Ireland Under 20 head coach Mike Ruddock has named Ulster's John Donnan, Conor Joyce, Rory Scholes and Christopher Taylor in his squad for this year's IRB Junior World Championship which will take place in France in June.
Luke McGrath will captain the side, and in the absence of Robbie Henshaw and Ulster’s Stuart Olding who are both on duty with the Ireland Senior team, he will bring experience to the role.
Ireland share pool B with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand and open their tournament against Australia on Wednesday 5th June in Stade de la Rabine, Vannes.
Ireland’s pool games will be broadcast live on TG4 along with the semi-finals and final games of the tournament.
Ireland U-20 Squad (IRB Junior Rugby World Championship Squad 2013)
Adam Boland (Lansdowne/Connacht)
Edward Byrne (UCD /Leinster)
Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
Bryan Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Thomas Daly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Peter Dooley (Leinster)
Thomas Farrell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Ryan Furniss (Worcester/Exile)
Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)
Darragh Leader (Galwegians/Connacht)
Daniel Leavy (UCD /Leinster)
Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
Captain - George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)
Jack O'Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster)
David Panther (Corinthians/Connacht)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne/Connacht)
Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
David Shanahan (Clontarf/Leinster)
Darren Sweetnam (UCC/Munster)
Christopher Taylor (Malone/Ulster)
Gavin Thornbury (UCD/Leinster)
Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
Pool B Fixtures - Junior World Championship 2013 (All times are local) –
05 Jun, 18:45 Ireland - Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 05 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 09 Jun, 18:45 Ireland - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 09 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand - Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 13 Jun, 18:45 New Zealand - Ireland Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 13 Jun, 20:45 Australia - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
Luke McGrath will captain the side, and in the absence of Robbie Henshaw and Ulster’s Stuart Olding who are both on duty with the Ireland Senior team, he will bring experience to the role.
Ireland share pool B with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand and open their tournament against Australia on Wednesday 5th June in Stade de la Rabine, Vannes.
Ireland’s pool games will be broadcast live on TG4 along with the semi-finals and final games of the tournament.
Ireland U-20 Squad (IRB Junior Rugby World Championship Squad 2013)
Adam Boland (Lansdowne/Connacht)
Edward Byrne (UCD /Leinster)
Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
Bryan Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Thomas Daly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Peter Dooley (Leinster)
Thomas Farrell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Ryan Furniss (Worcester/Exile)
Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)
Darragh Leader (Galwegians/Connacht)
Daniel Leavy (UCD /Leinster)
Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
Captain - George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)
Jack O'Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster)
David Panther (Corinthians/Connacht)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne/Connacht)
Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
David Shanahan (Clontarf/Leinster)
Darren Sweetnam (UCC/Munster)
Christopher Taylor (Malone/Ulster)
Gavin Thornbury (UCD/Leinster)
Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
Pool B Fixtures - Junior World Championship 2013 (All times are local) –
05 Jun, 18:45 Ireland - Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 05 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 09 Jun, 18:45 Ireland - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 09 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand - Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 13 Jun, 18:45 New Zealand - Ireland Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 13 Jun, 20:45 Australia - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes