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Quinn Roux has been added to the Ireland squad that will travel to the US and Japan for the June Summer Tour, bringing the Connacht contingent to six in the squad.
Connacht’s Dave Heffernan and John Cooney are two of eight uncapped players selected for the Summer Tour. Finlay Bealham, Kieran Marmion and Tiernan O’Halloran have also been included.
Ireland’s first game of the Summer Tour takes place against the US Eagles at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey on Saturday 10th June. The squad then flies to Japan for two Tests against the RWC19 hosts who have been drawn in Pool A alongside Ireland at the World Cup. The first Test takes place at the Ecopa Stadium in Shizuoka on Saturday 17th June with the final Test of the tour being held at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday 24th June.
| Player | Club | Caps |
| Finlay Bealham | (Buccaneers/Connacht) | 6 caps |
| Joey Carbery | (Clontarf/Leinster) | 3 caps |
| Jack Conan | (Old Belvedere/Leinster) | 1 cap |
| Andrew Conway | (Garryowen/Munster) | 1 cap |
| John Cooney | (Connacht) | uncapped |
| Keith Earls | (Young Munster/Munster) | 59 caps |
| Cian Healy | (Clontarf/Leinster) | 67 caps |
| Dave Heffernan | (Connacht/Buccaneers) | uncapped |
| Paddy Jackson | (Dungannon/Ulster) | 23 caps |
| Dave Kilcoyne | (UL Bohemians/Munster) | 17 caps |
| Dan Leavy | (UCD/Leinster) | 2 caps |
| Kieran Marmion | (Corinthians/Connacht) | 13 caps |
| Luke Marshall | (Ballymena/Ulster) | 9 caps |
| Luke McGrath | (UCD/Leinster) | 2 caps |
| Tommy O'Donnell | (UL Bohemians/Munster) | 12 caps |
| Jack O'Donoghue | (UL Bohemians/Munster) | 1 cap |
| Tiernan O'Halloran | (Buccaneers/Connacht) | 3 caps |
| Rory O'Loughlin | (Old Belvedere/Leinster) | uncapped |
| Andrew Porter | (UCD/Leinster) | uncapped |
| Garry Ringrose | (UCD/Leinster) | 8 caps |
| Quinn Roux | (Galwegians/Connacht) | 1 cap |
| Rhys Ruddock | (St Mary's College/Leinster) | 13 caps |
| James Ryan | (UCD/Leinster) | uncapped |
| John Ryan | (Cork Constitution/Munster) | 6 caps |
| Niall Scannell | (Dolphin/Munster) | 4 caps |
| Rory Scannell | (Dolphin/Munster) | uncapped |
| Jacob Stockdale | (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) | uncapped |
| Devin Toner | (Lansdowne/Leinster) | 47 caps |
| James Tracey | (UCD/Leinster) | 2 caps |
| Kieran Treadwell | (Ballymena/Ulster) | uncapped |
| Josh van der Flier | (UCD/Leinster) | 7 caps |
| Simon Zebo | (Cork Constitution/Munster) | 33 caps |
Ireland Squad Summer Tour 2017 – USA & Japan Fixtures
USA v IRELAND
Saturday 10th June, 2017, KO 17:00 (GMT 22:00)
Red Bull Arena, New Jersey, USA
Japan v IRELAND
Saturday 17th June, 2017 KO 14:00 (GMT 06:00)
Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan
Japan v IRELAND
Saturday 24th June, 2017 KO 14:40 (GMT 06:40)
Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
