Ireland Under 18 Club Side Named

Ireland Under 18 Club Side Named

The Ireland Under 18 Club side for the opening game against Georgia in the FIRA-AER U18 Championship has been named.
The Ireland Under 18 Club side for the opening game against Georgia in the FIRA-AER U18 Championship has been named.

The Ireland Under 18 Clubs side are taking part in the 7th FIRA-AER U18 European Championships in Dax, France from March 30th - April 8th and are seeded fourth in the competition.

The game against Goergia takes place on Sunday April 1st.

The Ireland U18 Clubs side is as follows:

Player                          Club

15 - John O'Brien            (Connemara)

14 - David McIlwaine      (Larne)

13 - Eamon Sheridan      (Navan) Captain

12 - Eoghan Conran        (Naas)

11 - Colm Brady             (Kilkenny)

10 - Rory Stynes            (Carlow)

9 - Charlie Mulchrone     (Wilmslow)       

1 - James Robinson        (Corinthians)

2 - Paul Molloy               (Waterpark)

3 - Conor Higgins           (Ballinasloe)

4 - Michael Lenihan        (Mallow)

5 - Mark Flanagan          (Mullingar)

6 - John Dever               (Tallaght)

7 - Sean Dougall            (Newcastle Falcolns)

8 - Dermot Murphy         (Galwegians)

 

Replacements:           

16 - Gavin Duffy (Sundays Well)

17 - Jason East              (Sligo)

18 - Joe Mac Manus        (London Irish)

19 - Charlie Armstrong   (Penzance)

20 - Liam Carpenter       (Westport)

21 - Seamus Mc Kimm    (RGS High Wycombe)

22 - Adam Kennedy        (Buccaneers)

23 - Niall Earls               (Wicklow)

24 - Charlie Ingall           (London Wasps)

25 - Danny Barnes          (Tralee)

26 - Aengus O'Connell    (Corinthians)

 

2007 FIRA U18 Championships Competition seeding

1 - England

2 - France

3 - Italy

4 - Ireland

5 - Georgia

6 - Russia

7 - Romania

8 - Portugal

 

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