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PAYNE NAMED IN IRELAND SQUAD
Payne is one of five uncapped players in
the squad along with Connacht’s Darragh
Leader and Nathan White, Munster’s Dave
Foley and Leinster’s Dominic Ryan.
There is no place in the squad for Ulster’s
Paddy Jackson or Darren Cave, but Rory
Best, Robbie Diack, Chris Henry, Tommy
Bowe, Craig Gilroy and Stuart Olding do
make the cut.
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.
On Sunday 16th November, Ireland play
host to Georgia who have a plethora of
players plying their trade at leading French
Top 14 clubs.
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.
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 Tuohy,
Andrew Trimble and Damien Varley.
Ulster back, Jared Payne, has been named in Joe Schmidt’s
37 man squad for the upcoming Autumn international series
against South Africa, Georgia and Australia.
IRELAND SQUAD
FORWARDS (21)
Stephen Archer Cork Constitution//Munster 2
Rodney Ah You Corinthians//Connacht 1
Rory Best Banbridge//Ulster 77
James Cronin Dolphin//Munster 1
Sean Cronin St Mary’s College//Leinster 35
Robbie Diack Malone//Ulster 1
Dave Foley UL Bohemians//Munster *
Chris Henry Malone//Ulster 16
Jamie Heaslip Naas//Leinster 67
Dave Kilcoyne UL Bohemians//Munster 10
Mike McCarthy Lansdowne//Leinster 15
Jack McGrath St Mary’s College//Leinster 10
Paul O’Connell Young Munster//Munster 94 (C)
Tommy O’Donnell UL Bohemians//Munster 4
Peter O’Mahony Cork Constitution//Munster 23
Mike Ross Clontarf//Leinster 41
Rhys Ruddock St Mary’s College//Leinster 3
Dominic Ryan Lansdowne//Leinster *
Richardt Strauss Old Wesley//Leinster 4
Devin Toner Lansdowne//Leinster 17
Nathan White Galwegians//Connacht )*
BACKS (16)
Tommy Bowe Belfast Harlequins//Ulster 54
Gordon D’Arcy Lansdowne//Leinster 79
Craig Gilroy Dungannon//Ulster 5
Robbie Henshaw Buccaneers//Connacht 3
Felix Jones Shannon//Munster 6
Rob Kearney UCD//Leinster 55
Ian Keatley Young Munster//Munster 2
Darragh Leader Galwegians//Connacht *
Ian Madigan Blackrock//Leinster) 10
Kieran Marmion Galwegians//Connacht 2
Conor Murray Garryowen//Munster 28
Stuart Olding Belfast Harlequins//Ulster 1
Jared Payne Ulster *
Eoin Reddan Lansdowne//Leinster 55
Johnny Sexton Racing Metro 45
Simon Zebo Cork Constitution//Munster 8
*denotes first season on RDS squad
IRELAND 2014 GUINNESS
SERIES SQUAD
IRELAND V SOUTH AFRICA
SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER, 2014
AVIVA STADIUM, K.O. 17:30
IRELAND V GEORGIA
SUNDAY 16TH NOVEMBER, 2014
AVIVA STADIUM, K.O. 14:30
IRELAND V AUSTRALIA
SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER, 2014
AVIVA STADIUM, K.O. 16:30
2014 GUINNESS SERIES
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