Horgan, Kelly and Kearney ruled out for Ireland

Shane Horgan (knee), Robert Kearney (hamstring strain) and John Kelly (ribs) have today pulled out of the Ireland rugby squad due to injury.

They have been replaced by Danny Riordan (Connacht), Kieran Lewis (Leinster) and David Quinlan (Northampton).

Today's scheduled training session was cancelled as there were 15 players unable to train due to minor injuries or having played yesterday.

Barry Murphy, Peter Stringer, Gordon D'Arcy, Mick O'Driscoll and David Wallace are unable to train due to minor injuries.

Simon Easterby, David Quinlan, Neil Best, Rory Best, Simon Best, Bryan Young, Andrew Trimble, Tommy Bowe and Paddy Wallace all played yesterday.

Ireland Coach Eddie O'Sullivan said: "The squad have picked up a couple of knocks at the weekend following the Heineken Cup games and we also have to be mindful of players who have played yesterday.

"It was in the best interests of the players to prioritise rehab and recovery today to allow us to hit the ground running tomorrow".

Shane Horgan underwent surgery yesterday on his cartilage injury and the recovery period for his injury is 4-6 weeks.

Malcolm O'Kelly, who came off on Friday, with a recurrence of a previous knee problem, will be further assessed by the medical team today.