FILE PHOTO: Britain Rugby Union - Wales v Ireland - Six Nations Championship - Principality Stadium, Cardiff - 10/3/17 Ireland's Simon Zebo in action Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers Livepic
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Simon Zebo was named in an Ireland squad for the first time since 2017 after his return to domestic club rugby this season, but Robbie Henshaw missed out on Wednesday's initial 38-man selection for their autumn internationals due to a knee injury.
Zebo's international career stalled at 35 caps and nine tries after the 31-year-old winger's three-year spell at France's Racing 92 fell foul of the Irish rugby union's rule of only picking players from Ireland's four provinces.
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