Ireland U20s Named For France U20s

The Irish U20s take on France U20s in the JWC fifth place play off on Tuesday night at Stade Henri Desgrange in La Roche-sur-Yon.

The Irish management have made a number of changes to the side that lost out, 31-26 to New Zealand in their final pool game of the tournament.

Munster's five academy representatives are all included in the squad with Darren Sweetnam, Rory Scannell, Ryan Murphy and Sean McCarthy starting, and Jack O'Donoghue named in the replacements.

The Ireland U20s kick off at 7.15pm Irish time.

Ireland Under20s:
15 – Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
14 – Darren Sweetnam (UCC/Munster)
13 – Thomas Farrell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
12 – Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
11 – Alex Wootton (Northampton Saints/ Exile)
10 – Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
9 – Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) Captain
1 – Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster)
2 – Bryan Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
3 – Christopher Taylor (Malone/Ulster)
4- Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
5- John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
6 – Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)(Captain)
7- Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
8 – Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)

Replacements:
16 – George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
17- Edward Byrne (UCD /Leinster)
18 – Adam Boland (Lansdowne/Connacht)
19 – Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
20 – Jack O'Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster)
21 – David Shanahan (Clontarf/Leinster)
22- Mark Roche (Lansdowne/Connacht)
23- David Panter (Corinthians/Connacht)