Ulster hooker Tom Stewart, who set the record for the most tries in a URC season with 16, is one of four uncapped players in Ireland’s 42-man training squad.
Leinster duo Ciaran Frawley and Jamie Osborne are also included, along with Munster’s Calvin Nash.
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is named despite not playing since the Six Nations with a groin injury. Munster fly-half Joey Carbery and Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune miss out. Jack Crowley, who can play at fly-half or centre, is preferred to Munster team-mate Carbery. Jordan Larmour, Shane Daly, Jean Kleyn and Jeremy Loughman are also not ...