Preview & Team Info | Bank Of Ireland Munster Festival Of Age-Grade Rugby

Irish Independent Park hosts the Bank of Ireland Munster Festival of Age-Grade Rugby this Sunday 24 March, with four age-grade finals taking place at the Cork venue.

The U16 Bowl, U16 Plate, U16 Cup and U18 Cup finals will be decided on Sunday with the U18 Bowl final featuring Douglas-Carrigaline RFC and Thomond RFC taking place tomorrow, Saturday 23 March.

The U18 Plate semi-finals are also scheduled for this weekend with Clonakilty RFC and Midleton RFC going head-to-head at Bandon RFC (kick-off 12.30pm), while Highfield RFC and Mallow RFC meet at Muskerry RFC (kick-off 1pm).

Irish Independent Park will welcome the development finalists during the weekend of Sunday 31 March with the U16 Development Plate/Bowl, U16 Development Cup, U18 Development Plate/Bowl, U18 Development Cup, and U18 Plate finals taking place.

Bank of Ireland Munster Festival of Age-Grade Rugby, Irish Independent Park, Sunday 24 March 2019

Tickets: Adult: €10; Junior: €5, Family Ticket (2 Adults & 3 Junior): €25

See below for starting team / extended squad info:

Munster U18 Bowl | Douglas-Carrigaline RFC v Thomond RFC, Saturday 23 March, kick-off 5pm

Douglas-Carrigaline U18: Rory Lynch; Rory Coughlan, Ihechi Oji, Carlos Gurriaran Viller, Anton Brennan; Barry Vosloo, Chimdi Oji; Cian Twomey, Ben Gilbert, John Oregan, Darragh O’Brien, Alex Sheehan, Mark Johnston, Ruadhan Dolan, Kevin Ussher. Replacements: Ruairi O’Connor, Ivan O’Herlihy, Ryan O’Neill, Patrick Mellett, Shane Vaughan, Ben O’Flynn, Kevin McSweeney.

Thomond U18: Jason Keane; Robert Duffy, Shane Harney, Dominic Fitzpatrick (C), Colin Heagney; Eoghan Sherlock, Alan Neill. Daniel Bruster, Tony O’Halloran, Damon Lee, Maks Zerdel, Jack Hehir, Reece Dunne, Matthew Dillon, Jamie Hayes. Replacements: Nathan Curry, Mark Neska, Tyrone Guillen, Leon Fitzgerald, Arron Daly.

Munster U16 Bowl | Crosshaven-Dolphin RFC v Fermoy RFC, Sunday 24 March, kick-off 11.15am

Crosshaven-Dolphin U16: Ethan Berkery-Kelly; Tom O’Connor, Adam D’Arcy, Joshua McCarthy, Jamie Daly; Patrick Cotter, Eoin D’Alton; Ciaran Casey, Oisín McSweeney, John Roberts, Cian Herlihy, Michael O’Connor, Ronan O’Donoghue, Adam O’Brien, Oisín McCarthy. Replacements: Shane Foley, Emmet Douglas Magill, Hugh O’Mahony, Leo Parata, Nathan Cogan, David Aigbogun, Robert Herlihy.

Fermoy U16: Conor England; James Flynn, Sean O’Leary, Saulius Comber, Pierce Burke; Conor Coakley, Peter Finn; Carthach Hickey, Eoin Healy, Ruairi McGrath, Darragh O’Sullivan, Eoghan O’Riordan, Fionn Hess, Cathal Wilson, Roan David O’Riordan. Replacements: William McAuliffe, Sean Roche, Andrew Shinnick, Conor Hynes, Ted White, Christian O’Mahoney.

