Ireland Coach Eric Elwood said, “The game against France was another notch up with regards to the level of performance, but in the end the game just got away from us after the guys battled hard to get back into the game against what was a very good side”.

“We have made some changes to the side as both Jason (Harris-Wright) and James (Sandford) played well when they came off the bench and have forced themselves into the team on the back of that. There was a great attitude from the team when we got back together this week and we are looking forward to the game and getting back home to Dubarry Park. The challenge for us is to again raise our performance levels if we want to get a positive result from a good Scotland side who, although they lost their first two games, have been highly competitive in both of them.”

The Ireland Under 20 team to play Scotland Under 20 in the on Friday, 22nd February at 19.30hrs in Dubarry Park, Athlone is as follows:
                       
Player                                                Club/Province                                               
15 – David Kearney                             Lansdowne/Leinster
14 – Sean Scanlon                               UCC/Munster
13 – Eoin O’Malley                               Old Belvedere/Leinster
12 – Eamonn Sheridan                        Lansdowne/Leinster
11 – Chris Cochrane                       Queens University/Ulster
10 – Martin Dufficy                              Dublin University/Leinster
9 – David Moore                                  Blackrock College/Leinster
1 – Paul Karayiannis                      Queens University/Ulster
2 – Jason Harris-Wright                      Greystones/Leinster
3 – Ben Barclay                                   UCD/Leinster
4 – James Sandford                       Queens University/Ulster
5 – Eoin Sheriff                                    Lansdowne/Leinster
6 – Kieran Essex                                  U.L. Bohemians/Munster
7 – Paul Ryan    Captain                      Blackrock College/Leinster
8 – Patrick Mallon                                 Lansdowne/Leinster
 
Replacements
16 – Stephen Douglas                    Ballymena/Ulster
17 – Stephen Archer                            UCC/Munster
18 – David Nolan                                  Galwegians/Connacht
19 – Ian Nagle                                      UCC/Munster
20 – Ian Porter                                 Queens University/Ulster
21 – Ian Madigan                                  Blackrock College/Leinster
22 – Conor Cleary                                Greystones/Leinster

Management:
Manager - Phil Orr
Coach – Eric Elwood
Assistant Coach – Dan McFarland

Six Nations Under 20 Fixtures:
Ireland U20 v Scotland U20, Friday, 22nd Feb, Dubarry Park, Athlone, 19.30hrs
Ireland U20 v Wales U20, Friday, 7th March, Dubarry Park, Athlone, 19.35hrs (Live RTE TV)
England U20 v Ireland U20, Friday, 14th March, Kingsholm, Gloucester, 19.45hrs