Irish Schools Selections

The Irish Schools selectors have announced their two sides for the games against Ireland Under 19 and Ireland Youth on Sunday December 29th at Templeville Road

The Irish Schools selectors have announced their two sides for the games against Ireland Under 19s and Ireland Youth on Sunday December 29th at Templeville Road. The side to play Ireland U19 includes players from last year, Cian McNaughton in the centre, Stephen Grissing on the wing and Kevin McLaughlin who will operate at number 8 although he played wing forward last season.
Eamon Fitzgerald, full-back on the side last year plays on the Schools side that will face Ireland Youth.

Ireland Schools (v Irish U19 XV, Templeville Road, Kick off 12.30pm).
David Kingston (PBC Cork); Stephen Grissing (St Marys College), Cian McNaughton (Rockwell College), Andrew Trimble (Coleraine A.I.), Vincent Gough (Castlenock College); Fergal Lawlor (Cistercian Roscrea), Duncan Williams (CBC Cork ); Palmer Eccles (Regent House), James Coady (Blackrock College), Adrian Kirkpatrick (Ballymena Academy); Ross Noonan (CBC Cork ), Alex Dunlop (Terenure College); Chris Henry capt (Wallace H.S), Gavin Murphy ( Clongowes), Kevin McLaughlin (Gonzaga).

Irish Schools (v Irish Youth XV, Templeville Road, 2.15pm).
Eamon Fitzgerald (Belvedere); Morgan Hickey Crowe (Clongowes), Jamie Mc Grugan (Ballyclare H.S.), Mark Scott (Methodist College), Conor Lavelle (Garbally College); Jonathan Sexton (St Mary’s College), David O’Leary (PBC Cork); Alex O’Sullivan (PBC Bray), Cathal Parkes (St Munchins), Darragh Hurley (CBC Cork); Ryan Caldwell (RBAI), James McCavery (Regent House); Michael Essex (CBC Cork), Cliff Murphy (Belvedere), Paul Nash capt (St Marys College).

Replacements: John Kerins (CBC Cork), Stephen Rutledge (Omagh Academy), Robert Brockert (Ard Scoil Ris)
Adam Lusk (RBAI), Jeff Wong (Royal School Dungannon), Eamon Ronan (CBC Cork), Daniel Riordan (Colaiste Iognaid)
Johnny Burgess (RBAI).