Ireland Under-20 team to play England Under-20
The Irish Under-20 side (Sponsored by PwC) to face England Under-20’s in the semi-final of the IRB Junior World Championship has been named.
Head Coach Mike Ruddock made three changes to the side that overcame Fiji 38 – 0 in their final pool game of the tournament.
Nick McCarthy is named at scrum half with Peadar Timmins and Frank named in the backrow.
Speaking ahead of the test, Ruddock said “England, the current World Champions are our next opponents and it doesn’t get any bigger than that. They will be confident after beating us in the 6 Nations, but we have improved since then. Nothing less than our ‘A game’ will do.”
The games will be shown live on TG4 and Sky Sports
Ireland Under-20 Team to play England Under-20 (IRB Junior World Championship Semi-Final, QBE Stadium, Auckland – Sunday 15th June, kick-off 17.05hrs local time/06.05hrs Irish Time)
15 Cian Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)
14 Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians/Connacht)
13 Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)
12 Dan Goggin (Young Munster /Munster)
11 Alex Wootton (Garryowen/Munster)
10 Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
9 Nick McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)
1 Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster)
2 Max Abbott (Cork Constitution/Munster)
3 Rory Burke (Cork Constitution/Munster)
4 Stephen Gardiner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
5 Ross Molony (UCD/Leinster)
6 Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
7 Frank Taggart (Belfast Harlequins/ Ulster)
8 Jack O’ Donoghue (ULBohemians/Munster) (Capt)
Replacements
16 Dylan Donnellan (UCD/Leinster)
17 Denis Coulson (Lansdowne/Leinster)
18 Oisin Heffernan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
19 Darragh Moloney (Cork Constitution/Munster)
20 Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/Connacht)
21 Ryan Foley (Lansdowne/Leinster)
22 Conor McKeon (Lansdowne/Leinster)
23 Harrisson Brewer (Terenure/Leinster)