Ireland Club Team to Play Scotland Announced

The Ireland team to play Scotland in the AIB Club International on Friday 10th March has been named, with six players from Munster clubs named on the squad

The cream of Irelands Club players will be taking on their Scotland counterparts in the AIB Club International on Friday, 10^th March in Donnybrook at 7.35pm on the eve of the Ireland v Scotland RBS Six Nations game.

The game is part of the IRFU/AIB Community Rugby Programme that was launched at the beginning of the season and gives non-contracted club players the opportunity to win representative honours for Ireland and to showcase the club game at the highest possible level.

The game will be the only other international game being played in Dublin that weekend and tickets are available for purchase at the gate and are priced at 15 for stand, 10 for terrace and 5 for schoolchildren. The game will also be televised live on RTE 2.

The match 22 was selected from an initial squad of 38 players from 17 different clubs across all three divisions of the AIB League. The team will be captained by David Quinlan from Buccaneers.

IRELAND
15 – Denis Hurley (U.C.C.)
14 – Niall O’Brien (Clontarf)
13 – Stephen Grissing (U.C.D.)
12 – Glen Telford (Dungannon)
11 – Derek Keane (Clontarf)
10 – Gareth Steenson (Dungannon)
9 – Fiach O’Loughlin (Clontarf)
1 – Niall Conlon (Dublin University)
2 – Matt Crockett (Dublin University)
3 – Simon Shaw (Ballymena)
4 – Marc Warburton (Dublin University)
5 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon)
6 – Peter Malone (Garryowen)
7 – Conor Hartigan (Buccaneers)
8 – David Quinlan (Buccaneers) Captain

Replacements:
16 – Kevin Corrigan (Lansdowne)
17 – Robert Sweeney (Clontarf)
18 – Alan Maher (Lansdowne)
19 – Kevin Croke (U.C.D.)
20 – Gerry Hurley (Garryowen)
21 – David Delaney (Shannon)
22 – Ciaran O’Boyle (Garryowen)