Ireland ‘A’ Side Named For Churchill Opener

…Ulster and Ireland ‘A’ out-half Paddy Wallace…

Ireland ‘A’ coach Michael Bradley has named his side for Saturday night’s Barclays Churchill Cup opener against the USA in San Francisco.

Leicester’s Shane Jennings will captain the side from number eight. The line-up includes Ulster’s Paddy Wallace at out-half and newcomer Tom Court in the front row. Court is a former Queensland Reds player now signed to Ulster and Ballymena.

Bradley’s selection also includes brothers Trevor and Ray Hogan in the pack.

Ireland ‘A’ manager Joey Miles commented on the decision to pick Kieran Lewis on the bench, saying: “We are keen to have a look at John Hearty as Kieran is more of a known product of Irish rugby.”

Ireland’s first up opponents USA have also named their squad – click here

For more on the Churchill Cup – click here

IRELAND ‘A’ TEAM (v USA, Santa Clara, California, Barclays Churchill Cup, Saturday, June 3 (10.00pm Irish time):

Player / Club & Province

15 – Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)

14 – Simon Keogh (Harlequins)

13 – John Hearty (Galwegians/Connacht)

12 – David Quinlan (Northampton Saints)

11 – Andrew Maxwell (Ballymena/Ulster)

10 – Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)

9 – Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)

1 – Ray Hogan (Galwegians/Connacht)

2 – John Fogarty (Buccaneers/Connacht)

3 – Tom Court (Ballymena/Ulster)

4 – Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Munster)

5 – Matt McCullough (Ballymena/Ulster)

6 – John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)

7 – Shane Jennings (Leicester Tigers) (captain)

8 – Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster)

Replacements:

Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Brian Blaney (Terenure College/Leinster)

Damien Browne (Northampton Saints)

Neil McMillan (Ballymena/Ulster)

Eoghan Hickey (UCD/Leinster)

Kieran Lewis (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)

**The Barclays Churchill Cup Pool B game between the US Eagles and Ireland ‘A’ is live on Sky Sports 3 (10.00pm) on Saturday. IrishRugby.ie will also be carrying live text updates on this site from 9.30pm onwards**

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