Injuries force Ireland to shuffle training squad

SQUAD UPDATE: The Ireland squad has stepped up preparations in the IRFU High Performance Centre ahead of the two-Test tour against Georgia on July 5 and Portugal on July 12.

Munster wing Diarmuid Kilgallen will train with the squad as Calvin Nash is nursing an ankle injury, which will limit his on-field participation this week.

Ulster’s James McNabney suffered an unfortunate ACL injury in training and has not linked up as one of the additional training players.

He has been replaced by Munster’s Brian Gleeson, who joins his provincial colleague Evan O’Connell in the squad for the training camp in Dublin.

The squad will train today and next week in the HPC before departing for Tbilisi on Wednesday, July 2.

Forwards: Tom Ahern (Munster), Jack Aungier (Connacht), Ryan Baird (Leinster), Jack Boyle (Leinster), Thomas Clarkson (Leinster), Gavin Coombes (Munster), Max Deegan (Leinster), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster), Alex Kendellen (Munster), Gus McCarthy (Leinster), Paddy McCarthy (Leinster), Michael Milne (Munster), Darragh Murray (Connacht), Tom O’Toole (Ulster), Cian Prendergast (Connacht), Stephen Smyth (Leinster), Tom Stewart (Ulster), Nick Timoney (Ulster).

Backs: Shayne Bolton (Connacht), Craig Casey (Munster), Jack Crowley (Munster), Nathan Doak (Ulster), Ciaran Frawley (Leinster), Hugh Gavin (Connacht), Stuart McCloskey (Ulster), Ben Murphy (Connacht), Calvin Nash (Munster), Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster), Tommy O’Brien (Leinster), Jamie Osborne (Leinster), Sam Prendergast (Leinster), Jacob Stockdale (Ulster).

Training Panellists: Brian Gleeson (Munster), Diarmuid Kilgallen (Munster), Evan O’Connell (Munster), Jude Postlethwaite (Ulster), Zac Ward (Ulster).