Three players who played for Ireland in last year's FIRA-AER Under-18 European Championship final against France are retained in the starting line-up.

The trio are captain Eoghan Masterson from Portlaoise, who starts at number 8, centre Thomas Daly from County Carlow and Navan flanker Akhlaque Khan.

IRELAND UNDER-18 CLUBS Team & Replacements (v Germany Under-18s, U-18 International Match, SC Berliner, Saturday, March 27, kick-off 2pm local time/1pm Irish time):

15 - David Panter (St. Paul's Coll/London Irish/Exiles)
14 - Tom Flynn (Epsom Coll/Cobham RFC/Exiles)
13 - Conall Doherty (City of Derry/Ulster)
12 - Thomas Daly (County Carlow/Leinster)
11 - Conor Fitzgibbon (Buccaneers/Connacht)
10 - Liam Bourke (Navan/Leinster)
9 - Finbarr McGowan (Longford/Leinster)
1 - Peter Dooley (Birr/Leinster)
2 - George McGuigan (Gosforth Academy/Newcastle Falcons/Exiles)
3 - Ryan Furniss (Worcester Coll/Worcester Warriors/Exiles)
4 - Sean O'Brien (Galwegians/Connacht)
5 - Ultan Dillane (Tralee/Munster)
6 - Conor Joyce (Solihull Sch/Leicester Tigers/Exiles)
7 - Akhlaque Khan (Navan/Leinster)
8 - Eoghan Masterson (Portlaoise/Leinster)

Replacements:

16 - Jamie Dever (Westport/Connacht)
17 - Josh O'Rourke (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster)
18 - Cillian Walsh (Killarney/Munster)
19 - David O'Connell (Old Christians/Munster)
20 - Cronan Gleeson (Nenagh Ormond/Munster)
21 - Eoin Stynes (County Carlow/Leinster)
22 - Kieran Butler (New Ross/Leinster)
23 - Adam Byrne (Naas/Leinster)

Ireland Management Team:

Willie Gribben - Manager
Greg Lynch - Head Coach
Jimmy Duffy - Assistant Coach (Forwards)
Wayne Mitchell - Assistant Coach (Backs)
Joe McGinley - Conditioning Coach
Brett Igoe - Video Analyst
David Hanly - Physiotherapist
John Quinlan - Doctor
Tom Nyhan - Team Assistant