Hanrahan & Scannell On Ireland Under 20s

JJ Hanrahan and Niall Scannell are on the Ireland Under 20 starting XV with James Rael listed among the replacements for Friday’s championship opener against Wales in Athlone

Ireland U-20 v Wales U-20 (Dubarry Park, Athlone – Friday 3rd February 2012, Kick-off 7.05pm)

15 – Shane Layden (Buccaneers – Connacht)
14 – Barry Daly (UCD – Leinster)
13 – Foster Horan (Lansdowne – Leinster)
12 – JJ Hanrahan (UL Bohemians – Munster)
11 – Sam Coghlan-Murray (UCD – Leinster)
10 – Patrick Jackson (Dungannon – Ulster) Captain
9 – Kieran Marmion (Corinthians – Connacht)
1 – Kyle McCall (Ballynahinch – Ulster)
2 – Niall Scannell (Dolphin – Munster)
3 – Peter Reilly (Lansdowne – Leinster)
4 – Iain Henderson (QUB – Ulster)
5 – Daniel Qualter (Buccaneers – Connacht)
6 – Conor Gilsenan (UCD – Leinster)
7 – Aaron Conneely (Corinthians – Connacht)
8 – Jack Conan (Old Belvedere – Leinster)

Replacements:
16 – Des Merrey (Clontarf – Leinster)
17 – James Rael (Garryowen – Munster)
18 – Jake Cawley (XXX – Leinster)
19 – Tadgh Beirne (Lansdowne – Leinster)
20 – Jordan Coghlan (UCD – Leinster)
21 – Luke McGrath (UCD – Leinster)
22 – Cathal Marsh (Dublin University – Leinster)
23 – Christopher Farrell (Dungannon – Ulster)