Under 21 Interprovincial champions Munster provide the biggest representation on the 40 strong Ireland Under 21 squad that has been selected to travel to France for a two-match programme against their French counterparts on Saturday November 9th.
15 of the squad are from Munster and the teams to play two French Under-21 teams will be selected on Friday 8th of November. Both matches will take place at Marcoussis, National Rugby Center, which is located 30kms south of Paris. The games will kick-off at 1pm and 2:30pm respectively, on Saturday November 9th 2002.
Ireland U21:
Peter O Brien, Munster/UCC. Richard Lane, Munster/UCC. Barry Murphy, Munster/UL Bohs. Keith Matthews, Munster/ UL Bohs. Colin Murphy, Munster/Sundays Well. Barry Keeshan, Munster/Presentation Boys College. Fiach O Loughlin, Munster/Shannon. Frank Cogan, Munster/Cork Constitution. Eoin Nihill, Munster/Garryowen. Stephen Keogh, Munster/UCC. Ryan Hartigan, Munster/UL Bohs. Shane O Connor, Munster/Cork Constitution. Jody Danagher, Munster/UL Bohs. Denis Fogarty, Munster/Garryowen. Eugene McGovern, Munster/Old Crescent
Conor O Loughlin, Connacht/Buccanneers. John Muldoon, Connacht /Galwegians. David Kelly, Connacht/Buccanneers> Wesley Maxwell, Connacht/Garryowen.
David McAllister, Leinster/Terenure. Ken Kennedy, Leinster/UCD. John Quigley, Leinster/Trinity. Gareth Hayes, Leinster/UCD. Niall Ronan, Leinster/Lansdowne. Kevin Croke, Leinster/UCD. Simon Crawford, Leinster/UCD. David Gannon, Leinster/UCD. Kevin Corrigan, Leinster/UCD. John Lyne, Leinster/Lansdowne. . Tommy Bowe, Ulster/Queen s University. Neil Patterson, Ulster/Coleraine. Ian Humphreys, Ulster/ Ballymena. Michael Rainey, Ulster/Glasgow Hawks. Michael McComish, Ulster/Ballymena. Paul Minnis, Ulster/Belfast Harlequins. Declan Fitzpatrick, Ulster/Belfast Harlequins. Rory Best, Ulster/Belfast Harlequins.
Nicholas McClelland, Exiles/London Irish. Partick O Gorman, Exiles/Saracens. Robbie Shaw, Exiles/London Wasps