The match schedule and kick-off times for next year’s World Rugby U20 Championship (formerly IRB Junior World Championship) have been announced.
The tournament which runs from 2-20 June, 2015 in northern Italy sees England returning to defend their crown which they retained in June in New Zealand after winning the tournament for the first time in 2013.
Four venues will host the U20 Championship this year – Parma, Calvisano, Viadana with the final held in Cremona on 20 June.
Ireland will kick start their campaign against Argentina on June 2 in Parma, before meeting Scotland four days later in Calvisano. The last match of Ireland’s pool is against last season’s beaten finalists New Zealand. That game will be played on June 10 in Viadana.
Nigel Carolan will be the head coach for Ireland in this tournament, taking over from Mike Ruddock who lead Ireland to a semi final berth last year.
