Willie Faloon’s side play in the World Rugby Championship third-place play-off on Friday.
THE IRELAND MEN’S U20s team has been named for Friday’s World Rugby U20 Championship third-place play-off against New Zealand in Cape Town.
Willie Faloon has made five changes to the starting team that were defeated by England in the semi-final on Sunday. There’s a shake-up among the backs, with Emmet Calvey, Stephen Smyth, Alex Mullan and Luke Murphy all named to start. Ben Howard is named among the replacements, but other outgoing players, Danny Sheehan, Jacob Boyd and Sean Edogobo, drop out of the matchday 23.Brian Gleeson captains Ireland once again from the back row.Ireland Men’s U20s 15. Ben O’Connor 9. Oliver Coffey 6. James McKillop 18.
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