Twelve players have joined the Irish camp ahead of the All Black XV and South Africa games

TWELVE PLAYERS HAVE been added to the Ireland panel for the games against the All Black XV on Friday and South Africa on Saturday.

Tom Ahern has been ruled out of the Ireland A game, Connacht's Gavin Thornbury replaces him.

Diarmuid Barron, Caolin Blade, Jack Crowley, Shane Daly, Max Deegan, James Hume, Dave Kilcoyne, Marty Moore and Scott Penny all join up with the team in Carlton house after last weekend's URC games.

Jamie Osborne and Roman Salanoa have both been declared fit after completing the return to play protocols.

Two players from the Emerging Ireland tour Nathan Doak and Tom Stewart will join the squad later on in the week.

Tickets for the Ireland A game at the RDS on Friday can be found here.

Ireland Squad – Bank of Ireland Nations Series 2022:

Backs (16)

Robert Baloucoune Joey Carbery, Craig Casey , Ciaran Frawley Jamison Gibson Park, Mack Hansen, Robbie Henshaw, Hugo Keenan, Michael Lowry, Conor Murray, Stuart McCloskey, Calvin Nash, Jimmy O’Brien, Garry Ringrose, Johnny Sexton CAPTAIN, Jacob Stockdale

Forwards (21)

Ryan Baird, Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Jack Conan, Gavin Coombes, Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, Dave Heffernan, Cian Healy, Rob Herring, Jeremy Loughman, Joe McCarthy, Peter O’Mahony, Tom O’Toole, Andrew Porter , Cian Prendergast , James Ryan, Dan Sheehan, Nick Timoney , Kieran Treadwell, Josh van der Flier

Ireland ‘A’ Panel:

Diarmuid Barron,Caolin Blade, Jack Crowley, Shane Daly, Max Deegan, James Hume, Dave Kilcoyne, Marty Moore, Jamie Osbourne, Scott Penny, Roman Salanoa, Gavin Thornbury