Richie Murphy has named his U20 Ireland squad for the upcoming World Rugby U20 Championship taking place in South Africa.
26 of the 30 players travelling to South Africa featured in the Grand Slam-winning U20 Six Nations squad earlier this year.
Murphy has brought four uncapped players into his squad for the tournament. Forwards Ronan Foxe, Max Clein and Dan Barron all come in to the squad as well as scrum-half Jack Oliver as a part of the group that will travel out to South Africa for the championship.
Leinster hooker Gus McCarthy retains his captaincy for the tournament. McCarthy was the captain who led this high-achieving Ireland U20 squad to championship glory in March.
Ireland U20's Opposition
Ireland was placed in group B for the tournament, being paired with England, Australia and Fiji.
The Ireland u20 squad will play all of their games at Paarl Gymnasium in the Western Cape.
Their opening game will be against their Six Nations rivals England. They will play them on Saturday, 24th June (12.30pm Irish time).
They will then face Australia in their second match of the tournament on Thursday, 29th June (10am Irish time).
They will play their final group B game against Fiji on Tuesday, 4th July (12.30pm Irish time).
Speaking ahead of the Ireland U20 squad’s departure for South Africa, Murphy said...
“It is an exciting time for the squad as we prepare to depart for South Africa for the World Rugby U20 Championship. It has been four years since the last edition of the tournament and we’re looking forward to getting to Cape Town to test ourselves against the world’s best teams.
“It has been a competitive couple of weeks as the squad have pushed each other in preparation for the tournament. We know we’ll need to grow and evolve as a team from the Six Nations for what will be a challenging couple of weeks against quality opposition in South Africa.”
The Ireland squad for the upcoming World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa! 🟢#FutureIsGreen | @PwCIreland
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Full Ireland U20 squad For World Rugby U20 Championship
Ireland U20 Forwards (17)
George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster)
George Morris (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)
Max Clein (Garryowen/Munster)*
Danny Sheahan (UCC/Munster)
Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)
Fiachna Barrett (Corinthians/Connacht)
Ronan Foxe (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*
Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD/Leinster)
Charlie Irvine (Queen’s University/Ulster)
Joe Hopes (Queen’s University/Ulster)
Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster)
Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
James McNabney (Ballymena/Ulster)
Ruadhan Quinn (Old Crescent/Munster)
Brian Gleeson (Garryowen/Munster)
Dan Barron (Dublin University/Leinster)*
Ireland U20 Backs (13):
Fintan Gunne (Terenure/Leinster)
Jack Oliver (Garryowen/Munster)*
Oscar Cawley (Naas/Leinster)
Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Matthew Lynch (Dublin University/Leinster)
John Devine (Corinthians/Connacht)
Hugh Cooney (Clontarf/Leinster)
Hugh Gavin (Galwegians/Connacht)
Andrew Osborne (Naas/Leinster)
Rory Telfer (Queen’s University/Ulster)
James Nicholson (UCD/Leinster)
Henry McErlean (Terenure/Leinster)
Harry West (Buccaneers/Connacht)
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