Declan Kidney, coach dell'Irlanda, ha annunciato in queste ore i 32 atleti che parteciperanno al prossimo RBS Six Nations 2011. Niente grandissime sorprese nella lista dei tuttiverdi, che esordiranno il 5 febbraio a Roma contro l'Italia, con due ritorni importanti come Luke Fitzgerald e Rory Best e un solo esordiente assoluto, l'avanti del Connacht Mike McCarthy.
Irlanda

Trequarti: Tommy Bowe (Ospreys) Gordon D'Arcy (Landowne - Leinster) Gavin Duffy (Galwegians - Connacht) Keith Earls (Thomond - Munster) Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock - Leinster) Shane Horgan (Boyne - Leinster) Ronan O' Gara (Cork Constitution - Munster) Brian O'Driscoll (UCD - Leinster) Eoin Reddan (Landowne - Leinster) Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College - Leinster) Peter Stringer (Shannon - Munster) Andrew Trimble (Ballymena - Ulster) Paddy Wallace (Ballymena - Ulster)

Avanti: Rory Best (Banbridge - Ulster) Tom Court (Malone - Ulster) Sean Cronin (Buccaneers - Connacht) Leo Cullen (Blackrock - Leinster) Stephen Ferris (Dungannon - Ulster) Jerry Flannery (Shannon - Munster) John Hayes (Bruff - Munster) Cian Healy (Clontarf - Leinster) Jamie Heaslip (Naas - Leinster) Shane Jennings (St. Mary's College - Leinster) Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution - Munster) Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers - Connacht) Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution - Munster) Paul O'Connell (Young Munster - Munster) Sean O'Brien (Clontarf - Leinster) Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution - Munster) Michael Ross (Clontarf - Leinster) Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College - Leinster) David Wallace (Garryowen - Munster)