Sexton to lead strong Ireland

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Johnny Sexton will captain a near full-strength 37-man Ireland squad for the November Tests against the Springboks, Fiji and Wallabies.

Ireland will play the Springboks for the first time in six years when Jacques Nienaber’s World Cup-winning side return to Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 5 November.

The Ireland squad will be captained by Leinster’s Sexton and there are six uncapped players in the squad: flyhalf Ciaran Frawley, prop Jeremy Loughman, lock Joe McCarthy, outside backs Calvin Nash and Jimmy O’Brien and loose forward Cian Prendergast.

Most of the squad is the same as the one that claimed a historic 2-1 series victory over New Zealand in July.

Scrumhalf Jamison Gibson-Park, fullback Hugo Keenan, hooker Dan Sheehan, locks Tadhg Beirne and James Ryan and No 8 Jack Conan have all shrugged off injuries to be included.

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