Zebo back in Ireland squad; no place for Bowe

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named Munster's Simon Zebo in his 33-man Ireland squad.

However, there is no place for Tommy Bowe in the squad announced to train ahead of Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy at the Aviva Stadium.

Bowe tightened up after 30 minutes in the Ulster game on Friday and will continue to follow a staged return, say the IRFU.

Zebo takes the place of fellow Munster man, Felix Jones, who has a knock to the knee while Tommy O'Donnell received a stinger at Munster's loss over the weekend and is facing a week's recovery.

Leinster's Isaac Boss has been given a week off after not having a break since the start of the season.

IRELAND 2014 RBS 6 Nations Championship Round 4 squad:

Forwards (19) -

Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)

Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)

Robbie Diack (Malone/Ulster)

Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)

Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)

Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)

Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster)

David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)

Mike McCarthy (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)

Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)

Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)

Rhys Ruddock (St Mary's College/Leinster)

Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)

Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)

Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Backs (14) -

Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)

Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)

David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)

Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)

Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)

Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)

Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92)

Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)