Jardan Larmour backed for Ireland call

The rise and rise of Jordan Larmour could go to another level today with Robbie Henshaw and Girvan Dempsey backing the young back-three star to be included in Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad for the 2018 NatWest 6 Nations.

Head coach Schmidt will today name his squad for the first two rounds of next month’s championship, with Ireland travelling to Paris to play France on Saturday, February 3 and then welcoming Italy to Dublin’s Aviva Stadium seven days later.

Larmour, 20, made his Champions Cup debut for Leinster last Sunday in the 55-19 thrashing of Glasgow Warriors that secured a home quarter-final for Leo Cullen’s side, the academy back’s 13th cap and eighth start for the province since a senior debut against the Dragons on the first day of the season.