No Zebo or Lowe but two uncapped players named in Ireland's Six Nations squad

Ulster’s Michael Lowry and Connacht’s Mack Hansen have both been included

Mack Hansen of Connacht has been named in the Ireland squad. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Jack Carty has been restored to the Ireland squad for next month’s Guinness Six Nations while Andy Farrell on Wednesday named two uncapped players for the championship in Mack Hansen and Michael Lowry.

Johnny Sexton will once again captain his country having earned his 100th Ireland cap against Japan last November with in-form Connacht star Carty joining the skipper as one of three fly-halves alongside Munster’s Joey Carbery, who is still recovering from a fractured elbow sustained last month and has been ruled out by his province for this Sunday’s European clash with Wasps.