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Ireland Under 21s take on the Welsh U21 team in the Galway Sportsground on Friday afternoon (2.30) while the Ireland Under 19s face Wales in Musgrave Park later that evening at (7.30pm).

The Ireland U21 squad from which the team and replacements to play Wales U21 on Friday, 20th February at 14.30hrs at the Galway Sportsground is as follows:

Ireland U21:

Forwards (12): Stephen Bennett (Bath), Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins), Denis Fogarty (Cork Constitution), David Gannon (Blackrock College), Conor Geoghegan (UCD), Jamie Heaslip (DU), Oisin Hennessy (Dungannon), Neil McComb (Dundee HSFP), David O’Brien (Old Belvedere), Brendan O’Connor (Cork Constitution), Shane O’Connor (Cork Constitution), John Wickham (Clontarf).

Backs (10): Tommy Bowe (QUB), Andrew Finn (Dolphin), Michael Glancy (Loughborough University), John Hearty (Blackrock College), Richard Lane (UCC), Breffne O’Donnell (UL Bohemians), Tomas O’Leary (Cork Constitution), Robbie Shaw (London Wasps), Gareth Steenson (QUB), Glen Telford (Dungannon).

The Ireland U19 squad from which the team and replacements to play Wales U19 on Friday, 20th at 19.30hrs at Musgrave Park, Cork is as follows:

Ireland U19:

Forwards (13): Michael Diffley (Creggs), John Kerins (UCC), Paul Doran-Jones (DU), Ross Noonan (UCC), Fergus McGuckian (UCD), James Coady (DU), Michael Essex (CBC), Billy Holland (CBC), Anthony Kane (Exiles), Conor Lavery (Rainey Endowed School), John McCall (Royal School Armagh), Adrian Lightowler (Greystones), Nicholas Goodger (Exiles).

Backs (10): Peter Phelan (Exiles), Cillian Willis (UCD), Cathal Power (Corinthians), Stewart Megaw (QUB), Michael English (Exiles), Conor Gildea (Terenure College), Mark Scott (Belfast Harlequins), Gary Byrne (Terenure College), Eamon Fitzgerald (Old Belvedere), Eamon Ronan (Middleton).