Munster U16 Plate | Waterpark RFC v Young Munster RFC, Sunday 24 March, kick-off 1.20pm

Waterpark U16: Ryan Hoffman, Chad Le Roux, Charlie White, Charlie Caffrey, Gavin Shanahan, Tommy Hogan, Ronan O’Donnell, Eddie Griffin, Donnacha Sheehan, Niall Vogelaar, Andy Murphy, Charlie White, Cormac Walsh, Finlay Edmondson, James Larkin, Mark Wallis, Ciaran Curtis, Noah Murphy, Alex Papathomas, Daniel Kiely, Jack Coady, Sean Fitzgerald (C), John Pearson, Storm Le Roux (VC), Tommy Martin, Rafa Pirez, Shane Glynn, Ben Schnieders, Callum Dooley-Cullinane.

Young Munster U16: Eoghan Burke; Nathan Lane, Eoghan Kelleher, Oskar Oliszewski, Josh Shinners; Dara Hough, Scott Sheehan; Noel Kinnane, Daragh Keogh, Ronan Madden, Sean McGuigan, Keith O’Brien, Conor Kerley, Stephen Mullane, Jason Murray. Replacements: Gerard McGrath, Dylan Richard White Lee, Liam Kelly, Liam James Kelly, Desmond Crowley, Michael Galvin, Tadhg Reddan.

Munster U16 Cup | Bandon RFC v Ennis RFC, Sunday 24 March, kick-off 3.25pm

Bandon U16: Jacob O’Driscoll; Tom Desmond, Jonathan Kenneally, Richard Murphy, Conor Ustianowski; Jeff Williams, Dylan Barr; Cillian Lynch, Conor Egan, Ferdia Gibbons, Tom Donegan, Daniel McGarvey, Brendan Twohig, Jay Van Der Westhuizen, Robert McCarthy. Replacements: Mark O’Shea, Conor Manning, Matthew O’Dwyer, David O’Dwyer, Shane Hathaway, Nathan Byrne, James O’Sullivan, Mark Collins.

Ennis U16: Calum Barrett, Joe Boyle, Sam Browne, Callum Byrne, Austin Cleary, Jarlath Collins, John Connaughton, Samuel Costelloe, Robbie Elliott, Omer Erdem, Cillian Fawl, Nicki Hardiman, Adam Hogan, James Lyne, Oisin Madigan, Liam Mahoney, Noel McGrath, Cathal McMahon, Matthew McNamara, Killian O’Connor, Osgar O’Gorman, Seyi Olanrewaju, Mayomikun Omoniwa, Charity Omorodion, Jack Scahill, Wale Shonibare, Evan Smith, David Utuke (C), Evan Wood, Conor Cleland, Arron Coughlin, Sean Curtin.

Munster U18 Cup | Cobh Pirates RFC v Skibbereen RFC, Sunday 24 March, kick-off 5.30pm

Cobh Pirates U18: Liam Devlin-Buckley, Jack O’Sullivan, Darragh McCarthy, Jack Gilmartin, Edwin Edogbu, Sam Baricaua, PJ Cronin, Jack O’Sullivan, Cian Walker, Alex Mulligan, Emeka Asiegbu, Leo Daly, Josh Crone, Ray Keating, Charlie Kelleher, Cathal O’Dea, Stewart Lynch, Kevin O’Reilly, Cian Ahern, Ben O’Donovan, Robert Mannix, Josh McKevitt, David Meade, Sean Woods, Jason Histon, Jamie Bates, Anthony O’Regan, Padraig Allen, Kieran Devlin–Buckley, Cian Lynch (C).

Skibbereen U18: Jamie O’Driscoll (C), Michael Veale (VC), Jamie Shanahan (VC), Joseph Griffiths, Euan O Donovan, Daniel Cullinane, Jack O’Sullivan, Oisin Lucey, Jonathan Benn, Mathew Sheehan, Keith Whelton, Gavin Foley, Jordie O’Brien, Liam Hodnett, David Regan, Jason Murphy, Dylan Young, John O Driscoll, Adam O’Regan, Asa Curran, Darren Daly, Killian O’Sullivan, Sam Farthing, Jack Crowley, Brian Stoutt, Ryan McSweeney, Stephen McSweeney