The Ireland Under-20 team (sponsored by PwC) has been named to face Italy in their final game of the 6 nations tournament has been named.<\/p>\n
Mike Ruddock has made a number of changes to the side that overcame France in their last outing.<\/p>\n
Darragh Leader comes in at full back replacing Stuart Olding who has been called to provincial duty with Darren Sweetnam named on the right wing.<\/p>\n
Ryan Furness and John Andrew make their first start of the tournament to partner Peter Dooley.<\/p>\n
Andrew makes his first start of the tournament being named in the front row in place of George McGuigan who is recovering from a knock he picked up during their last outing, against France. Ryan Furness comes in instead of Chris Taylor.<\/p>\n
Sean McCarthy comes into the side in place of Gavin Thornbury to partner John Donnan in the second row.<\/p>\n
Speaking ahead of the game, Ruddock said \u201cDespite the fact that we are missing a few front liners due to injury and unavailability we have still been able to select a strong side.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are looking forward to a very physical encounter against the Italian side.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are obviously looking to build on our win from last week to take us through into the IRB Junior World Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have added some new combinations to the bench as we look towards the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ireland Under-20 Team v Italy (Stadio dei Marsi – Friday, 15th March 2013, kick-off 7.00pm local time \/6.00pm GMT) <\/p>\n
15 – Darragh Leader (Galwegians\/Connacht)
\n14 – Darren Sweetnam (UCC\/Munster)
\n13 – Tom Daly (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n12 – Rory Scannell (Dolphin\/Munster)
\n11 – Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins\/Ulster)
\n10 – Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere\/Leinster)
\n9 – Luke McGrath (UCD\/Leinster)
\n1 – Peter Dooley (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n2 – John Andrew (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\n3 – Ryan Furniss (Worcester\/Exile)
\n4 – Sean McCarthy (Shannon\/Munster)
\n5 – John Donnan (Ballynahinch\/Ulster)
\n6 – Conor Joyce (Malone\/Ulster)
\n7 – Josh Van Der Flier (UCD\/Leinster)
\n8 – Ryan Murphy (Dolphin\/Munster)<\/p>\n
Replacements:
\n16 – Bryan Byrne (UCD\/ Leinster)
\n17 – Adam Boland (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n18 – Brian Scott (UCC\/Munster)
\n19 – Jerry Sexton (St. Mary\u2019s\/ Leinster)
\n20 – Peadar Timmins (UCD\/Leinster)
\n21 – David Shanahan (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\n22 – Eogh\u00e1in Quinn (Lansdowne\/ Leinster)
\n23 – David Panther (Corinthians\/Connacht)<\/p>\n
Ireland Under-20 RBS 6 Nations Fixtures and results 2013 (All Kick-off Times GMT):
\nFri 1st Feb 19:10 Wales U20 v Ireland U20 17-15
\nFri 8th Feb 19:35 Ireland U20 v England U20 16-15
\nFri 22nd Feb 19:30 Scotland U20 v Ireland U20 Netherdale 21-20
\nFri 8th Mar 19:45 Ireland U20 v France U20 Dubarry Park 22-5
\nFri 15th Mar 19:00 Italy U20 v Ireland U20Stadio del Marsi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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