Horgan has been included in Eddie’s 30 man world cup squad announced this morning. Horgan twisted his knee warming up for yesterday’s Scotland match. Horgan was included in the squad even though he may miss early pool matches. This was an obvious decision as Horgan will be critical to Ireland’s success in key matches after the pool stages.

Trevor Hogan, Mick O’Driscoll, Keith Gleeson and Jamie Heaslip all missed out on forward places while Eddie went for Brian Carney in his winger dilemma over Tommy Bowe.

Forwards: N Best, R Best, S Best, S Easterby, S Ferris, J Flannery, J Hayes, M Horan, D Leamy, D O’Callaghan, P O’Connell, M O’Kelly, A Quinlan, F Sheahan, D Wallace, B Young.

Backs: I Boss, B Carney, G D’Arcy, G Dempsey, G Duffy, D Hickie, S Horgan, G Murphy, B O’Driscoll (cpt), R O’Gara, E Reddan, P Stringer, A Trimble, P Wallace.