Exiles Announce Age Grade Fixtures
The Irish Exiles have announced their age grade fixture list for the 2010/11 season. The list includes matches at Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 level.
The Exiles age grade fixture list for the 2010/11 season has been announced and includes some interesting games at Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 level.
There are clashes against all four home provinces, as well as the likes of Oxford University.
The Exiles age grade structures serve as a vehicle for Irish-qualified players to improve their skills and to try and forge a professional rugby career within the Irish set-up.
In addition to the fixtures just published, the Exiles are running an Under-19 training camp at the Oratory School in Reading this weekend in prepartation for the games against Leinster and Ulster. The Exiles U-20s will also play an Ulster U-20 side at the same venue on Sunday.
The Ireland U-18 Clubs and Ireland U-20 sides have featured a number of Exiles and former Exiles, including back rower Rhys Ruddock, who captained the Ireland U-20s to the 2010 Under-Six Nations title as well as earning his first senior cap this summer.
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Exiles Age Grade Fixtures 2010/2011
Exiles U-18
v Connacht , Sportsground, August 27th, 5 pm
v Munster, Tom Clifford Park, August 29th, 12:00
v Welsh Exiles, Old Deer Park, October 31st, 2 pm
Exiles U-19s
v Leinster, Sunbury, September 5th, 2pm
v Ulster, Shaw’s Bridge, September 11th, 2pm
V Army, Aldershot, October 13th, TBC
v Public School Barbarians, Stowe School, March 2011, TBC
v English Colleges, March 2011, TBC
Exiles U-20s
v Ulster, Oratory School, August 22nd, 2pm
v Oxford University, Iffley Road, November 7th, 2 pm