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RTÉ News
19-06-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Munster trio train with Ireland after James McNabney ACL injury
Munster trio Diarmuid Kilgallen, Brian Gleeson and Evan O'Connell have all linked up with the Ireland squad as additional training panellists ahead of the upcoming summer tour games against Georgia and Portugal. It comes after Ulster back row James McNabney was dealt a serious blow, with an ACL injury in training set to sideline him long-term. McNabney enjoyed a breakthrough season with Ulster, playing 17 times for Richie Murphy's side in 2024/25. While the 22-year-old wasn't set to tour with Ireland this summer, he had been named as an additional training panellist, having previously been in the extended squad at the start of the Guinness Six Nations. His former Ireland Under-20 back row partner Gleeson has been drafted in by interim head coach Paul O'Connell, while Kilgallen has also joined the wider group with Calvin Nash currently nursing a minor ankle injury which will limit him in training. Both Gleeson, Kilgallen and second row Evan O'Connell - nephew of interim head coach Paul - will train with the Ireland squad, who gathered at the IRFU high performance centre in Dublin today, but aren't set to travel to Tbilisi, barring an injury to a main squad member. The squad will train today and next week in the HPC before departing for Tbilisi on Wednesday, 2 July.
Irish Daily Mirror
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
ACL blow for young Ireland hopeful that rules him out until 2026
James McNabney has suffered an ACL injury and will not be joining Ireland's squad ahead of their two-Test summer tour against Georgia and Portugal. 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)*
