ACL blow for young Ireland hopeful that rules him out until 2026
McNabney, 22, played 17 times for Ulster this season but is not expected to feature again until the new year.
The talented back row has been replaced as one of the additional training players by Brian Gleeson, who joins his provincial colleague Evan O'Connell - nephew of tour head coach Paul - in the squad for the training camp that is currently in progress at the IRFU's high performance centre in Dublin.
Munster winger Diarmuid Kilgallen will train with the squad as cover for his provincial colleague Calvin Nash, who will be limited in the amount of work he can get through this week as he nurses an ankle injury.
With 16 Irish players on British and Irish Lions duty this summer, O'Connell has the opportunity to run the rule over the next generation of Test hopefuls.
The squad train today and next week in Abbotstown before departing for Tbilisi on Wednesday, 2nd July ahead of the clash with Georgia three days later. Ireland then travel to Lisbon for the clash with Portugal on July 12.
Ireland summer tour squad
Forwards (18):Tom Ahern (Shannon/Munster)*Jack Aungier (Lansdowne/Connacht*Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster)(27)Jack Boyle (UCD/Leinster)(2)Thomas Clarkson (Dublin University/Leinster)(6)Gavin Coombes (Young Munster/Munster)(2)Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(2)Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(1)Alex Kendellen (UCC/Munster)*Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(4)Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)*Michael Milne (UCD/Munster)*Darragh Murray (Buccaneers/Connacht)*Tom O'Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(16)Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht)(4)Stephen Smyth (Old Wesley/Leinster)*Tom Stewart (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(2)Nick Timoney (Banbridge/Ulster)(3)Backs (14):Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)( captain )(18)Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(24)Nathan Doak (Banbridge/Ulster)*Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(8)Hugh Gavin (Galwegians/Connacht)*Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(19)Ben Murphy (Clontarf/Connacht)*Calvin Nash (Young Munster/Munster)(10)Jimmy O'Brien (Naas/Leinster)(8)Tommy O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)*Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster)(7)Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(8)Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster)(38)Training Panellists:Brian Gleeson (Garryowen/Munster)*Diarmuid Kilgallen (Garryowen/Munster)*Evan O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)*Jude Postlethwaite (City of Armagh/Ulster)*Zac Ward (Ballynahinch/Ulster)*
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