Ireland U20 World Championships Squad Confirmed

Ireland U20 Head Coach Noel McNamara has confirmed the 28-man squad to travel to Argentina for of the U20 World Championships kicking off on Tuesday 4th 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. Five Abbey Insurance Ulster Academy players have been named in the squad; Azur Allison, David McCann, Iwan Hughes, Angus Kernohan and Stewart Moore. The 2019 installment of the U20 World Championships take place from the 4th – 22nd 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. Allison, Hughes and Moore are among 7 uncapped players at this level. 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) *Denotes uncapped at this level Unavailable due to injury Harry Byrne Brian Deeny David Hawkshaw Martin Moloney Scott Penny Conor Phillips Ireland U20 World Rugby U20 Championships Fixtures Pool A England v Ireland Club de Rugby Atheneo Immaculada, Santa Fe Tuesday 4th June 2019KO: 15:30 (local) / 19:30 (Irish) Australia v Ireland Club de Rugby Atheneo Immaculada, Santa Fe Sunday 8th June, 2019 KO: 10:30 (local) / 14:30 (Irish) Italy v Ireland Club de Rugby Atheneo Immaculada, Santa Fe Saturday 12th June, 2019 KO: 10:30 (local) / 14:30 (Irish) Semi-Finals / Play-Offs Racecourse Stadium, Rosario OR Club Old Resian, Rosario Monday 17th June 2019 Finals Day Racecourse Stadium, Rosario / Club Old Resian, Rosario Sunday 22nd 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.