Dempsey and O'Kelly out of Ireland squadIreland coach Declan Kidney chose to do without two of his most experienced players in Malcolm O'Kelly Malcolm O'Kelly (born 19 July 1974 in Chelmsford, England) is an Irish rugby player who currently plays as a lock for Ireland internationally and Leinster at club level. The 6'8" (2. and Girvan Dempsey Girvan Dempsey (born 2 October 1975 in Dublin) is a rugby union footballer who plays at full back for Leinster and Ireland. His parents, showing remarkable prescience, named him Girvan (frequently shortened to Girve), ensuring that his many ardent supporters could attach the when he named on Tuesday his initial squad for next month's internationals. Second row O'Kelly, has been capped 92 times by Ireland while his Leinster colleague Dempsey, primarily a full-back, has made 82 Test appearances. Leicester full-back Geordan Murphy Geordan Edward Andrew Murphy (born 19 April 1978 in Naas, Co. Kildare) is an Irish rugby union footballer who is the fiance of the singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas and plays wing or fullback for the English club Leicester Tigers and Ireland. , due to be out with a shoulder injury until the end of the year, is also set to miss the Dublin encounters with Australia, Fiji and world champions South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . There were nine uncapped players named in a 39-man squad, which is expected to be trimmed before the November 14 Test against the Wallabies, including Jonathan Sexton Jonathan Sexton is a rugby player currently playing for Leinster. He attended St.Marys college in Dublin and was responsible for scoring the winning drop goal in the dying moments of St.Marys' 2001 Senior Cup final win. , the fly-half who impressed while starring last season for Leinster in their European Cup-winning campaign. Six Nations champions Ireland also have 'A' games against a Tonga XV and Argentina A and Kidney said: "November represents a challenge on several fronts with three full internationals and two A games against quality opposition, so it will mean that the strength of our resources will be tested." 
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