FULL-BACK Rob Kearney has been omitted from a 45- man squad for Andy Farrell’s first training session as Ireland head coach in Dublin next week. The 95-times capped Leinster player was a regular first-choice under previous coach Joe Schmidt. A number of uncapped players will join a ‘24-hour mid-season stocktake’ at the IRFU’s High Performance Centre.
They include Leinster scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and Ulster pair Billy Burns and Tom O’Toole.
England-born Burns, who joined Ulster in 2018, qualifies for Ireland through a paternal grandparent. Prop O’To...
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