Caelan Doris captain as Ireland include two uncapped players for Autumn Nations Series

Caelan Doris will captain Ireland for their upcoming Autumn Nations Series, while head coach Andy Farrell has included two uncapped players in a 35-man squad.

Ireland face New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia in November at the Aviva Stadium.

Uncapped duo Cormac Izuchukwu and Sam Prendergast, who both featured for Emerging Ireland in Bloemfontein last month and were also part of Farrell's summer tour squad to South Africa, will be hoping to earn their debut caps in November.

Peter O’Mahony is included in the extended panel and will continue his rehabilitation with Munster next week as he builds towards a return to action over the coming weeks.

Farrell has included five uncapped players – Thomas Clarkson, Alex Kendellen, Shayne Bolton, Jack Boyle and Gus McCarthy – in the squad as 'training panellists' to increase their exposure to the national team environment.

Farrell said: "The challenge that awaits us this November is one of the toughest we could face and I would like to congratulate each of the players on their selection.

"There is a blend of youth and experience, but all of the players are selected on merit carried from their form in recent months from the summer tour, the early rounds of the URC and at the Emerging Ireland Tour.

"While some of the players have been sidelined of late, collectively they are making positive strides on the injury front, and we are hopeful that they will come into the selection frame over the course of the coming weeks as they ramp up their respective rehab programmes.

"The Emerging Ireland Tours have presented a crop of less experienced players with the opportunity to impress and it was great to see a number of them take their chance.

"We have selected a further five uncapped players as