Ireland U19 squad to face France announced
PwC Ireland U19 coach Colin McEntee has named a 35 player squad to face France U19 in two fixtures in April at Templeville Road, Dublin.
16* members of the squad that were defeated by Australia Schools in December at Ravenhill are retained while 5† players took part in Ireland’s U20s 2014 RBS 6 Nations campaign. The first game against France U19 kicks off at 2.00pm on Thursday 17th April with the second game also getting underway at 2.00pm five days later on Tuesday 22nd April. Both matches take place in St Mary’s College RFC’s ground at Templeville Road.
Ireland U19 coach Colin McEntee will be assisted by Nigel Carolan and Barney McGonigle will manage the side.
Ireland U19 Squad to play France U19
Josh Bingham (Methodist College – ULSTER)*
Harrison Brewer (Terenure – LEINSTER) †
Fergal Cleary (Clongowes – LEINSTER)
Jack Cullen (Bruff RFC – MUNSTER)* †
Billy Dardis (UCD – LEINSTER)*
Josh Davidson (Sullivan Upper – ULSTER)
Lorcan Dow (Queen’s University – ULSTER)*
Stephen Fitzgerald (Ard Scoil Ris – MUNSTER)
Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians RFC – CONNACHT)*
Oisin Heffernan (Lansdowne FC – LEINSTER)* †
Marc Kelly (Cistercian College – CONNACHT)
Ben Kilkenny (St Munchins – MUNSTER)
Michael Lagan (Methodist College – ULSTER)*
Jeremy Loughman (Blackrock College – LEINSTER)*
Angelo Marica (Belfast Harlequins – ULSTER)
Steven McMahon (Garryowen – MUNSTER)
Sean McNulty (UCD – Munster)* †
Stephen McVeigh (Clongowes – LEINSTER)
Josh Murphy (UCD – LEINSTER)*
Liam O’Connor (Christian Brothers – MUNSTER)
Mike O’Donnell (Crescent College – MUNSTER)*
Cian O’Donoghue (Clongowes – LEINSTER)
Sean O’Hagan (Corinthians – CONNACHT)
Conor Oliver (Blackrock College – LEINSTER)
Greg O’Shea (Shannon – MUNSTER)
Pat O’Toole (Corinthians – CONNACHT)
Jack Owens (Campbell College – ULSTER)*
Tomas Quinlan (Cork Constitution – MUNSTER)
Gary Ringrose (UCD – LEINSTER)* †
Charlie Rock (Old Belvedere – LEINSTER)
Cian Romaine (Buccaneers – CONNACHT)
Alex Thompson (Methodist College – ULSTER)*
Ross Todd (Sullivan Upper School – ULSTER)
Steven Weir (Methodist College – ULSTER)*
Conor Young (Instonians – ULSTER)*
Ireland U19 Fixtures:
Ireland U19 v France U19
Thursday 17th April, 2014
St Mary’s RFC, Templeville Road, Dublin
KO: 14:00hrs
Ireland U19 v France U19
Tuesday 22nd April, 2014
St Mary’s RFC, Templeville Road, Dublin
KO: 14:00hrs
Ireland U19 Coaching and Management Team:
Coach: Colin McEntee; Assistant Coach: Nigel Carolan; Manager: Barney McGonigle; Doctor: Tim O’Flanagan; Video Analyst: Vinny Hammond; Physio: Barry Smith; S&C Coach: Declan Browne; Scrum Coach: Conor Twomey; Squad Coordinator: Jessica Quigley
