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The Ireland U21 team to play the Irish Colleges on Sunday, December 28th 2003 at 12.30hrs at Blackrock College RFC is as follows:

15. Andrew Finn - Dolphin14. Richard Lane - UCC13. John Hearty - Blackrock College12. Glen Telford - Dungannon11. Tommy Bowe - QUB10. Michael Glancy - Loughborough University9. Tomas O'Leary -Cork Constitution1. John Wickham - Clontarf2. Conor Geoghegan - UCD3. Declan Fitzpatrick - Belfast Harlequins4. David Gannon - Blackrock College. Capt.5. Neil McComb - Dundee HSFP6. Brendan O'Connor - Cork Constitution

7. David O'Brien - Old Belvedere8. Jamie Heaslip - Dublin UniversityReplacements:Niall Conlon - Dublin UniversityKeith Doyle - UCD
Irish Colleges Squad.Props: Timothy Ryan (Cork Institute of Technology/UCC); Aonnraoi O'Donovan (Cork Institute of Technology/Sundays Well); Anthony Nash (Athlone Institute of Technology/BuccaneersHookers: Neil Hanna (University of Ulster @ Jordanstown/Belfast Harlequins); Frankie Leonard (University of Limerick/UL Bohs); John Currins (Cork Institute of Technology/UCCLocks: Ronan Bulger (Dublin City University/Lansdowne); Gareth Rourke University of Ulster @ Jordanstown/Ballynahinch); Niall Smullen (Athlone Institute of Technology/BuccaneersBack Row: Gareth Noonan (University of Limerick/Shannon); John Phelan (Waterford Institute of Technology/Waterpark); Brendan Cuttris (Colaiste Stiofain Naofa/Sundays Well); Daragh McDonagh (Limerick Institute of Technology/Old Crescent);Scrum Halfs: Thomas Campbell (Dundalk Institute of Technology/Dundalk): Rory Carroll (Cork Institute of Technology/Sundays Well).Out Halfs: Daithi Fitzgerald (Limerick Institute of Technology/Old Belvedere); Conor Quaid (Cork Institute of Technology/UCC).Centres: Dave Foran (Portabello College/DLSP); William Wallace (Athlone Institute of Technology/Buccaneers).Wingers: Gary Conway (Waterford Institute of Technology/Waterpark); Paul Hurley (Cork Institute of Technology/UCC); John Cleary (Galway Mayo Institute @ Galway/Galwegians); David O'Donovan (Limerick Institute of Technology/Shannon)F/Backs: Niall O'Hara (Athlone Institute of Technology/Buccaneers); Cathal Connolly (Dublin Institute of Technology(St Mary's).

Monday was community legacy day at Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 as the IRFU's 'Spirit of Rugby' programme brought together some local disability rugby players from DLSP Eagles, Seapoint Dragons and Westmanstown Wasps, and a number of WRWC players and coaches from the competing nations, for a fun-filled coaching/training session and Tag rugby games.

Marie Louise Reilly joined her Ireland team-mates Nora Stapleton and Lindsay Peat at a recent Dublin City Council event in support of the upcoming Women's Rugby World Cup. Reilly, who works as a DCC Sports Officer, said: "The team are coming together really well, we're working hard and hopefully August will be really memorable not just for us but for the whole country."

Speaking ahead of Saturday's second Test against Japan, Ireland tour captain Rhys Ruddock said: "We've been happy with the results so far, and there's been bits of the performances we've been really happy with and some bits that we're looking to improve on. Tomorrow marks the last opportunity to go out and do that, so we're all really excited about getting out there now."

Speaking about working with the provinces and monitoring players' progress, Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt told RTE Radio 1: "For us, having the best quality of performance within the provinces, getting some really good coaching from the provincial coaches, which we know is happening at the moment, that's the foundation that we need because in the end we get the players in a match week pretty much."