Ireland’s U20’s fly out to Milan today to start preparations for what promises to be an intriguing Junior World Cup campaign.
The squad will travel from Milan to their headquarters in Venice where they’ll settle in and tomorrow they’ll begin their build up for, what looks like, their decisive opening fixture against England U20’s on Friday evening in Treviso. KO 15:10 [UK Time].
Ireland’s schedule sees the youngsters face five games in sixteen days and the man tasked with nursing the squad through the exhausting schedule is Ireland U20’s Assistant Coach, and Ulster’s Elite Player Development Officer, Niall Malone.
The Front Row Union caught up with Niall prior to departure to discuss Ireland’s prospects and according to the former Ulster and Ireland player it really is a case of taking the tournament one game at a time.
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