Ireland Sevens players won’t be available because of Olympic qualification commitments in Hong Kong and Toulouse
In addition to the 32 players included in the Six Nations squad, McWilliams has named 12 players in a wider training panel who will also assemble at the IRFU High Performance Centre this weekend for a two-day camp: Mary Healy, Megan Collis, Andrea Stock, Emma Hooban, India Daley, Claire Bennett, Katie Whelan, Leah Tarpey, Kayla Waldron, Ella Durkan, Clare Gorman and Aoife Corey.
Ireland open their Championship away to Wales at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, March 25th , before facing France at Musgrave Park in Cork on Saturday, April 1st . Ireland take on Italy in Parma on Saturday, April 15th and the McWilliams’ side are back home in Cork for a showdown with England on Saturday, April 22nd .
Meanwhile Ireland will travel to France in the opening round of fixtures in the 2024 Six Nations Championship, but a venue for the game which heralds the start of the tournament on the Friday night will not take place at the Stade de France is not available for any of the French home games because of the Paris Olympics.
Italy visit Dublin on the Sunday in the second round while Ireland’s final three matches are on Saturdays against Wales, England and Scotland.
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