Ireland u20 6 Nations and World Cup 2015

[bosh12]

Mcveigh's family are Athlone. His dad was a hooker and a fine player with Buccaneers . I think the family moved to Dublin after.

Is that Joe's son?

[Benji]

Ya, Joe's son. Joe was a tough nut.

[garryowen2323]

For those like myself you like seeing squads by position rather than alphabetically like most squad releases these days............

30-man Ireland squad for U20 Six Nations:
Props: Michael Lagan (Ballymena/Ulster), Conan O’Donnell (Sligo/Connacht), Oisin Heffernan (Terenure/Leinster)*, Jeremy Lougman (UCD/Leinster)

Hookers: Zac McCall (Queens University/Ulster), Sean McNulty (UCD/Munster)*

Locks: Jack Dwan (Leinster), Josh Murphy (UCD/Leinster)*, David O’Connor (St. Mary’s/Leinster), Cian Romaine (Buccaneers/Connacht), Alexander Thompson (Queens University/Ulster)

Back rows: Lorcan Dow (Queens/Ulster), Stephen McVeigh (Buccaneers/Connacht), Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/Connacht)*, Conor Oliver (St. Mary’s/Leinster), Nick Timoney (St. Mary’s/Leinster)

Half-backs: Jack Cullen (Shannon /Munster)*, Nicolas McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)*, Ross Byrne (UCD RFC/ Leinster)*, Joey Carbery (UCD/ Leinster)

Centres: Samuel Arnold (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Harrison Brewer (Terenure/ Leinster)*, Fergal Cleary (Lansdowne / Leinster), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)*, Jacob Stockdale (Queens University/Ulster)

Back threes: Billy Dardis (UCD/Leinster)*, Stephen Fitzgerald (Shannon/ Munster), Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians/Connacht)*, Greg O’Shea (Shannon/Munster), Jack Owens (Queens University/Ulster).

* denotes previous involvement at Ireland U20s level

Ireland Under-20 Management Team.........
Nigel Carolan – Head Coach, Colin McEntee – Assistant Coach / High Performance Manager, John Fogarty – Assistant Coach / Scrum Coach, Steven Aboud – Assistant Coach/ Head of Technical Direction, Hendrik Kruger – Team Manager, Sinéad Bennett – Squad Co-ordinator ,Garrett Coughlan – Physio, Will Duggan – Doctor, Eamonn Flanagan – Strength and Conditioning Coach, Lar Hogan – Baggage Master, Gareth Rossi – Massage Therapist, Jim Herring – Performance Analyst, Maria Boland – Media Officer

Fixtures................
Fri 6 Feb 19:00 Italy U20 v Ireland U20 Stadio Pozzi Lamarmora
Fri 13 Feb 19:05 Ireland U20 v France U20 Dubarry Park
Fri 27 Feb 19:05 Ireland U20 v England U20 Donnybrook
Fri 13 Mar 19:45 Wales U20 v Ireland U20 Parc Eirias
Fri 20 Mar 19:30 Scotland U20 v Ireland U20 Netherdale

[ormond lad]

I take it two of those Munster lads are hookers to keep up the tradition.
Great to see Ringrose is still available for this. Cian Romaine for Connacht should also be good

No just one front row. Romaine is a beast at this level. Lots back again out wide from last year hopefully forwards can give them enough of a platform to do well

I think we may only have had seven players in the initial training squad so four from seven is not too bad, i am not too familiar with our underage teams but do we have talent coming through at lower age groups level that could make future under 20 squads.

Schools won interpros for first time in ages but do we really have much very talented players coming through?

I think our representation is reflective of our improvement at underage. Munster have to be worried about only having 4 players. They should be hitting 8-10 in my view. Leinster as ever dominate proceedings.

Where are you getting Munster getting 8-10 representatives from? Why do you think that?

[Major TNT]

4 is pretty poor. Connacht have 5 in the squad.
toland and thornley were on the last word wed night, toland mentioned some Leinster schools have better facilities than the Munster development lads do.
they spoke a good bit about better sponsorship that Leinster can tap into, made me wonder why are all the big companies in Shannon, limerick and cork not being tapped up? What is Howlett at exactly?

[thoughtless]

No just one front row. Romaine is a beast at this level. Lots back again out wide from last year hopefully forwards can give them enough of a platform to do well

Spotted him in some Connacht Eagles highlights a while back, he looked a beast at that level too! Very exciting player. Hugely impressed with Gaffney last year as well, has a great skill-set from his school days as an out-half. Connacht are starting to put together the bones of an indigenously-developed side if a few of their young prospects come good.

[ormond lad]

4 is pretty poor. Connacht have 5 in the squad.
toland and thornley were on the last word wed night, toland mentioned some Leinster schools have better facilities than the Munster development lads do.
they spoke a good bit about better sponsorship that Leinster can tap into, made me wonder why are all the big companies in Shannon, limerick and cork not being tapped up? What is Howlett at exactly?

Munster lost all 3 interpros - narrowly albeit and were not well beaten by Ulster/Leinster like Connacht were but they lost all three games. It isn't facilities that are letting the munster clubs and schools down. That's too easy. Theres a lot more than the standards of gyms etc that is the difference.

[Mike Gibson]

U-20 team to face Italy.

15 - Billy Dardis (UCD/ Leinster)*
14 - Greg O'Shea (Shannon/ Munster)
13 - Garry Ringrose (UCD/ Leinster)*
12 - Fergal Cleary (Lansdowne / Leinster)
11 - Jack Owens (QUB/ Ulster)
10 - Ross Byrne (UCD / Leinster)*
9 - Nick McCarthy (UCD/ Leinster) (Capt)*
1 - Jeremy Loughman (UCD / Leinster)
2 - Zack McCall (QUB/Ulster)
3 - Oisin Heffernan (Terenure/Leinster)*
4 - David O'Connor (St. Mary's/Leinster)
5 - Alex Thompson (QUB/Ulster)
6 - Josh Murphy (UCD/Leinster)*
7 - Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/Connacht)*
8 - Lorcan Dow (QUB/Ulster)

Replacements:

16 - Adam McBurney (Ballymena/Ulster)
17 - Michael Lagan (Ballymena/Ulster)
18 - Conan O'Donnell (Sligo/NUIG/Connacht)
19 - Cian Romaine (Buccaneers/Connacht)
20 - Nick Timoney (St. Mary's/Leinster)
21 - Jack Cullen (Shannon/Munster)*
22 - Joey Carbery (UCD/Leinster)
23 - Sam Arnold (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
*Denotes previously capped at this level.

[hooke]

I have the worry beads out we have been slipping in representation for some time...surely we have a stronger base than this !!

[ormond lad]

I have the worry beads out we have been slipping in representation for some time...surely we have a stronger base than this !!

Do we? We need to have a good long luck at every step in the development process

[dropkick]

Whats the pack like? That'll be the key for Ireland.

[Bitter As A Lemon]

It gets more depressing as the years progress.

I know we have a good u18 team coming through, so hopefully that may be the start of some better representation at national level.

[the park]

will the u20 games be on tv?

[ick]

a link here http://ifirstrow.eu/watch/318550/1/w...land,-u20.html

[mr chips]

"Access to the websites listed on this page has been blocked pursuant to orders of the high court "