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Ireland v New Zealand now starting at 5pm UK Time on Saturday rather than 7:30pm.

Ireland U20s v New Zealand U20s - Saturday 5pm (UK Time) Eir Sport 1 (ROI), World Rugby Website etc (UK)

15. Max O’Reilly (Dublin University/Leinster) 14. Angus Kernohan (Queen’s University/Ulster) 13. Liam Turner (Dublin University/Leinster) 12. Cormac Foley (St.Mary’s College/Leinster) 11. Rob Russell (Dublin University/Leinster) 10. Jake Flannery (Shannon/Munster) 9. Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster); 1. Josh Wycherley (Young Munster/Munster) 2. Dylan Tierney-Martin (Corinthians/Connacht) 3. Tom Clarkson (Dublin University/Leinster) 4. Charlie Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(c) 5. Thomas Ahern (Shannon/Munster) 6. Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster) 7. Ronan Watters (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 8. Brian Deeny (Clontarf/Leinster)

16. Declan Adamson (Clontarf/Leinster) 17. Michael Milne (UCD/Leinster) 18. Charlie Ward (Clontarf/Leinster) 19. John McKee (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 20. Niall Murray (Buccaneers/Connacht) 21. Luke Clohessy (Shannon/Munster) 22. Azur Allison (Ballymena/Ulster) 24. Colm Reilly (Buccaneers/Connacht) 25. Ben Healy (Garryowen/Munster) 26. Jonathan Wren (Cork Constitution/Munster) 27. David Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 28. Aaron O’Sullivan (UCD/Leinster).

So we have just one starter and one on the bench. Any injured or otherwise unavailble? Or does this simply not augur well for the future?

Scotland beaten by Fiji and relegated to the Trophy competition next year.

Neill_M wrote:Scotland beaten by Fiji and relegated to the Trophy competition next year.

What a shame.

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solidarity wrote:So we have just one starter and one on the bench. Any injured or otherwise unavailble? Or does this simply not augur well for the future?

Stewart Moore was the most impressive back and David McCann the most impressive forward. Moore is injured. Not sure about McCann.

Ireland in a group with England, Fiji and Australia next year.

Final was decent watch.

Neill_M wrote:Ireland in a group with England, Fiji and Australia next year.

Final was decent watch.

As this competition is about development, who really cares?

All in all how did the Ulster guys do, is McCann the next big thing at an area of weakness, what about Allison, Moore, Kernighan? Is Allison a good bit lighter than McCann, did it show on the pitch?

Lurgan Lad wrote:All in all how did the Ulster guys do, is McCann the next big thing at an area of weakness, what about Allison, Moore, Kernighan? Is Allison a good bit lighter than McCann, did it show on the pitch?

Reckon both McCann and Allison will get game time during World Cup period.


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Gerald the Mole wrote:

Neill_M wrote:Ireland in a group with England, Fiji and Australia next year.

Final was decent watch.

As this competition is about development, who really cares?

It's much better to play the best teams.

Gerald the Mole wrote:

Neill_M wrote:Ireland in a group with England, Fiji and Australia next year.

Final was decent watch.

As this competition is about development, who really cares?

Do you think they would develop the same playing Cook Islands U20?

The tougher the opposition the harder it is both physically and more so mentally. This aids development.

Considering that the first XV were wiped out between the Six Nations and the early matches of the tournament (12 first choice gone), and that the seconds had to play the Baby Blacks, you have to give these young lads enormous credit.
I have no doubt quite a few of this years u20s will put on the senior jersey in years to come.
Dylan Tierney-Martin from Galway strikes me as one of the likely ones to make it.

One suggestion: the commentary was awful on all the matches. Either Welsh biased or SH biased. Change it. I am sure Ulster folk winced at the commentator talking up David Nucifora as the great mastermind of Irish rugby!

Dublin4 wrote:Considering that the first XV were wiped out between the Six Nations and the early matches of the tournament (12 first choice gone), and that the seconds had to play the Baby Blacks, you have to give these young lads enormous credit.
I have no doubt quite a few of this years u20s will put on the senior jersey in years to come.
Dylan Tierney-Martin from Galway strikes me as one of the likely ones to make it.

One suggestion: the commentary was awful on all the matches. Either Welsh biased or SH biased. Change it. I am sure Ulster folk winced at the commentator talking up David Nucifora as the great mastermind of Irish rugby!

The commentary was dire, so bad I turned the volume down and just watched

kingofthehill wrote:

Lurgan Lad wrote:All in all how did the Ulster guys do, is McCann the next big thing at an area of weakness, what about Allison, Moore, Kernighan? Is Allison a good bit lighter than McCann, did it show on the pitch?

Reckon both McCann and Allison will get game time during World Cup period.


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Thanks King. Haven't seen Allison playing, but see from the Academy thread that he is 192cm tall and 95kg while McCann is listed as 191cm and 103kg, that is quite a weight difference, do those appear accurate?