The Ireland Under-18 Club team (Sponsored by PwC) to play Italy-U18<\/p>\n
The Ireland Under-18 Club team (Sponsored by PwC) to play Italy-U18 has been announced.<\/p>\n
Under head coach Wayne Mitchell and assistant coaches, Brendan O’Connor and Jamie Turkington, the team will play three games this season with the match against Italy up first.<\/p>\n
Irish Exile, Niall Saunders starts at scrumhalf and will be partnered by Skerries’ Ciaran Frawley in the half backs.<\/p>\n
Buccaneers’ Luke Carthy and Mullingar’s Sean O’Brien make up the centre pairing while Navan’s Conor Nash, Cill Dara’s Peter Howard and Irish Exile, Otto Gray make up the back three.<\/p>\n
Up front Wexford Wanderers’ Greg McGrath, Kilkenny’s Ben Devlin and Highfield’s Ian McCarthy form the front row with Enniscorthy’s Joe Carley and Birr’s Jack Regan named in the second row.<\/p>\n
Navan pair, Conor Hand and Conor Farrell, join Gorey’s Paul Boyle in the back row to complete the pack.<\/p>\n
The Ireland Under-18 Club team will compete in a 3 Union Festival, along with England and France to be held in Gloucestershire in April.<\/p>\n
Gates open in Ashbourne RFC at 1pm on Saturday afternoon with tickets costing \u20ac5.00 per adult and free entry for children.<\/p>\n
Ireland Under-18 Clubs v Italy Under-18 (Saturday 21st February, 2.30pm Ashbourne RFC)
\n15 \u2013 Conor Nash (Leinster \u2013 Navan)
\n14 \u2013 Peter Howard (Leinster – Cill Dara)
\n13 \u2013 Luke Carty (Connacht \u2013 Buccaneers)
\n12 \u2013 Sean O’Brien (Leinster \u2013 Mullingar)
\n11- Otto Gray (Exiles – Canford School)
\n10 \u2013 Ciaran Frawley (Leinster \u2013 Skerries)
\n9 \u2013 Niall Saunders (Exiles – London Harlequins \/Epsom College)
\n1 \u2013 Greg McGrath (Leinster – Wexford Wanderers)
\n2 \u2013 Ben Devlin (Leinster \u2013 Kilkenny)
\n3 \u2013 Ian McCarthy (Munster \u2013 Highfield)
\n4 \u2013 Joe Carley (Leinster \u2013 Enniscorthy)
\n5 \u2013 Jack Regan (Leinster \u2013 Birr)
\n6 \u2013 Conor Hand (Leinster \u2013 Navan)
\n7 \u2013 Conor Farrell (Leinster \u2013 Navan) (Captain)
\n8 \u2013 Paul Boyle (Leinster \u2013 Gorey)<\/p>\n
16 \u2013 Tadgh McElroy (Leinster \u2013 Dundalk)
\n17 \u2013 Eoin Corcoran (Leinster \u2013 Longford)
\n18 \u2013 Jack Aungier (Leinster \u2013 Suttonians)
\n19 \u2013 Dylan Reeves Wasik (Munster \u2013 Bruff)
\n20 \u2013 Matthew Burke (Connacht \u2013 Ballinrobe)
\n21 \u2013 Jack Combes (Exiles – Hartpury College)
\n22 \u2013 Darragh Cummins (Connacht \u2013 Sligo)
\n23 \u2013 Dom Gorard (Exiles – Ealing Trailfinders \/ St. Benedicts)<\/p>\n
* Birr’s Christopher Maloney is named in the squad as the 24th Man.<\/p>\n
Ireland Under-18 Management
\nCoach – Wayne Mitchell
\nAss. Coach – Brendan O’Connor
\nAss. Coach – Jamie Turkington
\nManager – Dermot Kelly
\nScrum Coach – Seamus Toomey
\nStrength and Conditioning Coach – Adam Sheehan
\nAnalyst – Brian Fitzgerald
\nDoctor – Padraig Sheeran
\nPhysio – Damien Mordon
\nBaggage Master – Mo Dempsey
\nSquad Coordinator – Sin\u00e9ad Bennett<\/p>\n
Ireland Under-18 Clubs Fixtures 2015
\nSat 21st Feb 14.30 Ireland U18 Clubs v Italy U18 Ashbourne RFC<\/p>\n
3 Union Festival
\nWed 1st April Ireland Under-18 Clubs v France Under-18
\nSat 4th April England Under-18 v Ireland Under-18 Clubs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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