2016 U20 WRC: Ireland make sweeping changes for Georgia

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Ireland U20 coach Nigel Carolan has made sweeping changes to the starting XV for their final pool game of the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship against Georgia.

The changes see Ulster players Johnny McPhillips and Conall Boomer get their first starts of the championship, though McPhillips did play a significant part of the game against New Zealand. Jacob Stockdale and Adam McBurney will more than likely get some game time from the bench.

Carolan has taken the option to give all his squad a run out in this game but he has left himself with the sensible fall back of a very strong bench which features five players who have made it into the World Rugby Match Day Dream Team. Forwards, McBurney, Andrew Porter, and James Ryan have all featured in the Dream Team twice with Stockdale and Max Deegan featuring  once each as has, starter, Hugo Keenan.

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