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Earls out of tour

Jun 3rd, 2010, 2:52 pm

Keith Earls has become the latest Irish player to be ruled out of the upcoming tour of New Zealand and Australia. The Munster starlet has been forced to withdraw with a persistent groin injury – joining the likes of Paul O’Connell, Stephen Ferris, Rory Best and Leo Cullen on the absentee list. Connacht’s Gavin Duffy, who has been named in the team to play the Barbarians tomorrow, has been drafted into the squad as his replacement. Ireland Squad (2010 Summer Tour, June 4-June 26): Backs (15); Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht), Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster), Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster), Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers), Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster), Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster), Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster); Forwards (18); Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster), Tom Court (Malone/Ulster), Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht), Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster), John Fogarty (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster), Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster), Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster), Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht), Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster), Ed O’Donoghue (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster), Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster).

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