Ireland u20 2017-2018

[mildlyinterested]

Notable absentee's from 23 IMO - Caelan Doris(8), James Hume(13), Conor Dean(10).

[mildlyinterested]

tomorrows game will be the 5th ireland under-20 team in a row to have a St. Michaels College alum start a game in the second row.

Ross Molony
Josh Murphy
James Ryan
Oisin Dowling
Jack Dunne

[mildlyinterested]

Stats for Ireland u20 according to irish rugby website:

Jack Aungier - 6'2 114kg
Joe Byrne - 6'2 119kg
Tom O'Toole - 6'1 113kg
Jordan Duggan - 6'1 113kg
James French - 6'1 112kg

Ronan Kelleher - 6'1 106kg
Diarmuid Barron - 6'0 99kg

Jack Dunne - 6'7 110kg
Charlie Ryan(u19) - 6'7 108kg
Cormac Daly - 6'6 111kg
Matthew Dalton - 6'6 105kg
Ronan Coffey - 6'4 110kg

Aaron Hall - 6'4 100kg
Joe Dunleavy - 6'3 102kg
Sean Masterson - 6'3 104kg
Jack O'Sullivan - 6'2 100kg
Matthew Agnew - 6'0 91kg
Max Kearney - 5'10 91kg

Hugh O'Sullivan - 5'9 81kg
Jonny Stewart - 5'9 77kg

Harry Byrne(u19) - 6'2 90kg
Conor Dean - 6'0 80kg
Angus Curtis - 5'10 89kg

Peter Sullivan - 6'2 95kg
Sean O'Brien - 6'1 96kg
James McCarthy(u19) - 6'1 83kg
Tommy O'Brien - 6'0 89kg
Conor Hayes(u19) - 6'0 91kg
Michael Silvester - 6'0 81kg
Angus Kernohan(u19) - 5'11 93kg
David McCarthy - 5'10 89kg
Mark Keane - 5'10 80kg

[simonokeeffe]

France team named, Montpellier bound Daniel Brennan starts at tighthead, we can expect lots of balls/joe articles on why isnt he playing for Ireland and working for Premier Dairies

More importantly, the French blindside is called Woki, best named player sinced Remi Martin

[neill_m]

Monsieur Brennan played for the French 20s v South Africa and Georgia in last year's U20 World Championship - so he is committed to the French cause.

[mildlyinterested]

Pretty sure that rule is no longer valid, but could be wrong.

either way he is french, everyone should forget about him.

[Lar]

France team named, Montpellier bound Daniel Brennan starts at tighthead, we can expect lots of balls/joe articles on why isnt he playing for Ireland and working for Premier Dairies

More importantly, the French blindside is called Woki, best named player sinced Remi Martin

I'm quite liking Jefferson Poirot.

[Dave Cahill]

Monsieur Brennan played for the French 20s v South Africa and Georgia in last year's U20 World Championship - so he is committed to the French cause.

No he isn't - the French BaBas were their next national team last year and u20s can no longer be used as a disqualifying level.


He is however, to all intents and purposes, French so why would he want to play for Ireland alright

[simonokeeffe]

France team named, Montpellier bound Daniel Brennan starts at tighthead, we can expect lots of balls/joe articles on why isnt he playing for Ireland and working for Premier Dairies

More importantly, the French blindside is called Woki, best named player sinced Remi Martin

I'm quite liking Jefferson Poirot.

He is up there too. Christoph LaMaison was good too. We need to get back to the really french sounding teams of yore

Hes lived in France since age 5? Brennan that is

[mildlyinterested]

10 months ago the french 10 was starting against Ireland u19.

[neill_m]

Monsieur Brennan played for the French 20s v South Africa and Georgia in last year's U20 World Championship - so he is committed to the French cause.

No he isn't - the French BaBas were their next national team last year and u20s can no longer be used as a disqualifying level.


He is however, to all intents and purposes, French so why would he want to play for Ireland alright

Quite right Sir on all counts. I stand corrected

[blockhead]

Maybe its been already mentioned but No22 Angus Curtis, son of David Curtis.
Anyone, anyone?














Played in the 1991 QF V Australia

[rooster]

Maybe its been already mentioned but No22 Angus Curtis, son of David Curtis.
Anyone, anyone?














Played in the 1991 QF V Australia

He is in Ulster academy and his younger brother who is a decent looking 9 is here as well.

[simonokeeffe]

Maybe its been already mentioned but No22 Angus Curtis, son of David Curtis.
Anyone, anyone?

Played in the 1991 QF V Australia

89 Lions too?

This son heavy u20 season is making me feel old af

[Dave Cahill]

Maybe its been already mentioned but No22 Angus Curtis, son of David Curtis.
Anyone, anyone?

Played in the 1991 QF V Australia

89 Lions too?

This son heavy u20 season is making me feel old af

No, he didn't come into the Irish side until the year after the tour, at the same time as Smith, Saunders, Staples, Clarke and Geoghegan.

Rob Saunders' son played for the u20s last year along with the sons of Michael Kiernan and Brendan Mullins. And I feel even more old!

[simonokeeffe]

Maybe its been already mentioned but No22 Angus Curtis, son of David Curtis.
Anyone, anyone?

Played in the 1991 QF V Australia

89 Lions too?

This son heavy u20 season is making me feel old af

No, he didn't come into the Irish side until the year after the tour, at the same time as Smith, Saunders, Staples, Clarke and Geoghegan.

Rob Saunders' son played for the u20s last year along with the sons of Michael Kiernan and Brendan Mullins. And I feel even more old!

I was thinking of David Irwin which was also wrong!

French side has son of Emile Ntamack too?

[Dave Cahill]

Yup and Alain Penaud's son would be on the senior team too except for injury. Alexandre Dumoulin is Marc Cecillion's son, but the least said about that the better.

[simonokeeffe]

Yup and Alain Penaud's son would be on the senior team too except for injury. Alexandre Dumoulin is Marc Cecillion's son, but the least said about that the better.

I dont know who either of them are

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Niall Saunders is back playing btw. Made his debut for Harlequins in November. No idea what his career prospects are but the blood issue he had sounded horrible. I thought it was a sudden thing but he'd had it for most of his life, really impressive to overcome it like he has.

[mildlyinterested]

Niall Saunders is back playing btw. Made his debut for Harlequins in November. No idea what his career prospects are but the blood issue he had sounded horrible. I thought it was a sudden thing but he'd had it for most of his life, really impressive to overcome it like he has.

believe they found a cure after he had packed it in.