Six Nations 2014: Ireland leave out Lions wing Simon Zebo for first two games ...

With Schmidt naming only four props, it is likely that Moore, 22, will make

his debut from the bench in the Six Nations opener against Scotland at the

Aviva Stadium on Sunday, with Cian Healy and Mike Ross set to start.

Other forwards to be left out are the Munster duo of David Kilcoyne and

Stephen Archer, Connacht’s Rodney Ah You, Damian Varley and Rob Herring and

the Ulster flanker Robbie Diack.

Ian Keatley returns to Munster, while the other backs to miss out are

scrum-halves Isaac Boss and Kieran Marmion.

Meanwhile the Irish Rugby Football Union has received a major boost ahead of

the start of the championship by signing a “multi-million euro” sponsorship

deal with Canterbury.

Canterbury will take over from Puma as Ireland’s shirt sponsors in September.

Puma announced last January that they were to cut short their eight-year

agreement with the IRFU midway through the deal as part of a global exit

strategy from the rugby market.

The new deal will cover two World Cups and run up to 2020.

London Irish have confirmed the signing of Ireland and Lions prop Tom Court

from Ulster.

Court, 33, who has won 32 caps for Ireland, will move to the Premiership club

next season in a three-year deal.

IRELAND SQUAD (v Scotland and Wales)

Backs D Cave (Ulster), G D’Arcy (Leinster), L Fitzgerald (Leinster), R

Henshaw (Connacht), P Jackson (Ulster), F Jones (Munster), R Kearney

(Leinster), D Kearney (Leinster), I Madigan (Leinster), L Marshall (Ulster),

F McFadden (Leinster), C Murray (Munster), B O’Driscoll (Leinster), E

Reddan (Leinster), J Sexton (Racing Métro 92), A Trimble (Ulster).

Forwards R Best (Ulster), R Copeland (Cardiff Blues), S Cronin

(Leinster), C Healy (Leinster), J Heaslip (Leinster), I Henderson (Ulster),

C Henry (Ulster), M McCarthy (Leinster), J McGrath (Leinster), M Moore

(Leinster), J Murphy (Leinster), P O’Connell (Munster), T O’Donnell

(Munster), P O’Mahony (Munster), M Ross (Leinster), R Ruddock (Leinster), D

Toner (Leinster), D Tuohy (Ulster).

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Six Nations 2014: Ireland leave out Lions wing Simon Zebo for first two games ...