Ireland Schools Trial Teams
The Irish Schoolboy selectors have announced two teams and replacements for a trial match to be played at Blackrock College on Saturday, December 17. Click here for further details.
Last season’s Ireland Schools team pictured before their 9-3 win against France Schools at Dubarry Park last April. The 2005 Irish Schools side also beat England 27-18 at Temple Hill, Cork, and Wales 33-13 at Pontypool RFC in Wales.
The Irish Schoolboy selectors have announced two teams and replacements for a trial match to be played at Blackrock College on Saturday, December 17.
The trial match has a 2.00pm kick-off time.
PROBABLES: 15. Niall Morris (Blackrock College); 14. Ronan O’Mahony (Castletroy CS), 13. Jamie Smith (Campbell College), 12. Conor Cleary (St. Michael’s College), 11. Sean Scanlon (Crescent CC); 10. Scott Deasy (PBC Cork), 9. David Moore (Blackrock College); 1. Paul Karyiannis (RBAI), 2. Stephen Douglas (RBAI) (capt), 3. Matthew Nelson (Wallace HS), 4. James Sandford (RS Armagh), 5. Brian Cawley (Blackrock College), 6. Jason Harris-Wright (PBC Bray), 7. David Johnston (Methodist College), 8. Kieran Essex (CBC Cork).
POSSIBLES: 15. David Mongan (Belvedere College); 14. Peter Glass (Campbell College), 13. Christopher Cochrane (Coleraine AI), 12. Eamonn Broderick (St. Munchin’s College), 11. Cathal Morley (Terenure College); 10. Eoin O’Malley (Belvedere College), 9. Michael Wilson (Rainey ES); 1. Paddy McCabe (Belvedere College), 2. Robert Logan (Ballyclare HS), 3. Stephen Archer (CBC Cork), 4. Ian Nagle (Glenstall AS), 5. Gary Crowe (Wallace HS), 6. Paul Ryan (Blackrock College) (capt), 7. Rajan Reilly (St. Michael’s College), 8. Tyrone McKillen (St. Michael’s College).
Reserves: 15. Philip Hunt (Sligo Grammar School); 14. Adam Craig (RBAI), 13. John O’Brien (Garbally College), 12. Giles Boland (Cistercian College Roscrea), 11. John Verling (Cistercian College Roscrea); 10. Patrick Harper (Ballymena)/Neil Cowhey (St. Mary’s College), 9. Diarmuid Upton (Crescent CC); 1. David Kilcoyne (Ard Scoil Ris), 2. Stephen O’Dwyer (Rockwell College), 3. Gareth Megaw (RS Armagh)/Jonathon Molloy (Templeogue College), 4. Adam Glass (RBAI), 5. Ken Hanley (Crescent CC), 6. Paul Smith (Ballymena A), 7. Kevin Creavin (Marist College Athlone), 8. Martin Coyne (Cliften CS)/Conor McGinn (Belvedere College).