New Ireland coach Declan Kidney has included fit-again trio Gordon D'Arcy, Andrew Trimble and Leo Cullen in his first squad.There are no surprise inclusions made by the new boss, with all the players that went Down Under selected again while 11 players who featured in the Churchill Cup are also given the chance to impress.
Kidney described the four-day get-together in Cork as an opportunity to "set some foundations" as the team plan for what the coach describes as "an important November".
Ireland will play three Tests in November, starting against Canada on November 8, before then facing the All Blacks on November 15 and World Cup semi-finalists Argentina on November 22.
Ireland squad: Neil Best, Rory Best, Isaac Boss, Tommy Bowe, Tony Buckley, Ryan Caldwell, Robert Casey, Tom Court, Leo Cullen, Gordon D'Arcy, Girvan Dempsey, Ian Dowling, Gavin Duffy, Keith Earls, Stephen Ferris, Luke Fitzgerald, Jerry Flannery, John Hayes, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Marcus Horan, Shane Horgan, Bernard Jackman, Shane Jennings, Robert Kearney, Denis Leamy, Geordan Murphy, Donncha O' Callaghan, Paul O' Connell, Ronan O' Gara, Malcolm O' Kelly, Brian O'Driscoll, Mick O'Driscoll, Tomas O'Leary, Alan Quinlan, Eoin Reddan, Michael Ross, Donncha Ryan, Jonathan Sexton, Peter Stringer, Andrew Trimble, David Wallace, Paddy Wallace, Roger Wilson, Bryan Young.
