Ireland Under 18 Club Side Named

The Ireland Under 18 Club side for the opening game against Georgia in the FIRA-AER U18 Championship has been named.

The Ireland Under 18 Clubs side are taking part in the 7th FIRA-AER U18 European Championships in Dax, France from March 30th – April 8th and are seeded fourth in the competition.

The game against Goergia takes place on Sunday April 1st.

The Ireland U18 Clubs side is as follows:

Player                          Club

15 – John O’Brien            (Connemara)

14 – David McIlwaine      (Larne)

13 – Eamon Sheridan      (Navan) Captain

12 – Eoghan Conran        (Naas)

11 – Colm Brady             (Kilkenny)

10 – Rory Stynes            (Carlow)

9 – Charlie Mulchrone     (Wilmslow)       

1 – James Robinson        (Corinthians)

2 – Paul Molloy               (Waterpark)

3 – Conor Higgins           (Ballinasloe)

4 – Michael Lenihan        (Mallow)

5 – Mark Flanagan          (Mullingar)

6 – John Dever               (Tallaght)

7 – Sean Dougall            (Newcastle Falcolns)

8 – Dermot Murphy         (Galwegians)

 

Replacements:           

16 – Gavin Duffy (Sundays Well)

17 – Jason East              (Sligo)

18 – Joe Mac Manus        (London Irish)

19 – Charlie Armstrong   (Penzance)

20 – Liam Carpenter       (Westport)

21 – Seamus Mc Kimm    (RGS High Wycombe)

22 – Adam Kennedy        (Buccaneers)

23 – Niall Earls               (Wicklow)

24 – Charlie Ingall           (London Wasps)

25 – Danny Barnes          (Tralee)

26 – Aengus O’Connell    (Corinthians)

 

2007 FIRA U18 Championships Competition seeding

1 – England

2 – France

3 – Italy

4 – Ireland

5 – Georgia

6 – Russia

7 – Romania

8 – Portugal

 

Management
Manager – Willie Gribben

Coach – Greg Lynch

Backs Coach – Richie Murphy

Defence Coach – Jimmy Duffy

Fitness & Conditioning Coach – Antoine Mobian

Video Analyst – Lenny Browne

Assistant Manager – John Delany

Physiotherapist – Barry Smith

Doctor – John Quinlan