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Fitzgerald, O’Connor & Cullen In U20 Side

19th June 2015 By Munster Rugby

Fitzgerald, O’Connor & Cullen In U20 Side

Greencore Munster Academy representatives Stephen Fitzgerald, Liam O’Connor and Jack Cullen have been included in the Ireland U20 side to face Scotland in the seventh place play-off of the World Rugby U20 Championship.

Fitzgerald is again named in the starting line-up while Cullen could make his first appearance of the tournament from the bench.

In total, Head Coach Nigel Carolan has made five changes to the side that lost out to Wales in the fifth place play-off.

Zack McCall and Conan O'Donnell start in the front row, while Rory Moloney and Lorcan Dow take positions in the back row.

The final change comes in the back three with Billy Dardis starting at full-back.

Speaking ahead of the game, Carolan said, “We are expecting another tough challenge ahead of us, Scotland have proved to be a formidable opponent, however, we are confident that we can finish the tournament on a high note.”

Ireland U20 v Scotland U20s, 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship 7th Place Play-off, Viadana, Saturday June20th – KO 1pm local time/12pm Irish time.

15. Billy Dardis (UCD/Leinster)
14. Stephen Fitzgerald (Shannon/Munster)
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)
12. Sam Arnold (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
11. Jacob Stockdale (QUB/Ulster)
10. Joey Carbery (UCD/Leinster)
9. Charlie Rock (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)
2. Zack McCall (QUB/Ulster)
3. Conán O'Donnell (Sligo/NUIG/Connacht)
4. David O'Connor (St.Mary's/Leinster)
5. Alex Thompson (Queens University/Ulster)
6. Josh Murphy (UCD/Leinster)
7. Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/Connacht)
8. Lorcan Dow (QUB/Ulster)

Replacements:
16. Adam McBurney (Ballymena/Ulster)
17. Liam O'Connor (Cork Constitution /Munster)
18. Oisin Heffernan (Terenure/Leinster)
19. Cian Romaine (Buccaneers/Connacht)
20. Nick Timoney (St. Mary's/Leinster)
21. Jack Cullen (Shannon/ Munster)
22. Fergal Cleary (Lansdowne/Leinster)
23. Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians/Connacht)

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