Ruddock names team for IRB Junior World Cup Opener <\/p>\n
Mike Ruddock has named the PWC Ireland U20 selection for their opening fixture of the Junior World Cup against France in the QBE Stadium in Auckland on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
UL Bohemians’ Jack O’Donoghoe captain’s the side for the first time and there are two uncapped players in the starting XV \u2013 Galwegians’ Ciaran Gaffney on the wing and Terenure’s Craig Trenier in the front row.<\/p>\n
There are five uncapped players on the bench – UCD’s Dylan Donnellan and Billy Dardis, Cork Con duo Darragh Moloney and Ryan Foley and Young Munster’s Diarmuid Dee.<\/p>\n
Ireland will play Wales in Pukekohe on Friday 6th June before returning to Auckland to play Fiji on Tuesday 10th June.<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
PwC IRELAND U20 v France \u2013 JWC2014 Pool B
\n15. Cian Kelleher (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n14. Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians\/Connacht) *
\n13. Garry Ringrose (UCD\/Leinster)
\n12. Dan Goggin (Young Munster\/Munster)
\n11. Ian Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n10. Ross Byrne (UCD\/Leinster)
\n9. Nick McCarthy (UCD\/Leinster) <\/p>\n
1. Peter Dooley (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n2. Max Abbott (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n3. Craig Trenier (Terenure\/Leinster) *
\n4. Stephen Gardiner (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n5. Ross Molony (UCD\/Leinster)
\n6. Peadar Timmins (UCD\/Leinster)
\n7. Frankie Taggart (Belfast Harlequins\/Ulster)
\n8. Jack O’ Donoghue (UL Bohemians\/Munster) capt <\/p>\n
Replacements
\n16. Dylan Donnellan (UCD\/Leinster) *
\n17. Denis Coulson (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n18. Rory Burke (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n19. Darragh Moloney (Cork Constitution\/Munster) *
\n20. Diarmaid Dee (Young Munster\/Munster) *
\n21. Ryan Foley (Cork Constitution\/Munster) *
\n22. Conor McKeon (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n23. Billy Dardis (UCD\/Leinster) * <\/p>\n
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