Ulster Rugby : Ireland U20 Team Named to Play England U20

Ireland U20 Team Named to Play England U20

13 March 2008, 3:54 pm

By Stacey Ferguson

Ulster Rugby Academy members Chris Cochrane and Paul Karayiannis have been selected to start in Ireland U20's Six Nations Clash tomorrow night.

The Ireland U20 team (sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers) will make its final outing in the RBS Six Nations U20 Championship against England in Gloucester tomorrow evening.

Coach Eric Elwood has made a single change to the starting Ireland team for this game from the side that played against Wales last week.   In the backline, Ian Madigan has been promoted from the replacements to start at outhalf, with Martin Dufficy reverting to the bench.

Commenting on the game, Eric Elwood said, “We were obviously disappointed to come out with a loss last Friday in Dubarry Park in such a tight game. This week we need to improve our accuracy and be as tight as possible in all aspects of our play if we want to come out of Kingsholm with a result on Friday night”.

“England obviously have a lot of quality in their side judging from their performances so far and have been without doubt the top side in the competition, but a lot of the players in our squad this year have all developed really well over the last couple of games and are looking forward to try and finish the championship with a bang”.

The Ireland Under 20 team to play England Under 20 in the RBS Six Nations Under 20 Championship on Friday, 14th March at 19.45hrs in Kingsholm, Gloucester is as follows:

Player                                      Club/Province
15 – David Kearney                 Lansdowne/Leinster
14 – Sean Scanlon                   UCC/Munster
13 – Eoin O’Malley                   Old Belvedere/Leinster
12 – Conor Cleary                   Greystones/Leinster
11 – Chris Cochrane           Queens University/Ulster
10 – Ian Madigan                    Blackrock RFC/ 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 – David Nolan                        Galwegians/Connacht
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 – Ian Nagle                           UCC/Munster
19 – Trevor Connelly                 Buccaneers/Connacht
20 – Ian Porter                      Queens University/Ulster
21 – Martin Dufficy                    Dublin University/ Leinster
22 – Eamonn Sheridan               Lansdowne/Leinster

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