Craig Casey will captain Ireland for their summer tour of Georgia and Portugal, while there are 11 uncapped players named in the squad.

Jack Crowley and Andrew Porter are among the injury absentees.

Tommy O'Brien scored twice on his international debut as Ireland started their Summer Test series with a comfortable if scrappy 34-5 win over Georgia in Tbilisi.

Mike Prendergast says he's hopeful that all 32 players will see some gametime in Ireland's summer Tests against Georgia and Portugal next month.

Paul O’Connell is looking forward to leading Ireland as head coach for the two-Test summer series against Georgia in Tbilisi and Portugal in Lisbon this July.

Two and a half weeks out from taking on the Wallabies in Sydney, Andy Farrell will name his squad for Ireland's inaugural Nations Championship campaign this Wednesday.

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The Ireland squad will board a flight to Portugal on Sunday while Georgia make the long trip to South Africa. For both teams, and for very different reasons, Saturday’sevening’s game at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium (6.00pm) is the more important of their two summer Tests.