Doris to captain Ireland in autumn internationals

Caelan Doris volition skipper Ireland successful adjacent month's autumn bid with regular skipper Peter O'Mahony not yet backmost to afloat fitness.

Leinster backmost enactment Doris, 26, antecedently stood successful arsenic skipper for Ireland's Six Nations triumph implicit Italy successful February and the epic summertime circuit triumph implicit South Africa successful Durban.

Flanker O'Mahony, 35, is presently retired with a hamstring wounded helium picked up successful Munster's triumph implicit Ospreys connected 5 October but has been named successful the 35-man Ireland squad.

“It is an tremendous honour to beryllium named Ireland skipper and I americium excited astir starring the squad into conflict implicit the coming weeks," said Doris.

"I americium precise fortunate to person had truthful overmuch enactment from my household and friends and galore others on the mode from Mayo to Blackrock and connected to Leinster and Ireland.

"I americium highly arrogant to pb this squad and I cognize that there’s an experienced radical of leaders who volition enactment hard to execute occurrence successful the weeks ahead."

Ireland look New Zealand successful a rematch of their World Cup quarter-final brushwood connected 8 November astatine the Aviva Stadium earlier hosting Argentina, Fiji and Australia successful Dublin.

With first-choice hooker Dan Sheehan retired until the caller year, caput manager Andy Farrell has included Connacht's Dave Heffernan successful the squad.

Hookers Ronan Kelleher and Rob Herring person besides been selected contempt their caller wounded troubles portion Leinster's uncapped Gus McCarthy is 1 of 5 grooming panellists on with Thomas Clarkson, Alex Kendellen, Shayne Bolton and Jack Boyle.

Ciaran Frawley has besides been included aft having injured his ankle successful Leinster's triumph implicit Connacht past weekend.

Frawley is expected to situation Munster's Jack Crowley for the starting fly-half berth aft his starring relation successful Ireland's triumph implicit South Africa successful Durban erstwhile helium came disconnected the seat to footwear 2 drop-goals and seal a celebrated win.

After missing the Six Nations and South Africa summertime Tests, Connacht helping Mack Hansen returns to the squad arsenic 1 of 4 wingers with James Lowe, Jacob Stockdale and Calvin Nash.

Leinster scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park besides returns arsenic expected aft a hamstring wounded forced him to miss the South Africa series.

Farrell has included the uncapped duo of Ulster guardant Cormac Izuchukwu and Leinster fly-half Sam Prendergast, some of whom were portion of the caller Emerging Ireland bid successful South Africa.

This volition beryllium Farrell's past model arsenic Ireland manager earlier helium takes his sabbatical to pb the British and Irish Lions successful adjacent summer's circuit to Australia.

"There is simply a blend of younker and experience, but each of the players are selected connected merit carried from their signifier successful caller months from the summertime tour, the aboriginal rounds of the URC [United Rugby Championship] and astatine the Emerging Ireland Tour," said Farrell.

“While immoderate of the players person been sidelined of late, collectively they are making affirmative strides connected the wounded beforehand and we are hopeful that they volition travel into the enactment framework implicit the people of the coming weeks arsenic they ramp up their respective rehab programmes.

“The Emerging Ireland Tours person presented a harvest of little experienced players with the accidental to impressment and it was large to spot a fig of them instrumentality their chance."

Forwards (19): Ryan Baird (Leinster), Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Tadhg Beirne (Munster), Caelan Doris (Leinste, capt) Tadhg Furlong (Leinster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Dave Heffernan (Connacht), Iain Henderson (Ulster), Rob Herring (Ulster), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster), Ronan Kelleher (Leinster), Joe McCarthy (Leinster), Peter O’Mahony (Munster), Tom O’Toole (Ulster), Andrew Porter (Leinster), Cian Prendergast (Connacht), James Ryan (Leinster), Nick Timoney (Ulster), Josh van der Flier (Leinster)

Backs (16): Bundee Aki (Connacht), Craig Casey (Munster), Jack Crowley (Munster), Ciaran Frawley (Leinster), Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster), Mack Hansen (Connacht), Robbie Henshaw (Leinster), Hugo Keenan (Leinster), James Lowe (Leinster), Stuart McCloskey (Ulster), Conor Murray (Munster), Calvin Nash (Munster), Jamie Osborne (Leinster), Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster), Garry Ringrose (Leinster), Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)

Training panellists: Thomas Clarkson (Leinster), Alex Kendellen (Munster), Shayne Bolton (Connacht), Jack Boyle (Leinster), Gus McCarthy (Leinster)