Belvedere College prop Harry Goslin will captain the Ireland Under-19 Men's team (sponsored by PwC) against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 1pm).
Aiden McNulty is the Ireland Under-19s' head coach this year, as they come together for a three-match programme which culminates with the annual Easter series against France in early April. Creggs Rugby Club and Mullingar Rugby Club will host those two games.
For this weekend's trip to Cardiff, two members of the Ireland U-20 group, Fergus Callington and Alex Lautsou, will both start along with hooker Joe Christle, fresh from Leinster Schools Senior Cup success with St. Mary's College.
Callington and City of Armagh sharpshooter Owen O'Kane will pair up in the half-back positions, as they did for Ulster during this season's PwC Under-19 Interprovincial Championship.
Buccaneers duo Andrew Henson and Rourke O'Sullivan feature in the back-line, the latter lining out at outside centre alongside Bernard White, a try scorer for Blackrock College in last week's drawn Leinster Schools final against St. Mary's.
Daniel O'Connell, who touched down for Garryowen against Old Wesley recently, and Ronan Kelly form the back-three with Henson, while captain Goslin (pictured below) and Christle will be joined in the front row by James Gould, an Ulster Schools Senior Cup winner with Wallace High School last year.
Shannon and Munster 'A' youngster Lautsou will pack down at number 8, with Ulster pair Ben Moore and Jon Rodgers in the flanker roles. Jamie Walsh and Portlaoise's Cian Butler, who was part of Leinster's U-19 Interprovincial title-winning squad earlier this season, are the starting locks.
The bench options include Newbridge College prop Jamie Bohan, a younger brother of Connacht Academy member Billy who was called up to the Ireland Six Nations squad recently, and RBAI's Adam Boyd, whose older sibling Jacob is in the Ulster Academy.
Fifteen players in the matchday squad played for the Ireland Under-18 Schools team in last August's U-18 Men's International Series. Travelling reserves Ben Guerin and Jonathon Ginnety were also part of that tour to South Africa.
Shannon and Munster 'A' youngster Lautsou will pack down at number 8, with Ulster pair Ben Moore and Jon Rodgers in the flanker roles. Jamie Walsh and Portlaoise's Cian Butler, who was part of Leinster's U-19 Interprovincial title-winning squad earlier this season, are the starting locks.
The bench options include Newbridge College prop Jamie Bohan, a younger brother of Connacht Academy member Billy who was called up to the Ireland Six Nations squad recently, and RBAI's Adam Boyd, whose older sibling Jacob is in the Ulster Academy.
Fifteen players in the matchday squad played for the Ireland Under-18 Schools team in last August's U-18 Men's International Series. Travelling reserves Ben Guerin and Jonathon Ginnety were also part of that tour to South Africa.