Irish Rugby | Ireland Team Named For World Rugby U20 Championship Final

Head Coach Richie Murphy has named his Eire U20 Match Day Squad, sponsored by PwC, for Friday night time’s World Rugby U20 Championship Ultimate in opposition to France at Athlone Stadium in Cape City (Kick-off 7pm native time/6pm Irish time).

Murphy has made one change to his beginning XV from final weekend’s semi-final win over South Africa, as James McNabney comes again into the again row and Diarmuid Mangan switches to the second row.

Henry McErlean, Andrew Osborne and James Nicholson proceed within the again three, with John Devine and Hugh Gavin named within the Eire midfield. Fintan Gunn and Sam Prendergast are the half-backs.

Within the pack, Paddy McCarthycaptain Gus McCarthy and Ronan Foxe are within the entrance row, with Mangan becoming a member of Conor O’Tighearnaigh within the engine room. The returning McNabney is called within the again row alongside Ruth Quinn and Brian Gleeson.

Murphy has sturdy choices on the bench, with Max Clein, George Hadden, Barrett’s debt, Charlie Irvine and Evan O’Connell offering the reinforcements within the pack, whereas Oscar Cawley, Matty Lynch and Sam Berman full the Match Day 23 for Friday’s decider.

Commenting forward of the sport Murphy stated: “All the group are absolutely centered on producing our greatest efficiency of the season on Friday night time as a result of we all know we’ll want it in opposition to a really sturdy France group. We have now made good progress all through the match however we might want to fine-tune all areas of our recreation for the ultimate.

“The gamers and employees are excited concerning the problem forward and we sit up for representing Eire within the World Rugby U20 Championship last. The extent of help we’ve obtained from again house all through has been unbelievable and a significant enhance for everybody, and we’ll do the whole lot to complete the season on the final word excessive.”

Friday’s match is stay on Virgin Media Two in Republic of Eire and on World Rugby platforms the place there is no such thing as a native broadcaster.

Eire U20s:

15. Henry McErlean (Terenure/Leinster)
14. Andrew Osborne (Naas/Leinster)
13. Hugh Gavin (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
12. John Devine (Corinthians/Connacht)
11. James Nicholson (UCD/Leinster)
10. Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)
9. Fintan Gunne (Terenure Faculty RFC/Leinster)

1. Paddy McCarthy (Dublin College FC/Leinster)
2. Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(captain)
3. Ronan Foxe (Previous Belvedere/Leinster)
4. Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster)
5. Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD RFC/Leinster)
6. James McNabney (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)
7. Ruathan Quinn (Previous Crescent RFC/Munster)
8. Brian Gleeson (Garryowen/Munster)

Replacements:

16. Max Clein (Garryowen/Munster)
17. George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster)
18. Fiachna Barrett (Corinthians/Connaught)
19. Charlie Irvine (Queen’s College/Ulster)
20. Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
21. Oscar Cawley (Naas/Leinster)
22. Matthew Lynch (Dublin College/Leinster)
23. Sam Berman (Dublin College/Leinster).