Ireland Under-20 Team Named For Opening IRB Junior World Championship 2013 Match

The Ireland Under-20 team, sponsored by PwC, has been named for their first game of the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in Stade de la Rabine, Vannes.

Scrumhalf, Luke McGrath will captain the side for their opening game against Australia Under-20’s.

McGrath is just one of two players who have previous experience playing in the tournament. The other, Josh Van Der Flier, has been named in the back row.

Ireland share pool B with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. Ireland’s pool games will be broadcast live on TG4 along with the semi-finals and final games of the tournament.

Ireland Under-20 Team to play Australia Under-20 (IRB Junior World Championship, Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, Wednesday, 5th June, kick-off 18.45hrs local time/17.45hrs Irish Time)

15 – Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
14 – Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
13 – Thomas Farrell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
12 – Thomas Daly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 – Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
10 – Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
9 – Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) Captain
1 – Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster)
2 – George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
3 – Adam Boland (Lansdowne/Connacht)
4 – Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
5- John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
6 – Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)
7 – Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
8 – Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)

Replacements:
16- Bryan Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
17- Edward Byrne (UCD /Leinster)
18 – Ryan Furniss (Worcester/Exile)
19- Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
20- Daniel Leavy (UCD /Leinster)
21 – David Shanahan (Clontarf/Leinster)
22- Mark Roche (Lansdowne/Connacht)
23- Darragh Leader (Galwegians/Connacht)

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