Ireland U20 Side Named For New Zealand Clash

The Munster Academy’s Tomás Quinlan and Liam O’Connor are included in the Ireland U20s side to face New Zealand U20 in the third and final pool game of the World Rugby U20 Championship tomorrow evening – KO 7.30pm Irish time.

Head Coach Nigel Carolan has made four changes to the side that overcame Scotland 24-20 in the last round of the competition.

Jack Owens makes his first appearance of the tournament on the wing to partner Jacob Stockdale who returns to the opening XV.

Up front, Zack McCall returns to the front row and Rory Moloney takes position in the back row.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s test Carolan said, "This is a big game for both sides, the winner of this will have a guaranteed place in the semi-finals.

"New Zealand are a good team, so we will need to be brilliant for the full 80 minutes to give ourselves a chance.

"However, in preparation for a tough battle we have recovered well from our last outing and have identified some key areas which we hope we can take advantage of."

This game will be broadcast live on TG4.

Ireland U20 (v New Zealand U20, 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship – Pool C, Viadana, Wednesday 10^th June,KO 8.30pm local time/7.30pm Irish time)

15. Billy Dardis (UCD/Leinster)
14. Jack Owens (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)
12. Sam Arnold (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
11. Jacob Stockdale (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
10. Joey Carbery (UCD/Leinster)
9. Nick McCarthy (UCD/Leinster) (Capt)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)
2. Zack McCall (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
3. Oisin Heffernan (Terenure College/Leinster)
4. David O'Connor (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
5. Alex Thompson (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
6. Josh Murphy (UCD/Leinster)
7. Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/ Connacht)
8. Lorcan Dow (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)

Replacements
16. Sean McNulty (UCD/Leinster)
17. Liam O'Connor (Cork Constitution /Munster)
18. Conan O'Donnell (Sligo/NUIG/Connacht)
19. Cian Romaine (Buccaneers/ Connacht)
20. Stephen McVeigh (Buccaneers/ Connacht)
21. Charlie Rock (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
22. Tomás Quinlan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
23. Fergal Cleary (Lansdowne/ Leinster)

Ireland Fixtures and Results
Ireland Under-20 18 v 16 Argentina Under-20, Parma, Tuesday, June 2, kick-off 4.30pm local time/3.30pm Irish time
Ireland Under-20 24 v 20 Scotland Under-20, Calvisano, Saturday, June 6, kick-off 4.30pm local time/3.30pm Irish time
New Zealand Under-20 v Ireland Under-20, Viadana, Wednesday, June 10, kick-off 8.30pm local time/7.30pm Irish time

Match Day 4: Play-offs and semi-finals, Monday, June 15
Match Day 5: Play-offs and final, Saturday, June 20