’s College\/Leinster) 35
\nRobbie Diack (Malone\/Ulster) 1
\nDave Foley (UL Bohemians\/Munster) *
\nChris Henry (Malone\/Ulster) 16
\nJamie Heaslip (Naas\/Leinster) 67
\nDave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians\/Munster) 10
\nMike McCarthy (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 15
\nJack McGrath (St Mary’s College\/Leinster) 10
\nPaul O’Connell (Young Munster\/Munster) 94 CAPTAIN
\nTommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians\/Munster) 4
\nPeter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution\/Munster) 23
\nMike Ross (Clontarf\/Leinster) 41
\nRhys Ruddock (St Mary’s College\/Leinster) 3
\nDominic Ryan (Lansdowne\/Leinster) *
\nRichardt Strauss (Old Wesley\/Leinster) 4
\nDevin Toner (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 17
\nNathan White (Galwegians\/Connacht) *<\/p>\n

Backs (16)
\nTommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins\/Ulster) 54
\nGordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 79
\nCraig Gilroy (Dungannon\/Ulster) 5
\nRobbie Henshaw (Buccaneers\/Connacht) 3
\nFelix Jones (Shannon\/Munster) 6
\nRob Kearney (UCD\/Leinster) 55
\nIan Keatley (Young Munster\/Munster) 2
\nDarragh Leader (Galwegians\/Connacht) *
\nIan Madigan (Blackrock\/Leinster) 10
\nKieran Marmion (Galwegians\/Connacht) 2
\nConor Murray (Garryowen\/Munster) 28
\nStuart Olding (Belfast Harlequins\/Ulster) 1
\nJared Payne (Ulster) *
\nEoin Reddan (Lansdowne\/Leinster) 55
\nJohnny Sexton (Racing Metro) 45
\nSimon Zebo (Cork Constitution\/Munster) 8<\/p>\n

*Denotes uncapped player<\/p>\n

2014 Guinness Series Fixtures<\/p>\n

IRELAND v South Africa
\nSaturday 8th November, 2014
\nAviva Stadium, K.O. 17:30<\/p>\n

IRELAND v Georgia
\nSunday 16th November, 2014
\nAviva Stadium, K.O. 14:30<\/p>\n

IRELAND v Australia
\nSaturday 22nd November, 2014
\nAviva Stadium, K.O. 16:30 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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