Ulster back Stockdale ‘not available’, says Andy FarrellMunster scrum-half Craig Casey earns first senior call-upIreland have announced their 36-man squd for the upcoming Six Nations tournament, with Jacob Stockdale a notable absentee.
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Ireland head coach, Andy Farrell, said Ulster back Stockdale would “not be available to us” after suffering a knee injury against Munster on 2 January. Farrell has selected uncapped duo Craig Casey (scrum-half) and Tom O’Toole (prop). Leinster back-row Rhys Ruddock, who has not featured for Ireland since the 2019
World Cup quarter-final defeat to the All Blacks, has been recalled.