Day three of Ireland top 50 rugby players brings us into the top 30.

Players must either be Irish, playing in Ireland or potentially Irish qualified - not the best 50 but the 50 that currently have the greatest influence.

Many, many players are excluded due to injury. Certainties in the list like Iain Henderson or Dave Kearney simply haven’t played enough rugby of late to be considered. Others, like Sean O’Brien (ranked 21), are way down the list due to inactivity.

Here is 30-21 with 20-11 coming Friday and the top 10 to be rolled out on Saturday.