Ireland U18 Clubs Named For Italian Test

2nd November 2018 By The Editor

Waterpark's Jay Traynor starts in the second-row INPHO/Oisin Keniry

Ireland U18 Clubs Head Coach, Fiach O’Loughlin, has named his squad for this Saturday’s fixture against Italy in the Ghirada Center, Treviso (kick-off 4pm).

A total of four Munster players have been selected as part of the match-day 23 with Waterpark’s Jay Traynor starting in the second-row, and Nenagh’s Dylan Murphy, Cobh Pirates’ Darragh McCarthy, and Ennis’ Ethan Coughlan named among the replacements.

The squad assembled on Monday morning at the Kings Hospital in Dublin where all four provinces and IQ Rugby were represented from 19 different clubs.

The squad bonded with a further four sessions over Tuesday and Wednesday before travelling to Italy on Thursday afternoon.

Ireland U18 Clubs v Italy, Saturday 3 November, Ghirada Center, 4pm

*Start#*	*Name*	*Club/Academy*	*Province*
1	Monty Royston	Hartpury RFC	IQ Rugby
2	Eoin de Buitléar	Corinthians RFC	Connacht
3	Cian Scanlon	Corinthians RFC	Connacht
4	Darragh Murray (c)	Buccaneers RFC	Connacht
5	*Jay Traynor*	*Waterpark RFC*	*Munster*
6	Mark Boyle	Gorey RFC	Leinster
7	Oisin McCormack	Ballinasloe RFC	Connacht
8	Donnacha Byrne	Sligo RFC	Connacht
9	Aodha Hession	Creggs RFC	Connacht
10	Michael Cooke	Newcastle Falcons	IQ Rugby
11	Zach Kavanagh	Bristol Bears	IQ Rugby
12	Karl Martin	Boyne RFC	Leinster
13	Shane Jennings	Ballinasloe RFC	Connacht
14	Josh O’Connor	Wexford Wanderers RFC	Leinster
15	Jamie Osbourne	Naas RFC	Leinster
16	*Dylan Murphy*	*Nenagh RFC*	*Munster*
17	Liam Bishop	Yorkshire Carnegie RFC	IQ Rugby
18	*Darragh McCarthy*	*Cobh Pirates RFC*	*Munster*
19	Cathal Fleming	Monivea RFC	Connacht
20	Hubert Costello	Corinthians RFC	Connacht
21	*Ethan Coughlan*	*Ennis RFC*	*Munster*
22	Cathal Forde	Corinthians RFC	Connacht
23	Conor O’Shaughnessy	Galwegians RFC	Connacht