Matt Healy’s recent performances for Connacht have earned him a call-up to a 24-hour Ireland training camp on Sunday.
Healy has been in impressive form this season and is the top try-scorer in the Pro12 with nine touchdowns so far, but it was his performance from full-back against Grenoble in the Challenge Cup defeat at the weekend which really caught the eye.
Traditionally a winger, the 27-year-old was heavily involved in all four Connacht tries, finishing off one himself.
Grenoble head coach Bernard Jackman said: "All of our French players were saying, 'Who's that guy, Matt Healy?' He hasn't played much at full-back, we said potentially we could target that; he targeted us!"
While Healy was called into the Irish squad for a day during the final week of this year’s Six Nations, his further selection for this weekend's squad sees him become a realistic contender to tour South Africa this summer.
There are three other uncapped players selected, with Luke McGrath and Garry Ringrose of Leinster and Connacht’s Quinn Roux also joining the 45-man training squad.
Ireland One-Day National Camp
Finlay Bealham, Rory Best, Sean Cronin, Ultan Dillane, Keith Earls, Tadgh Furlong, Craig Gilroy, Matt Healy, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Iain Henderson, Robbie Henshaw, Rob Herring, Paddy Jackson, David Kearney, Rob Kearney, David Kilcoyne, Ian Madigan, Kieran Marmion, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Fergus McFadden, Jack McGrath, Luke McGrath, Jordi Murphy, Conor Murray, Sean O'Brien, Tommy O'Donnell, Stuart Olding, Peter O'Mahony, Jared Payne, Eoin Reddan, Garry Ringrose, Mike Ross, Quinn Roux, Rhys Ruddock, Donnacha Ryan, Jonathan Sexton, CJ Stander, Richardt Strauss, Devin Toner, Andrew Trimble, Josh van der Flier, Simon Zebo.
