Wood and O'Driscoll back in Ireland squad

Keith Wood, Brian O'Driscoll, Anthony Foley and Shane Horgan are all back the Ireland squad to face Wales at Lansdowne Road on Saturday, August 16.

Wood and O'Driscoll back in Ireland squad

Keith Wood, Brian O'Driscoll, Anthony Foley and Shane Horgan are all back the Ireland squad to face Wales at Lansdowne Road on Saturday, August 16.

All four were not available to play on the Summer Tour to Australia, Tonga and Samoa.

The squad will take part in an Open training session on Tuesday at Cill Dara rugby club.

Squad -

Forwards: Simon Best (Ulster - Belfast Harlequins), Shane Byrne (Leinster - Blackrock College), Reggie Corrigan (Leinster - Greystones), Victor Costello (Leinster - St. Mary's College), Justin Fitzpatrick (Castres), Anthony Foley (Munster - Shannon), Keith Gleeson (Leinster - St. Mary's College), Donnacha O'Callaghan (Munster - Cork Constitution), Paul O'Connell (Munster - Young Munsters), Malcolm O'Kelly (Leinster - St. Mary's College), David Wallace (Munster - Garryowen), Keith Wood.

Backs: Paul Burke (Harlequins), Girvan Dempsey (Leinster - Terenure College), Guy Easterby (Rotherham), Anthony Horgan (Munster - Cork Constitution), Shane Horgan (Leinster - Lansdowne), David Humphreys (Ulster - Dungannon), Kevin Maggs (Bath), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster - Blackrock College), Peter Stringer (Munster - Shannon).

Not considered because of injury: Emmet Byrne (Leinster - St. Mary's College), Neil Doak (Ulster - Belfast Harlequins), John Hayes (Munster - Shannon), Marcus Horan (Munster - Shannon), Ronan O'Gara (Munster - Cork Constitution), James Topping (Ulster - Ballymena).

Additional players to attend training: Jonathan Bell (Ulster - Dungannon), Martin Cahill (Munster - Buccaneers), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Rob Henderson (Munster - Garryowen), Tyrone Howe (Ulster - Dungannon), John Kelly (Munster - Cork Constitution), Gary Longwell (Ulster - Ballymena), Eric Miller (Leinster - Terenure College).

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