Kidney keeps six uncapped players

Ireland coach Declan Kidney has held onto six uncapped players - Jonathan Sexton, Keith Earls, Ian Dowling, Ryan Caldwell, Cian Healy and Donnacha Ryan - in the 34-man squad to reassemble for training in Dublin next week ahead of the opening game of the Guinness Series 2008 against Canada.

The squad will train in Dublin on Monday and Tuesday next week and the match day 22 for the game against Canada will be announced on Tuesday.

Ireland squad:

Backs:

Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)

Ian Dowling (Shannon - Munster)

Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College - Leinster) Keith Earls (Young Munster - Munster) Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College - Leinster) Shane Horgan (Boyne - Leinster) Robert Kearney (UCD - Leinster) Geordan Murphy (Leicester) Brian O'Driscoll (UCD - Leinster) (capt) Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution - Munster) Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin - Munster) Eoin Reddan (Wasps) Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College - Leinster) Peter Stringer (Shannon - Munster) Andrew Trimble (Ballymena - Ulster) Paddy Wallace (Ballymena - Ulster)

Forwards:

Rory Best (Banbridge - Ulster)

Tony Buckley (Shannon - Munster)

Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon - Ulster)

Stephen Ferris (Dungannon - Ulster)

Jerry Flannery (Shannon - Munster)

John Hayes (Bruff- Munster)

Cian Healy (Clontarf - Leinster)

Jamie Heaslip (Naas - Leinster)

Marcus Horan (Shannon - Munster)

Bernard Jackman (Clontarf - Leinster)

Shane Jennings (St. Mary's College - Leinster) Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution - Munster) Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution - Munster) Paul O'Connell (Young Munster - Munster) Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution - Munster) Alan Quinlan (Shannon - Munster) Donnacha Ryan (Shannon - Munster) David Wallace (Garryowen - Munster)