Ireland U-18 Schools Squad Announced For FIRA European Championship

The Ireland Under-18 Schools squad, sponsored by PwC, has been announced for the FIRA/AER Under-18 European Championship which take place in Poland from April 10 to 20.

Ireland, who compete in the Elite Division, will start their campaign off against Georgia this Friday in Opalenica in western Poland. 

An Irish win would set up a clash with either France or Italy on Tuesday, April 15. Ireland’s final match of the tournament will take place on Saturday, April 19.

The other competing nations in the Elite Division of the FIRA/AER European Championship are England, Wales, France, Scotland, Italy, Georgia and Portugal. 

The Ireland Under-18 Schools squad is coached by Noel McNamara (head coach), Mark Butler (backs coach), Brian Robinson (forwards coach) and Paul McCarthy (scrum coach).

McNamara’s youngsters warmed up for the Championship with a 26-6 warm-up win over Scotland in Coolmine last week. You can watch match highlights here.

IRELAND UNDER-18 SCHOOLS Squad (FIRA/AER Under-18 European Championship, Poland, April 10-20):

Peter Claffey (Garbally College/Connacht)
Will Connors (Clongowes Wood College/Leinster)
Charlie Cregan (St. Michael’s College/Leinster)
Max Deegan (St. Michael’s College/Leinster)
David Duggan (St. Michael’s College/Leinster)
Matthew Gilsenan (St. Michael’s College/Leinster)
Johnny Guy (St. Andrew’s College/Leinster)
Greg Jones (St. Andrew’s College/Leinster)
Hugo Kean (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Conor Kenny (Garbally College/Connacht)
Paul Kiernan (Presentation Brothers Cork/Munster)
Jordan Larmour (St. Andrew’s College/Leinster)
Conor McIlmurray (Campbell College/Ulster)
Alan McMahon (Rockwell College/Munster)
John Molony (Clongowes Wood College/Leinster)
Colm Mulcahy (Clongowes Wood College/Leinster)
Calvin Nash (Crescent College Comprehensive/Munster)
Jimmy O’Brien (Newbridge College/Leinster)
Sean O’Connor (Rockwell College/Munster)
Conan O’Donnell (Summerhill College/Connacht)
Oisin O’Meara (St. Michael’s College/Leinster)
Rowan Osborne (Clongowes Wood College/Leinster)
Andrew Porter (St. Andrew’s College/Leinster)
Jack Power (Blackrock College/Leinster)
James Ryan (St. Michael’s College/Leinster)
Jacob Stockdale (Wallace High School/Ulster)

Ireland Under-18 Schools Fixtures –

IRELAND U-18 SCHOOLS v Georgia
Friday, April 11
Opalenica, 2pm local time/1pm Irish time

IRELAND U-18 SCHOOLS v tbc
Tuesday, April 15

IRELAND U-18 SCHOOLS v tbc
Saturday, April 19