Irish Clubs To Take On English Counties At Temple Hill

On a day packed with rugby, it’s not just Limerick that’s attracting the attention with their schools final, but Cork will see yet another Irish clubs international at Temple Hill.

As the Irish Women will have hopefully already secured their Grand Slam against their English counterparts earlier on in the afternoon, the Irish Club XV will also be looking to get one over their English county rivals at the Ballinlough venue, hosting its fourth clubs international.

It’s a proud tradition, bestowed most recently on Temple Hill last year when the Irish clubs narrowly lost out on the Dalriada Cup 19-13 at the Cork venue.

That evening saw local boys Max Abbott and Ger Sweeney start, joined by Garryowen’s James McInerney and Neil Cronin, while John Fitzgerald (Dolphin) came off the bench.

This time around sees another host of Munster based players involved at the historic venue on Cork’s southside.

In total, players from nine different Ulster Bank League clubs have been named in the Ireland Club International squad by Head Coach Morgan Lennon, with Abbott and Sweeney again named, joined by teammate Rob Jermyn.

Ireland Club Team & Replacements (v England Counties, Ulster Bank Club International Temple Hill, Cork, Friday 17th March – Kick-off 19.30hrs)

15. Eamonn Mills – Lansdowne
14. Sean Coughlan – Old Belvedere
13. Mike Courtney – Dublin University
12. Matt D’Arcy – Clontarf *
11. Rob Jermyn – Cork Constitution
10. Scott Deasy – Lansdowne *(Captain)
9. Neil Cronin – Garryowen *
1. Vakh Abdeladze – Clontarf
2. Max Abbott – Cork Constitution
3. Ian Prendiville – Lansdowne *
4. Willie Earle – Lansdowne
5. Ben Reilly – Clontarf *
6. Alan Kennedy – Young Munster
7. Karl Moran – Clontarf
8. Tony Ryan – Clontarf *

Replacements
16 Patrick Finlay – Dublin University *
17 Ger Sweeney – Cork Constitution *
18 Eric O’Sullivan – Dublin University
19 Kyle McCoy – Terenure College
20 Andrew O’Byrne – Garryowen
21 Paul Pritchard – Old Belvedere*
22 Rob Guerin – Young Munster
23 Peter Osborne – Naas

*Previously capped at this level

The action begins at 7.30pm, with tickets for Adults (€10), Juveniles and Students (€5), and Family (€20) available at the gate.

Tickets can also be purchased at the following outlets: –
Munster Rugby Ticket Offices at Irish Independent Park and Thomond Park.
Finns Corner – On the corner of Grand Parade & Washington Street. Credit Cards not accepted.