Munster Schools Face Leinster At Thomond Park

Munster U18 Schools play their second game in the Inter Provincial Championship against Leinster U18 Schools on Wednesday 12th September at Thomond Park, kick off 3pm.

Munster U18 Schools boosted by their 23-15 win over Connacht U18 Schools last week will have it all to do against an in form Leinster side that brushed Ulster aside in their opening game on a 68-5 score line.

Munster have been forced to make one change to their starting fifteen as Stephen McCarthy (PBC) comes in for the injured Liam McMahon (Crescent College) and into the replacements comes CBC prop Greg Roche.

It will be a big test for the home side but confidence is high in the camp that they can give a good account of themselves.

Munster: Stephen Fitzgerald (Ard Scoil Ris); Robbie Deegan (Ard Scoil Ris), Stephen McMahon (Rockwell College), JJ O’Neill (Crescent College), Greg O’Shea (Crescent College) capt; Gearoid Lyons (Crescent College), Ben Riley (Rockwell College); Liam O’Connor (Christian Brothers College), Luke O’Halloran (St. Munchin’s College), Stephen McCarthy (PBC) ; Dylan Lane (PBC), Mike O’Donnell (Crescent Comprehensive); Morgan Carey (PBC), David St Ledger (PBC), Cormac Blake (Crescent College). Replacements: Sean McNulty (Rockwell College), Denis O’Connell (Rockwell College), Greg Roche (CBC), Frank Bradshaw-Ryan (Ard Scoil Ris), Ben Kilkenny (St. Munchin’s), Ed Barry (Crescent College), Aidan Moynihan (Rockwell College), Edward O’Keeffe (St. Munchin’s), Tomas Quinlan (CBC), Conor Flanagan (PBC), Paul Kiernan (PBC).

Leinster: Billy Dardis (Terenure College); Cormac Brennan (Cistercian College Roscrea), Fergal Cleary (Clongowes Wood College SJ), Harrison Brewer (Terenure College), James McCormack (Castleknock College); Ross Byrne (St. Michael's College), Nick McCarthy (St. Michael's College) capt; Oisin Heffernan (Cistercian College Roscrea), Andrew Roche (Terenure College), Oliver Jager (Blackrock College); James Ryan (St. Michael’s College), Rory Moloney (Cistercian College Roscrea); Josh Murphy (St. Michael's College), Patrick Thornton (Terenure College), Nick Timoney (Blackrock College). Replacements: Graham Reynolds (The King’s Hospital), Eric O'Sullivan (Templeogue College), Hugh O'Donnell (Newbridge College), Robert Lalor (Terenure College), Alex Penny (St. Michael's College), Tim Schmidt (Terenure College), Michael Courtney (CBC Monkstown), Adam Leavy (St. Michael’s College)