Fitzgerald & Oliver To Start Against Wales

The Ireland U20 team to play Wales in the 5th place playoff of the World Rugby U20 World Championship has been named. The Greencore Munster Academy’s Stephen Fitzgerald and Conor Oliver will both start with Liam O’Connor and Tomás Quinlan named amongst the replacements.

In total, there are five changes to the team that lost out to New Zealand in the final game of Pool C.

Ciaran Gaffney makes a return to the starting XV at full back with Fitzgerald taking his position on the wing.

Charlie Rock is named at scrum half, replacing injured captain Nick McCarthy.

Upfront, Oliver is named in the back row along with Nick Timoney who starts at number 8.

Josh Murphy will captain the side.

Ireland U20 (v Wales U20, 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship – 5^th Place Playoff, Viadana, Monday 15^th June – KO 8.30pm local time/7.30pm Irish time)

15. Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians/ Connacht)
14. Stephen Fitzgerald (Shannon/ Munster)
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)
12. Sam Arnold (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
11. Jacob Stockdale (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
10. Joey Carbery (UCD/Leinster)
9. Charlie Rock (Old Beveldere/ Leinster)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)
2. Sean McNulty (UCD/Leinster)
3. Oisin Heffernan (Terenure College/Leinster)
4. David O'Connor (St. Mary's /Leinster)
5. Alex Thompson (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
6. Josh Murphy (UCD/Leinster) (Capt)
7. Conor Oliver (St. Mary's/ Leinster)
8. Nick Timoney (St. Marys/ Leinster)

Replacements:
16. Adam McBurney (Ballymena/Ulster)
17. Liam O'Connor (Cork Constitution /Munster)
18. Conan O'Donnell (Sligo/NUIG/Connacht)
19. Lorcan Dow (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
20. Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/ Connacht)
21. Tomás Quinlan (Cork Constitution/ Munster)
22. Fergal Cleary (Lansdowne/ Leinster)
23. Jack Owens (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)