Ireland U20 Team To Face Georgia Under 20

Ireland U20s take on the Georgian side at the Stade d’Honneur du Parc des Sports et de l’Amitie in Narbonne at 5.30pm (Irish time) in their final pool game of the tournament tomorrow.

A total of four Munster players have been named in the match-day 23 including UCC’s Peter Sylvester and Bryan O’Connor, and Garryowen’s Diarmuid Barron and Jack Daly.

There are a number of changes to the side that lost out to their South African counterparts in their last outing of the tournament.

Jordan Duggan, Barron and Jack Aunger are named in the unchanged front-row while Matthew Dalton is named in the second-row alongside Jack Dunne. Aaron Hall and Daly both make their first start of the tournament alongside Captain Caelan Doris in the back-row.

Hugh O’Sullivan starts at scrum half to partner Conor Dean at out half, while James Hume and Tommy O’Brien make up the centre partnership. Sylvester starts at full back with Sean O’Brien named on the left wing. Peter O’Sullivan, who was called up to the squad to replace injured Dan Hurley, is named on the right wing.

Speaking ahead of the test, Head Coach Noel McNamara said:

“We have two tough games under our belt and are disappointed with the results so far. We have another tough game ahead of us tomorrow against Georgia.

We are all looking forward to the game and hopefully we can perform to our potential.”

The match will be broadcast live by Eir Sport in the Republic of Ireland and online in non-geoblocked locations via World Rugby’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WorldRugby)and website (www.worldrugby.org).

Ireland U20 v Georgia U20, World Rugby U20s Championship

(Stade d’Honneur du Parc des Sports et de l’Amitie Narbonne, Thursday 7th June 2018, 6.30pm local time/5.30pm Irish time)

15 Peter Sylvester (UCC RFC / Munster)

14 Peter Sullivan (Lansdowne/ Leinster)

13 Tommy O’Brien (UCD RFC/Leinster)

12 James Hume (Banbridge RFC/Ulster)

11 Sean O’Brien (Clontarf FC/Leinster)

10 Conor Dean (St. Mary’s College RFC/Leinster)

9 Hugh O’Sullivan (Clontarf FC/Leinster)

1 Jordan Duggan (Naas RFC/Leinster)

2 Diarmuid Barron (Garryowen FC/Munster)

3 Jack Aungier (St. Mary’s College RFC/Leinster)

4 Matthew Dalton (Malone RFC/Ulster)

5 Jack Dunne (Dublin University FC/Leinster)

6 Aaron Hall (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)

7 Jack Daly (Garryowen FC/Munster)

8 Caelan Doris (St. Mary’s College RFC/Leinster) Captain

Replacements:

16 Dan Sheehan (Dublin University FC/Leinster)

17 Bryan O’Connor (UCC RFC/Munster)

18 Jakub Wojtkowicz (Sligo/ Connacht)

19 Cormac Daly (Clontarf FC/Leinster)

20 Matthew Agnew (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)

21 Jonny Stewart (QUB RFC/Ulster)

22 Harry Byrne (UCD RFC/Leinster)

23 James McCarthy (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster)

Ireland U20 World Rugby U20 Championships Fixtures and Results

Pool C

France 26 – 24 Ireland

South Africa 30 v 17 Ireland

Ireland v Georgia

Stade d’Honneur du Parc des Sports et de l’Amitie, Narbonne

Thursday 7th June, 2018

KO: 18:30 (local) / 17:30 (Irish)

Semi-Finals and Rankings Play-Offs

Stade d’Honneur du Parc des Sports et de l’Amitie, Narbonne OR Stade Aime-Giral, Perpignan

Tuesday 12th June 2018

Finals Day

Stade De La Mediterranee in Béziers.

Sunday 17th June 2018

Visit here for more tournament information: www.worldrugby.org/u20