Ireland RWC training squad talking points: The players on the outside looking in

As ever when it comes to squad announcements, it is the names of those not on the list that catches the eye first.

LEFT OUT: Joey Carbery of Munster before the United Rugby Championship Semi-Final match between Leinster. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Robert Baloucoune

Highly-rated winger, the Ulsterman missed the tour to New Zealand with injury, featured for Emerging Ireland, did okay against South Africa and Fiji in November but then found himself literally hamstrung for too much of the season thereafter.