There has been one change to the Ireland U20 squad, sponsored by PwC that flew out to Manchester today ahead of their preparations for the World Rugby U20 Championships.
Back-row forward Will Connors has been ruled out of the competition through an ankle injury and he has been replaced in the squad by Ballymena RFC’s Conall Boomer.
Boomer has previously represented Ireland at U19 level and has spent last season in Australia, playing rugby with the Western Force U20 side during his time there.
The Irish U20 side will kick-off their campaign against Six Nation Grand-Slam winners Wales on Tuesday, 7th June at 5.30pm at the Manchester City Academy Stadium.
Forwards (16):
Andrew Porter (UCD / Leinster)
James Bollard (DUFC (Trinity College) / Leinster)
Vakh Abdaladze (Clontarf / Leinster)*
Adam McBurney (Ballymena / Ulster)
Vincent O’Brien (Cork Con / Munster)*
Conor Kenny (Buccaneers / Connacht)
Benn Betts (Young Munster / Munster)
Cillian Gallagher (Sligo / Connacht)
James Ryan (Lansdowne / Leinster) (Capt.)
Conall Boomer (Ballymena / Ulster)*
Sean O’Connor (Cashel / Munster)
Evan Mintern (Cork Con / Munster)*
Greg Jones (UCD / Leinster)
Max Deegan (Lansdowne / Leinster)
Kelvin Brown (Shannon / Munster)
David Aspil (St.Mary’s / Leinster)*
Backs (12):
Stephen Kerins (Sligo / Connacht)
Niall Saunders (Epsom College)
Bill Johnston (Garryowen / Munster)*
Johnny McPhillips (QUB / Ulster)
Conor O’Brien (Clontarf / Leinster)
Shane Daly (Cork Con / Munster)
Jimmy O’Brien (UCD / Leinster)
Paul Kiernan (UCC / Munster)
Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)
Terry Kennedy (St. Mary’s / Leinster)
Hugo Keenan (UCD / Leinster)
Matthew Byrne (Terenure / Leinster)
*Denotes uncapped player at U20 level
Not Considered due to injury:
Conan O’Donnell (Sligo / Connacht)
Shane Fenton (Young Munster / Munster)
Peter Claffey (Galwegians / Connacht)
Will Connors (UCD / Leinster)
Sam Arnold (Ballynahinch / Ulster)
Jack Power (UCD / Leinster)
Ireland U20 World Rugby U20 Championship Fixtures
Pool A
Wales v Ireland
Manchester City Academy Stadium
Tuesday 7th June, 2016
KO: 17:30
New Zealand v Ireland
Manchester City Academy Stadium
Saturday 11th June, 2016
KO: 13:30
Ireland v Georgia
Manchester City Academy Stadium
Wednesday 15th June, 2016
KO: 17:30
Semi-Finals
Manchester City Academy Stadium OR AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
Monday 20th June 2016
Play-Offs
Manchester City Academy Stadium OR AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
Saturday 25th June 2016
Ireland’s Pool A fixtures will be shown live on TG4.
The tournament will also be shown on Sky Sports and streamed via World Rugby
