The Ireland U20 squad has been named by Head Coach Nigel Carolan for the 2016 6 Nations Championship.
The 30-man squad features four players from last year’s campaign – Andrew Porter of Leinster, Conan O’Donnell of Connacht, and Adam McBurney and Jacob Stockdale from Ulster. Lansdowne and Leinster second-row James Ryan will captain the team.
On selection of the squad, Carolan said:
“While we have just the four players returning from last season, we have been really impressed with the attitude and enthusiasm that the new guys have brought with them into the squad.
“We’ve had a number of camps with this group of players, as well as two warm up games against Leinster and Munster before Christmas, so now we are just looking forward to getting the championship started against Wales.”
Ireland will play all three of their home games against Wales, Italy and Scotland on Friday nights in Donnybrook Stadium this season. The series will again be sponsored by Electric Ireland.
Tickets for the game are available from Ticketmaster.
IRELAND U20 Squad for the U20 6 Nations Championship
Forwards:
James Bollard (Dublin University / Leinster)
Kelvin Brown (Shannon / Munster)
Peter Claffey (Galwegians / Leinster)
Will Connors (UCD / Leinster)
Max Deegan (Lansdowne / Leinster)
Shane Fenton (Young Munster / Munster)
John Foley (Shannon / Shannon)
Cillian Gallagher (Sligo RFC / Connacht)
Greg Jones (UCD / Leinster)
Conor Kenny (Buccaneers / Connacht)
Adam McBurney (Ballymena / Ulster)
Sean O’Connor (Cashel / Munster)
Conan O’Donnell (Sligo / Connacht)
Andrew Porter (UCD / Leinster)
James Ryan (Lansdowne / Leinster) CAPTAIN
Dan Walsh (Cork Con / Munster)
Backs:
Matthew Byrne (Terenure / Leinster)
Brett Connon (Newcastle Falcons / Exlies)
Shane Daly (Cork Con / Munster)
Hugo Keenan (UCD / Leinster)
Terry Kennedy (St. Mary’s / Leinster)
Stephen Kerins (Sligo / Connacht)
Paul Kiernan (UCC / Leinster)
Robert Lyttle (Queen’s University / Ulster)
Johnny McPhillips (Queen’s University / Ulster)
Conor O’Brien (Clontarf / Leinster)
Jimmy O’Brien (UCD / Leinster)
John Poland (Cork Con / Munster)
Jack Power (UCD / Leinster)
Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)
IRELAND U20 6 Nations Fixtures
IRELAND U20s v Wales U20s
Donnybrook Stadium
Friday 5th February 2016
France U20s v IRELAND U20s
Parc des Sports et de l’Amitié, Narbonne
Friday 12th February, 2016
England U20s v IRELAND U20s
Kingston Park, Newcastle
Friday 26th February, 2016
IRELAND U20s v Italy U20s
Donnybrook Stadium
Friday 11th March, 2016
IRELAND U20s v Scotland U20s
Donnybrook Stadium
Friday 18th March, 2016
