Under 18 Club Squad for FIRA Tournament

The Ireland Under 18 Club side that will take part in the7th FIRA – AER U18 European Championships in Dax has been named.

The Ireland Under 18 Club side will take part in the7^th FIRA – AER U18 European Championships in Dax, France from March 30^th – April 8^th.  Ireland is seeded fourth in the eight team competition and will play Georgia in their first match on Sunday, 1^st 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