Chay Mullins, Mark Donnelly and Charlie Tector called into Emerging Ireland squad

Shayne Bolton, Tommy O'Brien and Jack Boyle are unavailable to make the tour due to injuries.

Munster's Mark Donnelly, Leinster's Charlie Tector and Connacht's Chay Mullins have been called into the Emerging Ireland squad to replace Connacht's Shayne Bolton and Leinster's Tommy O'Brien and Jack Boyle.

Connacht's Chay Mullins, Munster prop Mark Donnelly and Leinster's Charlie Tector have been called into the Emerging Ireland squad for the upcoming tour to South Africa.

Following the opening weekend of the URC Connacht's Shayne Bolton, Leinster's Tommy O'Brien and Jack Boyle are unavailable to take their places on the tour due to injuries.

Bolton picked up a knee laceration in their narrow two point loss to Munster. O'Brien sustained a hamstring injury in Leinster's opening round win over Edinburgh. 

The squad will meet up on Wednesday at the IRFU High Performance Centre before travelling to South Africa on Saturday.

Emerging Ireland squad: 

Forwards (18): Jack Aungier (Connacht), James Culhane (Leinster), Mark Donnelly (Munster), Jordan Duggan (Connacht), Sean Edogbo (Munster), Ronan Foxe (Munster), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster), Sean Jansen (Connacht), Alex Kendellen (Munster, captain), Gus McCarthy (Leinster), Darragh Murray (Connacht), Evan O’Connell (Munster), Conor O’Tighearnaigh (Leinster), Danny Sheahan (Munster), Harry Sheridan (Ulster), Stephen Smyth (Leinster), Alex Soroka (Leinster), Scott Wilson (Ulster).

Backs (15): Hugh Cooney (Leinster), Ethan Coughlan (Munster), Matthew Devine (Connacht), Cormac Foley (Leinster), Hugh Gavin (Connacht), Chay Mullins (Ireland Sevens), Jack Murphy (Ulster), Sean O’Brien (Munster), Ben O’Connor (Munster), Andrew Osborne (Leinster), Jude Postlethwaite (Ulster), Sam Prendergast (Leinster), Rob Russell (Leinster), Charlie Tector (Leinster), Zac Ward (Ulster/Ireland Sevens).

Fixtures: Wednesday, Oct 2: Emerging Ireland v Pumas (3pm Irish time): Sun Oct 6: Emerging Ireland v Western Force (12pm Irish time); Wed Oct 9: Emerging Ireland v The Cheetahs (6pm Irish time)