The Ireland Under-18 Clubs & Schools squad (sponsored by PwC) will play an Italy Under-18 team on Sunday (April 2) at Ashbourne RFC (kick-off 2pm). Back in November, head coach Fiach O'Loughlin, from Munster Rugby, watched his side run out impressive 43-10 winners over their Italian counterparts at the Centro di Preparazione Olimpica Giulio Onesti in Rome. O'Loughlin is assisted in the Ireland U-18 Clubs & Schools coaching group by Daryl Maxwell (Ulster Rugby) and Morgan Codyre (Connacht Rugby). There are only six players remaining from the side that travelled to Rome last autumn - Cian Brady, Connor Fahy, Eoghan Smyth, Henry Walker, Ambrose Bamber and Arann Pratt. Bamber, Fahy and Pratt were all try scorers that day.

IRELAND UNDER-18 CLUBS & SCHOOLS Squad (v Italy, Under-18 International Match, Ashbourne RFC, Sunday, April 2):

David Armstrong (Methodist College/Ulster) Ambrose Bamber (Sligo Grammar School/Sligo RFC/Connacht) Cian Brady (Coláiste an Eachréidh/Monivea RFC/Connacht) Orin Burke (Presentation College/Monivea RFC/Connacht) Tommy Butler (Blackrock College/Leinster) Fionn Casserly (Crescent College Comprehensive/Munster) Billy Corrigan (Presentation College Bray/Leinster) Sam Corrigan (St. Michael's College/Leinster) Connor Fahy (Good Counsel College/Wexford Wanderers RFC/Leinster) Marcus Lyons (Crescent College Comprehensive/Munster) Tom McAllister (Ballyclare High School/Ulster) Harry McKeown (Sullivan Upper School/Ulster) Ruairi Munnelly (Newbridge College/Leinster) Gerard Murtagh (Sligo Grammar School/Connacht) Arann Platt (Sligo Grammar School/Sligo RFC/Connacht) Jack Ryan (Rockwell College/Munster) Eoghan Smyth (Midleton College/Midleton RFC/Munster) Alex Usanov (Belvedere College/Leinster) Matthew Te Pou (St. Munchin's College/Munster) Henry Walker (Hartpury College/Saracens RFC/IQ Rugby) David Walsh (St. Michael's College/Leinster) Adam Watchorn (Kilkenny College/Leinster) Sam Wisniewski (St. Vincent's Castleknock College/Leinster)