Adam Byrne joins Carbery and Beirne in training squad for Italy clash

Kill's Adam Byrne has been included in the Ireland squad of 34 players for Round 3 of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship.

Byrne, who has just one international cap, has a chance of seeing action against Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Sunday.

Athy's Joey Carbery and fit-again Eadestown man Tadhg Beirne are also included.

Chris Farrell has been reviewed by the Ireland medical team and is fit to train today.

Garry Ringrose and Rhys Ruddock will continue their respective hamstring rehab at Leinster this week.

Will Addison has some lower back stiffness that is being managed at Ulster this week

Iain Henderson and Tadhg Beirne, who were named in the initial Six Nations squad, have joined the group at Carton House this week.

Ireland squad 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship Round 3

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Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 115 caps (c) Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 4 caps Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 12 caps Sean Cronin (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 67 caps Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 12 caps Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 30 caps Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 86 caps Iain Henderson (Queens University/Ulster) 42 caps Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 26 caps Jack McGrath (St Marys College/Leinster) 53 caps Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Ulster) 26 caps Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster) 54 caps Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 54 caps (vc) Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 10 caps James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 15 caps John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 16 caps Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 11 caps Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 15 caps

Backs (16) Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 14 caps Caolin Blade (Galwegians/Connacht) 0 caps Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster) 18 caps Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 0 caps Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 10 caps John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster) 6 caps Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 74 caps Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 4 caps Tom Farrell (Coolmine/Connacht) 0 caps Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 37 caps Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster/) 88 caps Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 11 caps Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 69 caps Jonathan Sexton (St Marys College/Leinster) 80 caps (vc) Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 16 caps