This is going to be some tournament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Ireland Under- 20 squad -sponsored by PWC- has been named today (Tuesday, 28th May) in the PWC offices by head coach Mike Ruddock for this year’s IRB Junior World Championship which will take place in France in June.
Five players who were not involved in the RBS 6 Nations U20 Championship have been added to the squad, Edward Byrne, Adam Byrne, Thomas Farrell, Daniel Leavy and Jack O’Donoghue.
Luke McGrath will captain the side and in the absence of Robbie Henshaw and Stuart Olding, both on duty with the Ireland Senior team, he will bring experience to the role.
Speaking at the announcement, Ronan Murphy, Senior Partner, PwC, said:
“We are committed to supporting the development of Irish Rugby through our sponsorship of the Under 20 team and wish them every success at the upcoming IRB Junior Rugby World Championship in France.”
Ireland share pool B with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand and open their tournament against Australia on Wednesday 5th June in Stade de la Rabine, Vannes.
Ireland’s pool games will be broadcast live on TG4 along with the semi-finals and final games of the tournament.
Ireland U-20 Squad (IRB Junior Rugby World Championship Squad 2013)
Adam Boland (Lansdowne/Connacht)
Edward Byrne (UCD /Leinster)
Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
Bryan Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Thomas Daly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster
Peter Dooley (Leinster)
Thomas Farrell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Ryan Furniss (Worcester/Exile)
Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)
Darragh Leader (Galwegians/Connacht)
Daniel Leavy (UCD /Leinster)
Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) Captain
George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)
Jack O’Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster)
David Panther (Corinthians/Connacht)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne/Connacht)
Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
David Shanahan (Clontarf/Leinster)
Darren Sweetnam (UCC/Munster)
Christopher Taylor (Malone/Ulster)
Gavin Thornbury (UCD/Leinster)
Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
Pool B Fixtures – Junior World Championship 2013(All times are local) –
05 Jun, 18:45 Ireland – Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
05 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand – Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
09 Jun, 18:45 Ireland – Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
09 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand – Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
13 Jun, 18:45 New Zealand – Ireland Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
13 Jun, 20:45 Australia – Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
