The Ireland U18 Schools squad, sponsored by PwC, has been named for the Six Nations U18s Men’s Festival which takes place in Vichy, France this month (April 10 to April 18).
Head Coach Michael Hodge has selected a 26 strong squad, several of whom featured in the recent victory against England in the 50th Anniversary Schools International which saw Ireland overturn a 17 point deficit at half time to win by 22-17.
Ten players won their respective Provincial Schools Cup titles in recent weeks – Ben Guerin, Geoff Wall, Luke Coffey, Bernard White, James Browne of Blackrock College won the Leinster title; Jon Rodgers, James Gould, Oliver Fitzsimmons, and Ben Moore of Wallace High won in Ulster while Andrew Henson of Marist College won the Connacht title.
All of the squad are new to the tournament while Henson and Leo Anic featured against an Italy U18 Club side in October.
Ireland will play Wales, Scotland and Georgia between April 10th and April 18th and all three matches will be live on irishrugby+
Ireland U18 Schools Squad – Six Nations U18 Men’s Festival 2025
Leo Anic (Creggs RFC/CBS Roscommon/Connacht Rugby)
Tom Bell (Ards RFC/Regent House/Ulster Rugby)
Adam Boyd (RBAI/Ulster Rugby)
James Browne (Blackrock College/Leinster Rugby)
Luke Coffey (Blackrock College/Leinster Rugby)
Bobby Colbert (Gonzaga College/Leinster Rugby)
Lee Fitzpatrick (Newbridge College/Leinster Rugby)
Oliver Fitzsimmons (Wallace HS/Ulster Rugby)
Jonathon Ginnety (Castleknock College/Leinster Rugby)
Harry Goslin (Belvedere College SJ/Leinster Rugby)
James Gould (Wallace HS/Ulster Rugby)
Ben Guerin (Blackrock College/Leinster Rugby)
Andrew Henson (Buccaneers RFC/ Marist College/Connacht Rugby)
Ronan Kelly (St. Gerard’s School/Leinster Rugby)
Frank Maher (Terenure College/Leinster Rugby)
Connor McVicker (Belfast Royal Academy/Ulster Rugby)
Ben Moore (Wallace HS/Ulster Rugby)
Paul Neary (St. Mary’s College/Leinster Rugby)
Nathan Noble (Sullivan Upper HS/Ulster Rugby)
Charlie O’Connor (RBAI/Ulster Rugby)
Geoff O’Sullivan (Terenure College/Leinster Rugby)
Jon Rodgers (Wallace HS/Ulster Rugby)
Fionn Rowsome (Crescent College Comprehensive/Munster Rugby)
Geoff Wall (Blackrock College/Leinster Rugby)
Jamie Walsh (Cistercian College Roscrea/Munster Rugby)
Bernard White (Blackrock College/Leinster Rugby)
Six Nations Men’s U18s Festival
Ireland v Wales, Vichy, April 10th, 5.30pm
Ireland v Scotland, Vichy, April 14th, 3.15pm
Ireland v Georgia, Vichy, April 18th, 12.15pm
Ireland U18 Schools Management
Michael Hodge – Head Coach
Brendan O’Connor – Assistant Coach
Morgan Codyre – Assistant Coach
Jamie Kirk – Assistant Coach
Stephen O’Hara – Team Manager
Prof. John Ryan – Team Doctor
David Lyons – Team Physio
James O’Leary – Athletic Development Coach
Alan Doonan – Team Analyst
Niall Davison – Team Nutritionist
Tom Nyham – Team Logistics
The Ireland U18 Women’s squad, sponsored by PwC, has been named for the Six Nations U18 Women’s Festival which takes place at Wellington College in England.
Head Coach Matt Gill has named a 28 strong squad which includes five players already capped at this level – Bronagh Boggan, Cara McLean, Emma Jane Wilson, Siofra Hession, and Erin McConalogue.
Three players have also represented Ireland at U18 7s –Hession, McConalogue and Aoife Heaney.
The tournament follows a similar structure to last year with each team playing two thirty-minute matches on game days one and two and a full sixty minute match on the last day of the tournament.
Ireland will face Italy and England on Friday 11th, followed by Scotland and France on Tuesday 15th and then Wales on April 19th.
All matches will be streamed live on irishrugby+
Ireland U18 Women’s Squad – Six Nations U18s Women’s Festival
Forwards
Bronagh Boggan – Wexford Wanderers/Leinster
Ella Buckley – Ballincollig/Munster
Usha Daly O’Toole – Gorey/Leinster
Lucia Dickinson – Cardinal Newman College/IQ Rugby
Uillian Eilian – Tuam/Oughterard/Connacht
Diana Izekor – Longford/Leinster
Sally Kelly – Ennis/Munster
Merisa Kiripati – Creggs/Connacht
Olivia McKinley – Banbridge/Ulster
Cara McLean – Larne/Ulster
Orlaith Morrissy – Ballincollig/Munster
Ciara O’Donnell – Enniskillen/Ulster
Roisin Power – Ballinasloe/Connacht
Roisin Ridge – Seapoint/Leinster
Kate Noons – PortDara/Leinster
Emma Jane Wilson – Port Dara/Leinster
Backs
Lily Byrne – Dolphin/Munster
Rebecca Cahill – Portlaoise/Leinster
Caitlin Crowe – Cavan/Ulster
Aoife Heaney – Claremorris/Connacht
Siofra Hession – Creggs/Connacht
Aoibhe Kelly – Tullamore/Leinster
Heidi Lyons – Naas/Leinster
Erin McConalogue – Inishowen/Ulster
Amy McConkey – Cooke/Ulster
Leah Nealon – De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster
Lani O’Donovan – Clonakilty/Munster
Teni Onigbode – Clontarf/Leinster
Six Nations U18 Women’s Festival Fixtures
All matches in Wellington College and live on irishrugby+
Friday, April 11
Ireland v Italy, 4pm
England v Ireland, 5pm
Tuesday, April 15
Scotland v Ireland, 3pm
France v Ireland, 5pm
Saturday, April 19
Ireland v Wales, 12
Ireland U18 Women’s Management
Matt Gill – Head Coach
Murray Houston – Assistant Coach
Hannah Downey – Manager
Ann Caffrey – Athletic Development
Eva McPartlan – Physio
Valerie Hayes – Doctor
Luke Bonnar – Analysis
