Joey Carbery

Leinster centre Jamie Osborne is the only uncapped player named in Ireland's Guinness Six Nations squad as Munster back row Gavin Coombes returns to favour ...

He spent time in Ireland camp in November 2021 and like Crowley went on the Emerging Ireland tour to South Africa last autumn before selection for Ireland A against an All Blacks XV in November. “The Six Nations is a huge competition for us and another opportunity for us to grow as group. Carbery had been seen as the designated number two behind the veteran skipper and has been in flying form for his province, instrumental in Graham Rowntree’s team turning a corner after a rocky start to their season under new management.

ANDY FARRELL HAS included Leinster out-half Ross Byrne in his Ireland squad for the upcoming Six Nations, but there is no place for Munster's Joey Carbery.

With [Laya Healthcare](https://www.layahealthcare.ie/), official health and wellbeing partner to Leinster, Munster and Connacht Rugby. Locks (4): Tadhg Beirne (Munster) 36 caps, Iain Henderson (Ulster) 68 caps, Joe McCarthy (Leinster) 1 cap, James Ryan (Leinster) 48 caps. Props (6): Finlay Bealham (Connacht) 27 caps, Tadhg Furlong (Leinster) 63 caps, Cian Healy (Leinster) 121 caps, Dave Kilcoyne (Munster) 48 caps, Tom O’Toole (Ulster) 4 caps, Andrew Porter (Leinster) 48 caps. Out-halves (3): Ross Byrne (Leinster) 14 caps, Jack Crowley (Munster) 2 caps, Johnny Sexton (Leinster)(captain) 109 caps. Leinster centre Jamie Osborne is the only uncapped player in the 37-man selection. Outside backs (7): Keith Earls (Munster) 98 caps, Mack Hansen (Connacht) 8 caps, Hugo Keenan (Leinster) 25 caps, Jordan Larmour (Leinster) 30 caps, James Lowe (Leinster) 15 caps, Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster) 3 caps, Jacob Stockdale (Ulster) 35 caps.

Captain Johnny Sexton and prop Tadhg Furlong have also been included despite injury issues…

“While there are a few players carrying knocks and others that have missed out on selection for the start of the tournament, they will have the opportunity to push their case playing for their provinces in the URC (United Rugby Championship) over the coming weeks as no doubt we will need to call upon the wider group as the tournament progresses.” “2022 was a busy year as we got to work with a larger group of players as we continued to build our squad depth and competition for places. Head coach Farrell told the Irish Rugby Football website: “The Six Nations is a huge competition for us and another opportunity for us to grow as group.

Joey Carbery's shock omission from Ireland's Six Nations squad will constitute a huge blow to the player given the Munster outhalf has been a regular, ...

Following his squad announcement, Andy Farrell said: “The Six Nations is a huge competition for us and another opportunity for us to grow as group. However, Robbie Henshaw has not been formally named in the squad as he continues his rehabilitation from a minor wrist operation, and the up-and-coming Jamie Osborne has been included as one of four centres. There is no real surprise among the 20 forwards, save perhaps for the return of David Kilcoyne in place of his Munster teammate Jeremy Loughman.

Many of the Ireland players will have known their fate before the rest of us did. Joey Carbery will have processed what the rest of us are reacting to now.

Jack Crowley looks to be more of a strategist, in that he could probably start a game for you." "The Six Nations is a huge competition for us and another opportunity for us to grow as group. While few saw the axe swinging for Joey Carbery, even fewer would have confidently predicted Jacob Stockdale would make the cut. The IRFU have been known to send out updates, over social media, or even name players that may have missed out through injury. Joey Carbery will have processed what the rest of us are reacting to now. For now, we have to go to our sources and pore over

Centre Henshaw has endured an injury-hit season and is idelined with a wrist problem while Ross Byrne and Jack Crowley have been selected ahead of Carbery as ...

Farrell told the Irish Rugby Football Union website: “The Six Nations is a huge competition for us and another opportunity for us to grow as group. Centre Henshaw has endured an injury-hit season and is idelined with a wrist problem while Ross Byrne and Jack Crowley have been selected ahead of Carbery as fly-half cover for the captain, Johnny Sexton. 2022 was a busy year as we got to work with a larger group of players as we continued to build our squad depth and competition for places.

Joey Carbery has had more than his fair share of injury setbacks in his career but his omission from Ireland's 37-man Six Nations squad will hurt him in an ...

Perhaps bringing Stockdale into the squad is designed to give him a lift as well as being recognition of his latent match-winning abilities. Now, in addition to Lowe, Jordan Larmour, and a tad more surprisingly Jacob Stockdale, are both back in the fold among the seven outside backs named. Given he played in the first and third games of the Emerging Ireland tour against the Griquas and the Cheetahs, as well as being one of the few in the Irish A performance against an All Blacks XV to emerge with credit, Osborne is perhaps strictly speaking not a bolter. “I thought we was off, I thought we was poor. Munster are also going to have to place their faith in Carbery in something of a make-or-break period for their URC top eight qualification hopes, and in that sense his omission by the Irish management is something of a blessing in disguise for them given Ben Healy has also been called into the Scottish squad. Never has he been left out of an Irish squad when fit since making his composed debut in the historic win over the All Blacks in Chicago in November 2016, and at 27 it is not unreasonable to suggest that the 37-times capped Munster outhalf is suddenly facing something of a crossroads.

Munster head coach Graham Rowntree faces a big selection decision at out-half for Sunday's crunch Champions Cup clash in Toulouse.

Ross Byrne will also be aiming to press his claims to be on the bench for the Six Nations opener against Wales in Cardiff on February 4 as he continues to deputise for Sexton. Munster will definitely have to plan without Jack O’Donoghue for the trip to France to take on the Top 14 leaders, after the back-row was handed a three-week ban, which could be reduced to two, if he completes ‘tackle school’. Carbery’s omission has shaken up the Irish pecking order behind Johnny Sexton as Crowley and Leinster’s Ross Byrne get the nod.