Nine Munster Players in Ireland U21 squad

UCC number 8 Stephen Keogh will lead the Ireland Under 21 side in the first of their pre-season warmup games when they take on the Irish Colleges at Stradbrook, Blackrock RFC on Saturday December 21st

UCC number 8 Stephen Keogh will lead the Ireland Under 21 side in the first of their pre-season warm-up games when they take on the Irish Colleges at Stradbrook, Blackrock RFC on Saturday December 21st kick off 13.00hrs.

Keogh played in the second row in all of Ireland Under 21 Six Nations games last season and he is one of six Munster players in the starting line-up while two of his UCC clubmates, Barry Keeshan and Peter O’Brien are named in the replacements along with Shannon’s Fiach O’Loughlin

15 – Tommy Bowe (Queens University)14 – Keith Matthews (UL Bohemians) 13 – John Hearty (Blackrock College)12 – Barry Murphy (UL Bohemians) 11 – Richard Lane (UCC)10 – David McAllister (Terenure College) 9 – Conor O’Loughlin (Buccaneers) 1 – Eugene McGovern (Old Crescent) 2 – Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins) 3 – Wesley Maxwell (Garryowen); 4 – Simon Crawford (UCD), 5 – David Gannon (UCD) 6 – John Muldoon (Galwegians), 7 – Niall Ronan (Lansdowne), 8 – Stephen Keogh (UCC) Captain

Replacements: 16 – Kevin Corrigan (UCD), 17 – Niall Conlon (Dublin University), 18 – Neil McComb (Dundee Univ./Belfast Harlequins), 19 – Michael McComish (Ballymena), 20 – Fiach O’Loughlin (Shannon), 21 – Barry Keeshan(UCC), 22 – Peter O’Brien (UCC).