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Published 14:33 20 Jan 2016 GMT
Updated 14:59 20 Jan 2016 GMT
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Schmidt has also named Ulster hooker Rory Best to captain his side during the championship.
The bulk of Schmidt's squad will not assemble at Carton House until Sunday, January 31.
The first training session of the Six Nations campaign will be the following day, with team manager Mick Kearney and a senior player out to meet the press that afternoon.
Wales are first up, at the Aviva Stadium, on Sunday, February 7.
Ireland are hoping to be the first team to win the competition outright three times in a row since the competition began in 1883.
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