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Michael Scully

Munster duo to isolate before joining Ireland squad ahead of Six Nations resumption

Peter O'Mahony and Chris Farrell must complete a period of isolation before joining the Ireland squad on Monday ahead of the Six Nations clash with Italy next weekend.

All the players selected in the 35-man squad for the final two championship fixtures produced negative PCR tests at the start of the week before entering the Ireland camp, as did the management team.

However Munster skipper O'Mahony and centre Farrell were identified as close contacts of the senior Reds player who tested positive last week and have been isolating since.

Meanwhile, Andy Farrell has brought Connacht's Ultan Dillane into the squad that met up today, with Ryan Baird missing through injury.

The young Leinster second row picked up an adductor strain against Benetton last Saturday and has been ruled out of the Italy and France games, but could play some part in next month's Autumn Nations Cup.

Farrell will be without Jordan Larmour, who dislocated his shoulder in that game in Italy, but as yet he has not called in a replacement.

Positive news is that Farrell is hopeful that Johnny Sexton, Ronan Kelleher and Andrew Porter will be able to restart training next week as they recover from injury.

Ireland Squad 2020 Guinness 6 Nations Championships Round 4 & 5

Backs (15)

Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 26 caps

Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 6 caps

Jack Carty (Connacht/Buccaneers) 10 caps

Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 21 caps

Shane Daly (Munster/Cork Con) uncapped

Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 9 caps

Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) uncapped

Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 43 caps

Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) uncapped

Kieran Marmion (Connacht/Corinthians) 27 caps

Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 3 caps

Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 81 caps

Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 29 caps

Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 91 caps CAPTAIN

Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 28 caps

Forwards (19)

Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Corinthians) 9 caps

Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 13 caps

Ed Byrne (Leinster/UCD) uncapped

Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) uncapped

Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 17 caps

Ultan Dillane (Connacht/Corinthians) 15 caps

Caelan Doris (Leinster/UCD) 2 caps

Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 98 caps

Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 1 cap

Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 55 caps

Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 11 caps

Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 3 caps

Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 67 caps

Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 26 caps

Quinn Roux (Connacht/Galwegians) 12 caps

James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 26 caps

John Ryan (Munster/Cork Constitution) 21 caps

CJ Stander (Munster/Shannon) 41 caps

Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 26 caps

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