No place for Joey Carbery in Ireland's Six Nations squad

Leinster's Jamie Osborne is the only uncapped player
No place for Joey Carbery in Ireland's Six Nations squad

OUT IN THE COLD: Joey Carbery during the Ireland Rugby captain's run at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Leinster centre Jamie Osborne is the only uncapped player named in Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations squad as Munster back row Gavin Coombes returns to favour but there is no place in Andy Farrell’s selection for fly-half Joey Carbery.

Farrell unveiled a 37-player squad on Thursday morning with Munster’s in-form playmaker the notable omission as the head coach has plumped for Leinster’s Ross Byrne and Carbery’s team-mate Jack Crowley as the back up 10s to captain Johnny Sexton.

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