Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has named three uncapped players in his squad for this summer’s Nations Championship.
Uncapped Connacht trio Billy Bohan, Sam Illo and Sean Jansen have all been included in the 36-player squad set to face Australia, Japan and New Zealand next month, with Caelan Doris skippering the side.
However, Ireland will be without Jack Crowley, Mack Hansen and Andrew Porter who are among a group of 10 players ruled out of the series due to injury.
Farrell told the IRFU website: “I’m pleased to announce the Ireland squad for the opening three rounds of the Nations Championship.
“This competition will bring the best of the northern hemisphere up against their southern counterparts and the road for that Sunday evening slot for Finals Weekend in London starts now.
“We have three tough Tests against Australia, Japan and New Zealand and it’s important that we hit the ground running in this new tournament.
“For us, we are aiming to build on our positive performances during the recent Guinness Men’s Six Nations.
“The non-Leinster contingent across the three Provinces have completed a three-day training block this week in the IRFU High Performance Centre ahead of our departure on Monday and it has given us the chance to look at the squad going forward.
“Congratulations to Billy, Sam and Sean on their selections and each of them has earned the right to be selected after their performances this season.
“Their selection, allied to an experienced majority who we hope to see perform strongly for Leinster in the BKT URC final on Friday night, will add great energy to the squad which we’ve been building over the last number of campaigns.”
Ireland return to action for the first time since this year’s Six Nations, where they finished second behind France.
Farrell’s side begin their Nations Championship campaign with a clash against Australia at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on July 4 before coming up against Japan a week later at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle.
Ireland then face New Zealand in Auckland on July 18.
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Ireland Squad for Summer Internationals
Forwards: Tadhg Beirne (Munster), Billy Bohan (Connacht)*, Thomas Clarkson (Leinster), Jack Conan (Leinster), Caelan Doris (Leinster), Tadhg Furlong (Leinster), Sam Illo (Connacht)*, Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster), Sean Jansen (Connacht)*, Rónan Kelleher (Leinster), Jeremy Loughman (Munster), Joe McCarthy (Leinster), Darragh Murray (Connacht), Tom O’Toole (Ulster), Cian Prendergast (Connacht), James Ryan (Leinster), Dan Sheehan (Leinster), Tom Stewart (Ulster), Nick Timoney (Ulster), Josh van der Flier (Leinster)
Backs: Bundee Aki (Connacht), Rob Baloucoune (Ulster), Harry Byrne (Leinster), Craig Casey (Munster), Nathan Doak (Ulster), Ciaran Frawley (Leinster), Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster), Robbie Henshaw (Leinster), Hugo Keenan (Leinster), Stuart McCloskey (Ulster), Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster), Tommy O’Brien (Leinster), Jamie Osborne (Leinster), Sam Prendergast (Leinster), Garry Ringrose (Leinster), Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
* Denotes uncapped player