Ireland national under-20 rugby union team

Ireland U-20

Union	Irish Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	Shamrock
Ground(s)	Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin, Leinster
Coach(es)	Nigel Carolan
Most caps	Dominic Ryan (20) Iain Henderson (20)
Top scorer	James McKinney (125)
Most tries	Andrew Conway (14)
Team kit
First international
Ireland 6-0 Italy (1 February 2008)
Largest win
Ireland 51–3 Fiji (9 June 2014)
Largest defeat
New Zealand 65-10 Ireland (10 June 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 2008)
Best result	4th, 2014

The Ireland under 20 rugby team was formed in 2006. In 2007, they won the Grand Slam at the Six Nations Under 20s Championship. The current coach of the team is [Nigel Carolan]].

Current squad

Ireland Under-20s squad for the 2016 u20 Six Nations.^[1]

Forwards James Bollard (Dublin University / Leinster) Kelvin Browne (Shannon / Munster) Peter Claffey (Galwegians / Connacht) Will Connors (UCD / Leinster) Max Deegan (Lansdowne / Leinster) Shane Fenton (Young Munster / Munster) John Foley (Shannon / Munster) Cillian Gallagher (Sligo RFC / Connacht) Greg Jones (UCD / Leinster) Conor Kenny (Buccaneers / Connacht) Adam McBurney (Ballymena / Ulster) Sean O’Connor (Cashel / Munster) Conan O’Donnell (Sligo / Connacht) Andrew Porter (UCD / Leinster) James Ryan (Lansdowne / Leinster)(Captain) Dan Walsh (Cork Con / Munster) Backs Matthew Byrne (Terenure / Leinster) Brett Connon (Newcastle Falcons / Exlies) Shane Daly (Cork Con / Munster) Hugo Keenan (UCD / Leinster) Terry Kennedy (St. Mary’s / Leinster) Stephen Kerins (Sligo / Connacht) Paul Kiernan (UCC / Munster) Robert Lyttle (Queen’s University / Ulster) Johnny McPhillips (Queen’s University / Ulster) Conor O’Brien (Clontarf / Leinster) Jimmy O’Brien (UCD / Leinster) John Poland (Cork Con / Munster) Jack Power (UCD / Leinster) Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)

Management

• Nigel Carolan - Head Coach
• Hendrik Kruger - Team Manager
• Peter Malone - Assistant Coach
• Nicholas Lalor - Physiotherapist
• Will Duggan - Team Doctor
• Martin Kennedy - Strength & Conditioning
• Sam O'Byrne - Media and Communications

Overall Record

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win%
Italy	11	10	1	0	90.9
France	12	5	0	7	41.7
England	14	5	0	9	35.7
Scotland	14	11	0	3	78.6
Wales	13	4	1	8	30.8
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	0
South Africa	3	1	0	2	33.3
Australia	2	1	0	1	50
Argentina	4	2	0	2	50
Samoa	2	1	0	1	50
Tonga	1	1	0	0	100
Fiji	2	2	0	0	100
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	100
Overall	84	44	2	38	52.4

Correct as of 19 March 2016

See also

• Ireland national rugby union team
• Ireland Wolfhounds
• Emerging Ireland

References

1. "Ireland Under-20s Six Nations squad announced". 25 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

External links

• Ireland U-20 Squad at Irish Rugby.ie