And to that ends it is believed he may hand the number 9 jersey to the Waratahs' Luke Burgess ahead of the more experienced Sam Cordingly. Burgess became a regular in the Waratahs side from mid-way through the Super 14 tournament and helped them to a Super 14 final where they lost to the Crusaders. 

Deans will name his side to face Ireland tomorrow.

Ireland U20 (v New Zealand). Niall Morris (Blackrock College/Leinster); Sean Scanlon (UCC/Munster), Eoin O’Malley capt, (Old Belvedere/Leinster),  Conor Cleary (Greystones/Leinster), Eamon Sheridan (Lansdowne/Leinster); Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster), Ian Porter (QUB/Ulster);
Paul Karayiannis (QUB/Ulster), Jason Harris-Wright (Greystones/Leinster), Ben Barclay     (UCD/Leinster); James Sandford (QUB/Ulster), Ian Nagle (UCC/Munster); Kieran Essex  (UL Bohemian/Munster), Michael Entwistle (Ballymena/Ulster), Patrick Mallon (Lansdowne/Leinster) . Replacements:  Stephen Douglas (Ballymena/Ulster), Stephen Archer (UCC/Munster), Ciaran Ruddock (Neath/Exiles), Paul Ryan (Blackrock College/Leinster), David Moore  (Blackrock College/Leinster), Martin Dufficy (Dublin University/ Leinster), Jamie Smyth (Ballymena/Ulster)