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Andy Farrell names Ireland squad for tour of South Africa
Published 16:31 18 Jun 2024 BST
Updated 16:31 18 Jun 2024 BST
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Some big calls from Andy Farrell
Andy Farrell has unveiled his squad for Ireland's upcoming tour of South Africa.
Ireland will travel to South Africa for two test fixtures in Pretoria on July 6 and Durban on July 13.
One of the biggest exclusions is number eight Jack Conlon, who as reported by several outlets on Monday, isn't part of the squad due to personal reasons.
There had been plenty of calls from outsiders from Farrell to name a squad with one eye cast on the future of Irish rugby and has sprung some surprises in his team.
Fighting talk from South Africans ahead of Tour
South Africa have already begun the mind games ahead of the tour after former Munster star Damian de Allende claimed that Andy Farrell struggles to motivate the Ireland team because he is English.
“It’s hard to say, I think Andy Farrell is English so I don’t know if he knows much about Ireland and the history and what has happened in the past and things like that.
“Because Rassie [Erasmus] is South African and he loves South Africa so much, he’s played for the Springboks, and it means so much to him, he knows how to make us tick as South Africans and he knows how to make South Africa tick.”
The full Ireland squad to travel to South Africa in July is:
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* denotes uncapped player
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