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Furlong to miss the France Test as Ireland call in replacements

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Ireland have confirmed that Tadhg Furlong will not be available for selection for the Francce Test in the second round of the Guinness Six Nations this coming weekend.

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Furlong, who many consider the world’s premier tighthead – is rehabbing a calf issue and is ‘not being considered’ for the crunch class that’s been labelled an early Grand Slam decider.

Andy Farrell’s Ireland side have called up Caolin Blade and Michael Milne to the squad. The pair come in as injury cover for Jamison Gibson-Park and Cian Healy, who were both late withdrawals from the Wales game due to hamstring injuries. Both now have been ruled out of selection contention for France.

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      The Blade and Milne have joined the Ireland squad today (Monday) as the group assembled this afternoon at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin.

      Johnny Sexton is also set to ‘complete the HIA process later today’ after passing a HIA 1 against Wales on Saturday.

      Leinster hooker Ronan Kelleher is due to return to training this week.

      “Roman Salanoa and Tom Stewart who joined the squad last week have been retained for preparations ahead of Round 2 of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championships.”

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      UPDATED IRELAND SQUAD:

      Backs (18)

      Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 42 caps
      Caolin Blade (Connacht/Galwegians) 1 cap
      Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 15 caps
      Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 8 caps
      Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution) 2 caps
      Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 98 caps
      Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 23 caps
      Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 9 caps
      Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 26 caps
      Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Marys College) 30 caps
      James Lowe (Leinster) 16 caps
      Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 10 caps
      Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 101 caps
      Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas) 3 caps
      Jamie Osborne (Leinster/Naas) *
      Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 48 caps
      Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 110 caps (c)
      Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 35 caps

      Forwards (23)

      Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 8 caps
      Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 28 caps
      Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 37 caps
      Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 34 caps
      Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps
      Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 24 caps
      Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 63 caps
      Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 121 caps
      Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 69 caps
      Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 32 caps
      Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 18 caps
      Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 49 caps
      Joe McCarthy (Leinster/Dublin University) 1 cap
      Michael Milne (Leinster/UCD) *
      Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 90 caps
      Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 5 caps
      Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps
      Cian Prendergast (Connacht/Corinthians) 1 cap
      James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps
      Roman Salanoa (Munster/Shannon) *
      Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 14 caps
      Tom Stewart (Ulster/Ballynahinch) *
      Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 46 cap

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