Taggart Named At Openside For Ireland Under 20s Jwc Semi Final

<div>The Irish Under-20 side (Sponsored by PwC) to face England Under-20's in the semi-final of the IRB Junior World Championships in Auckland has been named.</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Head Coach Mike Ruddock has made just three changes to the side that overcame Fiji 38-0 in their final pool game of the tournament.</div> <div><br /> </div> <p>Hughes Insurance Ulster Rugby Academy player Frank Taggart is named at openside with Peadar Timmins on the blindside and Nick McCarthy comes in at scrum half.</p> <div>Speaking ahead of the test, Ruddock said "England, the current World Champions are our next opponents and it doesn't get any bigger than that. They will be confident after beating us in the 6 Nations, but we have improved since then. Nothing less than our 'A game' will do.&rdquo;</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>The games will be shown live on TG4 and Sky Sports</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <p><strong>Ireland Under-20 squad to face England Under-20, IRB Junior World Championship Semi-Final, QBE Stadium, Auckland, Sunday 15th June, kick-off 17.05 local time/06.05 Irish time)</strong></p> <div>15 Cian Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)</div> <div>14 Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians/Connacht)</div> <div>13 Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)</div> <div>12 Dan Goggin (Young Munster /Munster)</div> <div>11 Alex Wootton (Garryowen/Munster)</div> <div>10 Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster)</div> <div>9 Nick McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)</div> <div>1 Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster)</div> <div>2 Max Abbott (Cork Constitution/Munster)</div> <div>3 Rory Burke (Cork Constitution/Munster)</div> <div>4 Stephen Gardiner (Lansdowne/Leinster)</div> <div>5 Ross Molony (UCD/Leinster)</div> <div>6 Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)</div> <div>7 Frank Taggart (Belfast Harlequins/ Ulster)</div> <div>8 Jack O' Donoghue (ULBohemians/Munster) (Capt)</div> <div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div> <div>Replacements &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div>16 Dylan Donnellan (UCD/Leinster)</div> <div>17 Denis Coulson (Lansdowne/Leinster)</div> <div>18 Oisin Heffernan (Lansdowne/Leinster)</div> <div>19 Darragh Moloney (Cork Constitution/Munster)</div> <div>20 Rory MNoloney (Buccaneers/Connacht)</div> <div>21 Ryan Foley (Lansdowne/Leinster)</div> <div>22 Conor McKeon (Lansdowne/Leinster)</div> <div>23 Harrisson Brewer (Terenure/Leinster)</div>