Six Munster Players Named in Junior World Cup Squad

Ireland U20 Head Coach Noel McNamara has confirmed the 28-man squad to travel to Argentina tomorrow ahead of the U20 World Championships kicking off on the 4^th of June.

The side, sponsored by PwC, will be captained by UCD and Leinster’s Charlie Ryan, with Shannon and Munster scrum-half Craig Casey named as vice-captain.

The 2019 installment of the U20 World Championships take place from the 4^th – 22^nd of June, with Ireland playing their Pool B games in Santa Fe at the Club de Rugby Atheneo Immaculada.

The play-off games will take place in Rosario between the Racecourse Stadium and Club Old Resian.Ireland share Pool B with Australia, England and Italy and will face Six Nations rivals England on the opening day of the tournament.

The 28-man squad contains 7 uncapped players with DeclanAdamson, Thomas Ahern, Azur Allison, Ciaran Booth and Charlie Wardnamed in the forwards and IwanHughes and Stewart Moore in the backs. 

Ireland U20 Squad (World Rugby U20 Championship 2019)

FORWARDS

• Declan Adamson (Clontarf/Leinster)
• *Thomas Ahern (Shannon/Munster)
• *Azur Allison (Ballymena/Ulster)
• *Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster)
• Ciaran Booth (Sale Sharks/IQ Rugby)
• *Tom Clarkson (Dublin University/Leinster)
• John Hodnett (UCC/Munster)
• David McCann (Banbridge/Ulster)
• John McKee (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
• Michael Milne (UCD/Leinster)
• Niall Murray (Buccaneers/Connacht)
• Charlie Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 
• Captain Dylan Tierney-Martin (Corinthians/Connacht)
• Charlie Ward (Clontarf/Leinster)
• *Ronan Watters (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
• Josh Wycherley (Young Munster/Munster)

BACKS

• Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster) 
• Vice-Captain Jake Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
• Cormac Foley (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)
• Sean French (Cork Constitution/Munster)
• Ben Healy (Garryowen/Munster)
• Iwan Hughes (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
• *Angus Kernohan (Queen’s University/Ulster)
• Stewart Moore (Malone/Ulster)
• *Colm Reilly (Buccaneers/Connacht)
• Rob Russell (Dublin University/Leinster)
• Liam Turner (Dublin University/Leinster)
• Jonathan Wren (Cork Constitution/Munster) 

Ireland U20 World Rugby U20 Championships Fixtures

Pool A

England v Ireland

Club de Rugby Atheneo Immaculada, Santa Fe

Tuesday 4^th June 2019

KO: 15:30 (local) / 19:30 (Irish)Australia v Ireland

Club de Rugby Atheneo Immaculada, Santa Fe

Sunday 8^th June, 2019

KO: 10:30 (local) / 14:30 (Irish)Italy v Ireland

Club de Rugby Atheneo Immaculada, Santa Fe

Saturday 12^th June, 2019

KO: 10:30 (local) / 14:30 (Irish)Semi-Finals / Play-Offs

Racecourse Stadium, Rosario OR Club Old Resian, Rosario

Monday 17^th June 2019Finals Day

Racecourse Stadium, Rosario / Club Old Resian, Rosario

Sunday 22^nd June 2019

Broadcast Information

Ireland’s games will be shown live on Eir Sport in the Republic of Ireland, with ITV holding UK TV rights. If games are not shown live on TV, they will be streamed via World Rugby Online Channels.