“Cheeky Boy” Tuohy and “Phat Chad” Henry have been released from IRFU purgatory and join the list of players available for this Friday’s match against the Turnips.
Housewives Favourite, Robbie Diack, is still struggling to overcome a leg injury and is joined on the unavailable list by Rory Best, Paddy McAllister, Tommy Bowe, Roger Wilson, Paddy Wallace and Ruan Pienaar. Rory getting a bit of extra rest, Wilson and Bowe being short term injuries, McAllister a very long term injury and Pienaar involved with South Africa until October. Farrell and Annett appear to have dropped out of the early season reckoning and Henderson is still coming back from injury.
This leaves a 26 man squad as follows:
FORWARDS: Rob Herring, Nigel Brady, Declan Fitzpatrick, Callum Black, Tom Court, John Afoa, Lewis Stevenson, Neil McComb, Johann Muller, Dan Tuohy, Mike McComish, Stephen Ferris, Chris Henry, Sean Doyle, Nick Williams. BACKS: Paul Marshall, Michael Heaney, Niall O’Connor, Paddy Jackson, Luke Marshall, Darren Cave, Michael Allen, Craig Gilroy, Andrew Trimble, Peter Nelson, Jared Payne.
I expect McComb and McComish to drop out this week to accommodate the return of Tuohy and Henry and I have a fancy that . . .
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