Fresh from his recent Parker Pen Challenge Cup victory with Harlequins, Gavin Duffy has been named as the only uncapped player in the 26-man squad to travel to South Africa.



The Irish team will play a two match series against the Springboks in Bloemfontein on June 12 and in Cape Town on June 19.

Forwards (14): Simon Best (Ulster - Belfast Harlequins), Shane Byrne (Leinster - Blackrock College), Reggie Corrigan (Leinster - Greystones), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Anthony Foley (Munster - Shannon), John Hayes (Munster - Shannon), Marcus Horan (Munster - Shannon), Eric Miller (Leinster - Terenure College), Donncha O’Callaghan (Munster - Cork Constitution), Paul O’Connell (Munster - Young Munster), Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster - St Mary’s College), Alan Quinlan (Munster - Shannon), Frank Sheahan (Munster - Cork Constitution), David Wallace (Munster - Garryowen).



Backs (12): Gordon D’Arcy (Leinster - Lansdowne), Girvan Dempsey (Leinster - Terenure College), Gavin Duffy (Harlequins), Guy Easterby (Rotherham), Shane Horgan (Leinster - Lansdowne), Tyrone Howe (Ulster - Dungannon), David Humphreys (Ulster - Dungannon), Kevin Maggs (Bath), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Brian O’Driscoll (Leinster - Blackrock College) Captain, Ronan O’Gara (Munster - Cork Constitution), Peter Stringer (Munster - Shannon).



On standby (9): Emmett Byrne (Leinster - St. Mary’s College), Victor Costello (Leinster - St. Mary’s College), Leo Cullen (Leinster - Blackrock College), Neil Doak (Ulster - Ballymena), Shaun Payne (Munster - Dolphin), Bernard Jackman (Connacht - Clontarf), John Kelly (Munster - Cork Constitution), Paddy Wallace (Ulster - Ballymena), Roger Wilson (Ulster - Belfast Harlequins).

This entry was posted on Monday, May 24th, 2004 at 4:26 pm and is filed under International. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.