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The Ireland management team have named seven uncapped player in the squad for their tour game against the Barbarians in Gloucester on Tuesday, May 29.
Ireland coach Declan Kidney has included seven uncapped players in his squad to face the Barbarians.
Mike Tindall is in the Barbarians' 33-man squad for their upcoming fixtures against England, Ireland and Wales.
The Ireland squads for the game against the Barbarians and the mid-year tour to New Zealand, to be named in the coming weeks, received a timely boost with the news that forwards coach Gert Smal is fully fit to travel.
Munster lock Paul O'Connell is waiting to find out if he will be fit for Ireland's tour to New Zealand.
Ireland flank David Wallace has retired after failing to recover from the knee injury that ruled him out of last year's World Cup in New Zealand.
Ireland flanker David Wallace has announced his retirement from rugby.
The Irish Rugby Football Union and Leinster Rugby have confirmed Gordon D'Arcy has signed a two-year extension until the 2014 season.
Tommy Bowe will undergo surgery to cure an ongoing medical issue on Friday, ruling him out of the remainder of the current season - including Ireland's trip to New Zealand in June.
Tommy Bowe has played his last game for the Ospreys and could miss Ireland's tour to New Zealand this summer.
Shane Horgan, a member of Ireland's so-called "golden generation", has retired with immediate effect due to a longstanding knee injury, his provincial side, Leinster, said Wednesday.
Former Ireland and British & Irish Lions wing Shane Horgan has been forced into retirement by a long-standing knee injury.
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