Eight Ulster players have been named by Ireland U20 Head Coach Mike Ruddock in the provisional 23 man squad for the upcoming RBS 6 Nations clash against Wales.
They are: Malone’s Jake Caulfield, John Creighton, Christopher Taylor and Conor Joyce, John Andrew of Ballymena, John Donnan of Ballynahinch and Stuart Olding and Rory Scholes of Belfast Harlequins.
The squad has a new look with only three players previously capped at this level - scrum half Luke McGrath, out half Stuart Olding and back row Josh Van der Flier.
The starting XV and replacements will be announced later this week.
Ireland U20 Squad:
John Andrew (Ballymena/Ulster)
Jake Caulfield (Malone/Ulster)
John Creighton (Malone /Ulster)
Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Thomas Daly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)
Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)
Stuart Olding (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
Alexander O'Meara (Hartpury/ Exiles)
David Panther (Corinthians/Connacht)
Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Brian Scott (UCC/Munster)
Darren Sweetnam (UCC/Munster)
Christopher Taylor (Malone/Ulster)
Gavin Thornbury (UCD/Leinster)
Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
Ireland Under-20 RBS 6 Nations Fixtures 2013 (All Kick-off Times GMT): Fri 1st Feb 19:10 Wales U20 v Ireland U20 Parc Eirias Fri 8th Feb 19:35 Ireland U20 v England U20 Dubarry Park Fri 22nd Feb 19:30 Scotland U20 v Ireland U20 Netherdale Fri 8th Mar 19:45 Ireland U20 v France U20 Dubarry Park Fri 15th Mar 19:00 Italy U20 v Ireland U20 Stadio del Marsi
