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16th January 2018
08:43am GMT

While Fardy, Lowe and Isa Nacewa did the most damage to Warriors, Larmour looked very good in his first Champions Cup start for Leinster. It was just his 13th appearance for Leinster's senior squad and the 20-year-old, still on an academy contract, is set for an even greater challenge in February and March.
Much like Joe Schmidt did with the likes of Jacob Stockdale, James Ryan and Andrew Porter, the Ireland coach is set to reward youthful promise and form with an Ireland call-up.
Schmidt names his initial Six Nations squad on Wednesday and Larmour is expected to be the one uncapped player included. Tadhg Beirne is another player on a sensational run of form but Schmidt appears content to leave the Scarlets lock until later this year - he may travel to Australia this summer, all going well.
The make-up of the squad, which will go into training in late January for the two opening championship games, will be similar to the Guinness Series squad that went 3-0 last November. The men that will miss out, this time around, are the injured Sean O'Brien, Rhys Ruddock, Tommy O'Donnell, James Tracy and Adam Byrne.
Added to that, Garry Ringrose looks set to miss the opening games as well as Luke Marshall while Jared Payne and Jamie Heaslip have respective, long-term health and injury issues. Tommy Bowe, who will retire at the end of the season, is also set to miss out.
OUR SIX NATIONS SQUAD (37 players)
Loose-heads: Cian Healy, Jack McGrath, Dave Kilcoyne Hookers: Rory Best, Sean Cronin, Rob Herring Tight-heads: Tadhg Furlong, Andrew Porter, John Ryan Second row: Iain Henderson, Devin Toner, James Ryan, Ultan Dillane, Kieran Treadwell Back row: Peter O'Mahony, CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier, Dan Leavy, Jack Conan, Jordi Murphy Scrum-half: Conor Murray, Luke McGrath, John Cooney Out-half: Johnny Sexton, Ian Keatley, Joey Carbery Centres: Robbie Henshaw, Bundee Aki, Chris Farrell, Stuart McCloskey Back three: Rob Kearney, Jordan Larmour, Andrew Conway, Keith Earls, Jacob Stockdale, Darren Sweetnam, Fergus McFadden
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