IRELAND will have to find a new captain for their three-match tour next month to Australia, Tonga and Samoa. Keith Wood will travel with the 41-strong party of players but will take no part outside of training, while Brian O’Driscoll has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.

IRISH and Munster heroes David Wallace, Shane Horgan, Geordan Murphy, Paul O’Connell and Anthony Horgan are all ruled out of the Irish squad for the forthcoming seasonal warm-up fixture against Romania at Thomond Park on Saturday week.