The Ireland Under 18 Club side will take part in the7th FIRA - AER U18 European Championships in Dax, France from March 30th - April 8th. Ireland is seeded fourth in the eight team competition and will play Georgia in their first match on Sunday, 1st April.
The Ireland U18 Clubs squad is as follows:
Forwards (14):
Charlie Armstrong (Penzance)
Liam Carpenter (Westport)
John Dever (Tallaght)
Sean Dougall (Newcastle Falcons)
Gavin Duffy (Sundays Well)
Jason East (Sligo)
Mark Flanagan (Mullingar)
*Conor Higgins (Ballinasloe)
Michael Lenihan (Mallow)
Paul Molloy (Waterpark)
Dermot Murphy (Galwegians)
Joe MacManus (London Irish)
Seamus McKimm (RGS High Wycombe)
James Robinson (Corinthians)
Backs (12):
Danny Barnes (Tralee)
Colm Brady (Kilkenny)
Eoghan Conran (Naas)
Niall Earls (Wicklow)
Charlie Ingall (London Wasps)
Adam Kennedy (Buccaneers)
David McIlwaine (Larne)
Charlie Mulchrone (St. Ambrose College)
*John O'Brien (Connemarra)
Aengus O'Connell (Corinthians)
*Eamon Sheridan (Navan) Captain
Rory Stynes (Carlow)
* Members of squad for 2006 European Championships in Treviso (Italy)
Not considered due to injury:
David Mc Gregor (Monaghan)
Elliott O'Brien (London Wasps)
Matt Keville (Richmond)
2007 FIRA U18 Championships Competition seeding
1 - England
2 - France
3 - Italy
4 - Ireland
5 - Georgia
6 - Russia
7 - Romania
8 - Portugal
For more on the competition - http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/
Management
Manager - Willie Gribben
Coach - Greg Lynch
Backs Coach - Richie Murphy
Defence Coach - Jimmy Duffy
Fitness & Conditioning Coach - Antoine Mobian
Video Analyst - Lenny Browne
Assistant Manager - John Delany
Physiotherapist - Barry Smith
Doctor - John Quinlan