Horan and Best in Ireland A squad

Declan Kidney has included Marcus Horan and Rory Best in the Ireland A squad that will take on England Saxons in Bath this weekend.

Munster’s Denis Hurley has also been awarded a call-up even though he is nursing a leg injury.

Meanwhile, Donncha O'Callaghan (knee), Sean Cronin (sprained ankle) and Stephen Ferris (Shin) did not train with the senior squad and Ronan O'Gara, Gordon D'Arcy, Jonathan Sexton and Shane Horgan all sat out training as well as a precaution following the weekend's games.

The Ireland A team and replacements will be confirmed this Thursday, January 28.

IRELAND 'A' Squad (v England Saxons, Recreation Groud, Sunday January 31, 2pm):

Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)

Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)

Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)

Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon /Ulster)

Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)

John Fogarty (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster)

Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)

Ian Humphreys (Ballymena/Ulster)

Denis Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Shane Jennings (St.Mary's College/Leinster)

Keith Matthews (Buccaneers/Connacht)

John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)

Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

John Murphy (Leicester)

Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)

Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster)

Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)

Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)

Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster).