Irish Schools side named for Australia ‘A’ match

The Irish Schools side has been named for Sunday’s match against Australia ‘A’, the second last match of the tour.

The squad all met at Oakhill College with the management joining them from their hotel. Yet again in Australia the host families have shown tremendous kindness to the players and thanks are due to all the families from Oakhill College and to Steve Tuvelski who has co-ordinated the hosting arrangements.

After the players had warmed up Barney announced the team to play Australia “A” on Sunday.

15. Rob Kearney
14. Rory Drysdale
13.Tom Gleeson
12. Jonathan Sexton
11. Jonathan Shortt
10. Conan Doyle
9. Joe Burns

1. Darragh Hurley
2. Sean Cronin
3. Paul Collins
4. Billy Holland
5. Jamie Cornett
6. Michael Essex
7. Diarmuid Laffan
8. David Pollock

Replacements:

Gary Walsh
Gavin O’Meara
Gary Mitchell
Devin Toner
Barry O’Mahoney
Duncan Williams
Conor Gildea
Darren Cave

The team will have a day off on Saturday before meeting at the Novotel at the Olympic Park at 11-00am on Sunday to have their pre-match lunch before the biggest game of the tour so far.