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Jonathan Davies and Callum Sheedy have been left out by Wayne Pivac.
James Ryan and Ryan Baird remain sidelined ahead of the Champions Cup ties.
Shane Delahunt’s season is over due to a hamstring injury.
An Ireland squad of 23 will gather again on Thursday for two days of training.
The Connacht hooker replaces the injured Rob Herring.
The likes of Kieran Marmion and Ciarán Frawley are unlucky to miss out.
Connacht’s Cian Prendergast is also involved as a development player.
Denis Maher and Ger Browne have been recalled by new manager Colm Bonnar.
In addition to John Joe Patrick Finn Benoa, Aidemo Emakhu, Cristiano Fitzgerald, and Johnny Kenny also are among the players to feature.
Dan McFarland’s men are aiming to be in trophy contention this season.
Leo Cullen’s squad features plenty of midfield options and some exciting young talent.
Andy Friend has a 43-man senior squad coming into the new season.
Johann van Graan has seen five senior forwards depart during the summer.
Richie Murphy has included several players with senior provincial experience.
The 31-year-old says he’s grateful to be able to represent the western province on tour.
The striker has an injury.
Luca Connell has been given the nod, while Ademipo Odubeko will not be available.
Gavin Coombes has returned to Munster.
Jacob Stockdale is missing due to injury.
Gunners boss Mikel Arteta says he must trim down his squad, with Sead Kolasinac likely to be the first to leave.
Ed Byrne, Will Connors, Jamison Gibson-Park, Shane Daly, Hugo Keenan, and Ryan Baird have been included.
The 30-year-old came off the bench three times during the Six Nations earlier this year.
Michael Obafemi, Will Smallbone and Dara O’Shea feature in the panel for the vital qualifier against Italy.
However, Harry Maguire is back involved after he missed September’s games.
Isi Naisarani, Jack Dempsey, and Tevita Kuridrani miss out on the 44-man selection.
Johann van Graan’s 43-man senior squad looks well set to push on this season.
The loosehead prop was injured in Sunday’s defeat to England at Twickenham.
21-year-old Caelan Doris is fit again and back in contention.
The new Ireland head coach has made some big calls ahead of the Six Nations.
Rhys Ruddock, Niall Scannell and Stuart McCloskey are the big-name omissions from Andy Farrell’s 35-man group.
Age Hareide will add three more players to his panel later this week.
Joe Schmidt’s men were much more convincing in their 19-10 win over Wales on Saturday.
The Ireland boss is set to submit his final 31-man group to World Rugby today.
Kenny has named a 22-player squad for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers.
Eddie Jones has sprung a few surprises in his 31-man group.
Ireland have a number of selection dilemmas to resolve in the coming weeks.
Joe Schmidt’s side face Italy on Saturday afternoon in the first of four warm-up games ahead of the World Cup.
Aaron Connolly, Conor Coventry and Nathan Collins are also among the notable names missing.
Harry Kane has also been included by Gareth Southgate for the games.
Colin O’Brien has named 19 players, with one spot yet to be finalised.