Any word on the Academy?

[Bayern]

44 Leinster (or there abouts given my counting!). Looks like blue dominating in green. Will definitely be interesting to see what U20 make up ends up being on the back of these over next couple of seasons - but seems to be no stopping the Leinster conveyor belt.

should be a strong year for Ulster in this years under-20's.

[Big-al]

Wonder will ulster have many u19s with the u20s. Usually a decent indicator on a players ability if they can get selected a year early

[Bobbievee]

We will still be talking about them being promising and maturing when they are 23

[nvg202]

Ireland Under-18 Schools Squad:

LH Prop
Tom Stewart (St Michael’s College/Leinster)
Oran Murphy (London Irish/IQ Rugby)

TH Prop
Andrew Sparrow (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
Ben Howard (St Michael’s College/Leinster)

Hooker
Flyn Pyper (Presentation College Bray/Leinster)
Danny Sheehan (PBC/Munster)
Jake Bowden (Methodist College/Ulster)

Lock
Joe Hopes (Campbell College/Ulster)
Evan O’Connell (Castletroy College/Munster)
Joseph Coffey (CC Roscrea/Munster)
Michael Colreavy (Blackrock College/Leinster)

Backrow
Dawid Novak (Christian Brothers College/Munster)
Inigo Cruise O’Brien (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Brian Gleeson (Rockwell College/Munster)
Richard Whelan (CC Roscrea/Leinster)
Flynn Longstaff (Campbell College/Ulster)
Stephen Smyth (Kilkenny College/Leinster)
Kamil Novak (Christian Brothers College/Munster)
Max Flynn (CC Roscrea/Connacht)
Blayze Molloy (Clongowes/Connacht)

Scrumhalf
Oliver Coffey (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Jake O’Riordan (St Munchins College/Munster)
Ben McFarlane (Methodist College/Ulster)

Outhalf
Jack Murphy (Presentation College Bray/Leinster)
Sean Naughton (Kilkenny College/Leinster)

Outside Backs
Hugo McLaughlin (Gonzaga College/Leinster)
Luke Kritzinger (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Sam Berman (St Michael’s College/Leinster)
David Colbert (Gonzaga College/Leinster)
Stephen Kiely (Castletroy College/Munster)
Wilhelm de Klerk (St Michael’s College/Leinster)
Harry Long (Ard Scoil Ris/Munster)
Lucas Kenny (CCB/Ulster)
Ruben Moloney (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Finn Tracy (Presentation College Bray/Leinster).
Sean Condon (PBC/Munster)

3 from the same Bangor Mini Rugby team in this squad - Ben M, Flynn L and Lukas K

[UlsterNo9]

3 from the same Bangor Mini Rugby team in this squad - Ben M, Flynn L and Lukas K

Ack now that's unfair, you can't be holding that against them

[solidarity]

3 from the same Bangor Mini Rugby team in this squad - Ben M, Flynn L and Lukas K

Ack now that's unfair, you can't be holding that against them

I'll not hear a word said against Bangor! Haven't seen this emoji in a long time.

[HammerTime]

5 out of 36 is brutal for being the second largest province out of 4 and only slightly less population than Leinster.

[Bayern]

5 out of 36 is brutal for being the second largest province out of 4 and only slightly less population than Leinster.

they were hammered by leinster at home and lost to Munster away, still 5 is less than you'd expect.

[Big-al]

Maybe some players lost a lot of development due to COVID and a good year under their belt might help them.

5 is very worrying.

[Bayern]

Maybe some players lost a lot of development due to COVID and a good year under their belt might help them.

5 is very worrying.

there was talk that the schools side were missing some of their best players due to injury but not 100% sure on that.

certainly Gibson the outhalf is missing out on ireland due to injury

[Neill_M]

Ulster A v Leinster A at Banbridge RFC on Friday 3pm KO. Adults £5, Kids free.

[Bayern]

Ulster ‘A’ team to play Leinster ’A’, Interprovincial game at Banbridge RFC, Friday 12 November, 3pm:

(15-9) James Humphreys, Rob Lyttle, Ben Moxham, Angus Curtis, Aaron Sexton, Ian Madigan, Lewis Finlay;

(1-8) Callum Reid, John Andrew (Capt.), Gareth Milasinovich, David O’Connor, Harry Sheridan, Greg Jones, Reuben Crothers(u20), Marcus Rea.

Replacements: Tom Stewart (Capt.), Scott Wilson(u19), Ross Kane, Adam McNamee(u20), James McNabney(u19), Conor McKee, Greg Hutley, Michael Orr.

[Silverstu]

Good to see Tom Stewart back, is Hutley a 10 or is Humphreys covering from 15? A few of these lads could do with putting in a performance and get into the first team this season. McNabney is promising as well, Wilson in ahead of Saunderson is interesting- maybe a better scrummager ?
From the training video Izzy is back on his feet with the squad [probably not full training yet] and Cooney looked to be back too.

[Neill_M]

Looks like best case is twitter score updates for the game later, no stream. May get short highlights bundle on Youtube early next week.

Leinster ‘A’ team to play Ulster ‘A’:

15. Jimmy O’Brien, 14. Rob Russell, 13. Tommy O’Brien, 12. Conor O’Brien, 11. Dave Kearney, 10. David Hawkshaw, 9. Nick McCarthy, 1. Peter Dooley, 2. James Tracy, 3. Vakh Abdaladze, 4. Brian Deeny, 5. Josh Murphy, 6. Martin Moloney, 7. Scott Penny (CAPTAIN), 8. Max Deegan

16. Seán Cronin, 17. Jack Boyle, 18. Mick McCormack, 19. Joe McCarthy, 20. Sean O’Brien, 21. Cormac Foley, 22. Charlie Tector, 23. Chris Cosgrove

[Bayern]

Good to see Tom Stewart back, is Hutley a 10 or is Humphreys covering from 15? A few of these lads could do with putting in a performance and get into the first team this season. McNabney is promising as well, Wilson in ahead of Saunderson is interesting- maybe a better scrummager ?
From the training video Izzy is back on his feet with the squad [probably not full training yet] and Cooney looked to be back too.

Wilson is known for his scrum on both sides, Saunderson is not.