The Leinster pair of frontrower Martin Moore and flanker Jordi Murphy are two of seven uncapped players in a 44 strong extended Irish squad for the 6 Nations.
Coach Joe Schmidt selected 44 players in all with a whopping 19 of them coming from the Blues.
Naturalised Irishmen Rodney Ah You and Robbie Diack are in there.
Players such as Richardt Strauss, Simon Zebo and Tommy Bowe will be given every chance to prove their fitness as they recover from injury.
