IRELAND U-18 SCHOOLS 22 ITALY U-18 5, Old Anniesland, Glasgow Hawks RFC
Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Gary Foley, Ronan O'Mahony, Mark Atkinson; Cons: Ian Madigan 2; Pen: Andrew Burke
Italy: Try: Luca Petillo
Ireland opened the scoring in the sixth-minute with a try from centre Gary Foley, which was converted by out-half Ian Madigan..
The Irish went further ahead through scores from wingers Ronan O'Mahony and Mark Atkinson, with Madigan tacking on the conversion to Atkinson's 25th-minute try. Peter Melia's youngsters led 19-0 at half-time.
Italy upped their performance in the second half and limited Ireland to only one score - a penalty from the boot of replacement Andrew Burke. Italy scored a late consolation try through number eight Luca Petillo to make the final score 22-5 in Ireland's favour.
Ireland's next outing is against France, who lost 30-16 to Wales at the weekend. That game takes place on Wednesday evening (Old Anniesland, kick-off 7.30pm). Sunday's other fixture resulted in a 15-6 win for the English U-18s over hosts Scotland.
IRELAND U-18 SCHOOLS TEAM AND REPLACEMENTS (v Italy U-18):
15. Ricky Andrew - Ballymena Academy
14. Mark Atkinson - Grosvenor Grammar School
13. Gary Foley - CBC Monkstown
12. Shane Gahan - Gonzaga
11. Ronan O'Mahony - Castletroy
10. Ian Madigan - Blackrock College
9. Sam Bell - Methodist College
1. Nermin Lovic - Belvedere College
2. Thomas Sexton - Belvedere College
3. Felix Ross - Kings Hospital
4. Kyle O'Dwyer - CBC Cork
5. Patrick McGowan - Ballymena Academy
6. Peter O'Mahony - PBC Cork (capt)
7. Brian O'Hara - PBC Cork
8. James Ryan - Rockwell College
Replacements:
16. Peter Kelleher - PBC Cork
17. Patrick McAllister - Royal School Armagh
18. Adam Macklin - Methodist College
19. James Sandford - Royal School Armagh
20. Chris Nolan - CBC Cork
21. Andrew Burke - Cresent College
22. Richard Reaney - Royal School Armagh
23. Robert Johnson - Blackrock College
24. David Kearney - Clongowes Wood
25. Alex Byrne - St. Michael's College
26. Stephen Mahony - St. Michael's College
Management -
Lorcan Balfe (Manager)
Peter Melia (Coach)
Paul Barr (Assistant Coach)
Ossie Fogarty (Doctor)
David Lyons (Physiotherapist)
Ireland U-18 Schools Fixtures -
Wednesday, April 11: France U-18 v Ireland U18 Schools, Old Anniesland, Glasgow Hawks RFC, 7.30pm
Saturday, April 14: England U-18 v Ireland U-18 Schools, Burnbrae, West of Scotland FC, 1pm
