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Published 16:04 22 Mar 2017 GMT
Updated 17:00 23 Mar 2017 GMT
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Robbie Henshaw and Sean O'Brien are also likely tourists while Jamie Heaslip, Simon Zebo, Garry Ringrose, Jared Payne, Iain Henderson, Rory Best and Peter O'Mahony will hope to be in the mix.
Stephen Jones of The Sunday Times has also mooted Rob Kearney as a potential Lion, for what would be his third tour.
With that in mind, and with one eye on the future, we are looking at the starting XV Schmidt could select to take on the United States before they travel on to Japan and see out the season with two further internationals.
Bear in mind, we are being optimistic and assuming Gatland will go for a raft of Irishmen [we can only hope].
IRELAND XV (for USA on June 10)
15. Tiernan O'Halloran
14. Keith Earls
13. Luke Marshall
12. Rory Scannell
11. Craig Gilroy
10. Paddy Jackson
9. Luke McGrath
1. Cian Healy
2. Niall Scannell
3. John Ryan
4. Donnacha Ryan
5. Devin Toner
6. Josh van der Flier
7. Dan Leavy
8. Jack Conan
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