Nuevos al por mayor

Irlanda ha citado a nueve debutantes al plantel de 44 jugadores convocados para retener el título del Seis Naciones.

El hooker Rory Best está de vuelta en el seleccionado luego de haber sido no convocado la temporada pasada por haber sido sometido a una cirugía por una lesión en el cuello.

Rory Best (Ulster), Isaac Boss (Ulster), Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Tony Buckley (Munster), Tom Court (Ulster), Sean Cronin (Connacht), Leo Cullen (Leinster), Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster), Ian Dowling (Munster), Keith Earls (Munster), Stephen Ferris (Ulster), Declan Fitzpatrick (Ulster), Jerry Flannery (Munster), John Fogarty (Leinster), John Hayes (Munster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Chris Henry (Ulster), Marcus Horan (Munster), Shane Horgan (Leinster), Denis Hurley (Munster), Shane Jennings (Leinster), Robert Kearney (Leinster), Fergus McFadden (Leinster), Kevin McLaughlin (Leinster), Johne Murphy (Leicester), Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster), Paul O'Connell (Munster), Mick O'Driscoll (Munster), Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster), Ronan O'Gara (Munster), Tomas O'Leary (Munster), Sean O'Brien (Leinster), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Mike Ross (Leinster), Donnacha Ryan (Munster), Jonathan Sexton (Leinster), Peter Stringer (Munster), Devin Toner (Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ulster), Dan Touhy (Ulster), David Wallace (Munster), Paddy Wallace (Ulster), Brett Wilkinson (Connacht).