TIMMINS: IT’S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US
PHOTO GALLERY: NEW ZEALAND UNDER-20s 45 IRELAND UNDER-20s 23
Mike Ruddock’s youngsters led 23-21 at half-time with Ross Byrne kicking three penalties and converting a penalty try and an opportunist effort from prop Oisin Heffernan.
Cian Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster); Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians/Connacht), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster), Harrison Brewer (Terenure College/Leinster), Alex Wootton (Garryowen/Munster); Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster), Nick McCarthy (UCD/Leinster); Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster), Dylan Donnellan (UCD/Leinster), Oisin Heffernan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Darragh Moloney (Cork Constitution/Munster), Ross Molony (UCD/Leinster), Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster) (capt), Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/Connacht), Frankie Taggart (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster).
Replacements used: Stephen Gardiner (Lansdowne/Leinster) for D Moloney (half-time), Dan Goggin (Young Munster/Munster) for Wootton (53 mins), Rory Burke (Cork Constitution/Munster) for Heffernan (55), Max Abbott (Cork Constitution/Munster) for Donnellan (62), Ryan Foley (Cork Constitution/Munster) for McCarthy (65), Conor McKeon (Lansdowne/Leinster) for Byrne (67), Josh Murphy (UCD/Leinster) for R Moloney (73), Denis Coulson (Lansdowne/Leinster) for Dooley (74).