Ireland U18 Club Side

The Ireland Under-18 Clubs team to play Germany in their first international match in Berlin this Saturday has been named by Coach Greg Lynch. The match will take place at SC Berliner, with a kick-off time of 2pm (local time).

Tralee's Ultan Dillane is named in the starting XV and fellow Kerry man Cillian Walsh of Killarney joins Old Christians David O'Connell and Nenagh's Cronan Gleeson on the bench.

Three players who played in last year's FIRA-AER Under-18 European Championship final against France, have been named.

They are lock and captain Eoghan Masterson (Portlaoise), centre Thomas Daly (Carlow) and flanker Akhlaque Khan (Navan)

Ireland Under-18 Club Team play Germany Under-18 at SC Berliner on Saturday March 27th, ko 2pm local time.

Ireland U18 Club:
15 – David Panter (St Paul's Coll/London Irish – Exiles)
14 – Tom Flynn (Epsom Coll/Cobham RFC – Exiles)
13 – Conall Doherty (City of Derry – Ulster)
12 – Thomas Daly (Carlow – Leinster)
11 – Conor Fitzgibbon (Buccaneers – Connacht)
10 – Liam Bourke (Navan – Leinster)
9 – Finbarr McGowan (Longford – Leinster)
1 – Peter Dooley (Birr – Leinster)
2 – George Mc Guigan (Gosforth Academy/Newcastle Falcolns – Exiles)
3 – Ryan Furniss (Worcester Coll/Worcester Warriors – Exiles)
4 – Sean O'Brien (Galwegians – Connacht)
5 – Ultan Dillane (Tralee – Munster)
6 – Conor Joyce (Solihull Sch/Leicester Tigers – Exiles)
7 – Akhlaque Khan (Navan – Leinster)
8 – Eoghan Masterson (Portlaoise – Leinster)
Replacements:
16 – Jamie Dever (Westport – Connacht)
17 – Josh O'Rourke (DLSP – Leinster)
18 – Cillian Walsh (Killarney – Munster)
19 – David O'Connell (Old Christians – Munster)
20 – Cronan Gleeson (Nenagh – Munster)
21 – Eoin Stynes (Carlow – Leinster)
22 – Kieran Butler (New Ross – Leinster)
23 – Adam Byrne (Naas – Leinster)

Ireland Management Team
Willie Gribben – Manager
Greg Lynch – Head Coach
Jimmy Duffy – Assistant Coach (Forwards)
Wayne Mitchell – Assistant Coach (Backs)
Joe McGinley – Conditioning Coach
Brett Igoe – Video Analyst
David Hanly – Physiotherapist
John Quinlan – Doctor
Tom Nyhan – Team Assistant