Connacht captain John Muldoon and hooker Sean Cronin have been included in a squad of 33 players for the 2010 summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.

The squad includes three uncapped players for the tour which kicks off with a game against the Barbarians.

The Ireland squad includes three uncapped players with forwards Chris Henry and Dan Tuohy making the tour party as competition in the back row and second row respectively.

The other uncapped player is Fergus McFadden who, along with Tuohy, will be making their first senior tour for Ireland.

McFadden was named Most Valuable Player when Ireland 'A' won the Churchill Cup last summer.

Ireland will begin the tour with a game against the Barbarians in Thomond Park on Friday June 4th before flying out for a meeting with New Zealand in New Plymouth on June 12th.

The New Zealand Maoris team is the next opposition for Ireland in Rotorua on June 18th as part of the Maoris centenary celebrations.

The final game of the tour will see Ireland playing their Rugby World Cup Pool C opponents Australia in Brisbane on June 26th.

IRELAND Squad (Summer Tour 2010, Barbarians, New Zealand, Australia June 4th - June26th):

Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)

Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)

Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)

Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)

Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)

Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)

Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)

John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)

Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)

Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)*

Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)

Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)

Shane Jennings (St.Mary's College/Leinster)

Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)

Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*

Kevin McLaughlin (St.Mary's College/Leinster)

John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)

Geordan Murphy (Leicester)

Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)

Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)

Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin/Munster)

Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary's College/Leinster)

Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)

Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)*

David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)

Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)

(*Denotes uncapped player)

Match Schedule 
(Kick-off times are local)

Barbarians V Ireland XV, Thomond Park, June 4th, 19:45

New Zealand V Ireland, Yarrow Stadium, June 12th, 19:35

New Zealand Maori V Ireland XV, International Stadium, June 18th, 19:35

Australia V Ireland, Suncorp Stadium, June 26th, 20:00