Ireland Under-18 Club Side Named

Ahead of their trip to the FIRA Under-18 European Championship next month, the Ireland U-18 Club side will play a warm-up match against Scotland in Greystones this Sunday.

The Ireland U-18 Club team to play Scotland U-18 in a friendly match at Dr. Hickey Park, Greystones RFC on Sunday, April 2 (kick-off 10.45am) has been announced.

The Ireland U-18 Club squad will travel to Treviso next month to compete in the FIRA (Association of European Rugby) U18 European Championship. This is the first time that the IRFU are sending an U-18 Club squad to this competition. Ireland will be seeded fifth of 32 teams for the tournament in Treviso. There will be four groups of eight teams each – Ireland are in Group A – a group that includes Russia, Georgia, Italy, Portugal, England, France and Scotland.

The Ireland U-18 Club team will line out as follows:

15. Karl Manning – Navan
14. Tom Rayner – Cheadle Hulme School/Exiles
13. Eamonn Sheridan – Navan
12. Frank Jones – Filton College/Exiles
11. William Stewart – Ballyclare
10. Conor Armstrong – Sedbergh School/Exiles
9. Kris Green – Tallaght
1. John Rowe – Wexford
2. Conor Whelan – Nenagh
3. Andrew Cassidy – Campion School/Exiles
4. Tom Burns – Campion School/Exiles
5. David Foley – Clonmel
6. William Earles – Gorey
7. Kevin Bracken – Tullamore
8. Bryan McKeever – Navan

Replacements:

16. Damien Wildes – Greystones
17. Matthew Betty – Rossall School/Exiles
18. Sean Nixon – Newcastle West
19. Conor Higgins – Ballinasloe
20. Michael Cronin – Middleton
21. Eoin Sheriff – Gorey
22. Dale Harris – Waterpark
23. Michael Moynihan – Sundays Well
24. David McGregor – Monaghan
25. Lorcan Kavanagh – Boyne
26. John O’Brien – Connemara

Management:

Manager: David Eakin
Coach: Greg Lynch
Assistant Coach: Richard Murphy
Assistant Coach: Eoin Collins