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Bent, Furlong and Tuohy added to Ireland's squad

Head coach Joe Schmidt has added three forwards to his Ireland squad for Saturday's crucial Six N...



Bent, Furlong and Tuohy added...
Rugby

Bent, Furlong and Tuohy added to Ireland's squad

Head coach Joe Schmidt has added three forwards to his Ireland squad for Saturday's crucial Six Nations meeting with Wales.

Leinster props Michael Bent and Tadhg Furlong, and Ulster lock Dan Tuohy are now among a 36-man panel for the trip to Cardiff, as well as the following week's game with Scotland.


IRELAND v (Wales and Scotland)

Forwards (20)
Michael Bent (Dublin University/Leinster)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)                          
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Mike McCarthy (Leinster)
Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)
Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Dominic Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Dan Touhy (Ulster)
                                                               
Backs (16)
Isaac Boss (Terenure/Leinster)                                                 
Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
Jared Payne (Ulster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92)
Simon Zebo (Cork Con/Munster)

Meanwhile, the Scots' head coach Vern Cotter has added the versatile Sean Maitland, and Edinburgh hooker Stuart McInally to his squad for Saturday's Calcutta Cup match with England.

Maitland replaces his injured Glasgow clubmate Sean Lamont, while McInally will act as precautionary cover for Ross Ford. 

Scotland are so far without a win in this season's Six Nations. 

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