JWC 2011: Eight Ulster Players in Squad for England

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Eight Ulster players have been included in the squad for Ireland’s opening Junior World cup fixture against England in Treviso tomorrow night KO 5:10pm SKY Sports.

Captain Niall Annett is joined up front by Iain Henderson in the second row and Dominic Gallagher in the back row with Patrick Jackson, Luke Marshall and Craig Gilroy lining out in the backs. Ulster’s representation is completed with Conor Carey on the bench along with James McKinney bringing the Ulster total to eight.

Leinster supply nine players to the 22 man squad with Connacht and Munster chipping in with two apiece. Exile Kieran Marmion completes the squad.

It’s going to be a big ask for Ireland up against a strong England side who turned Ireland over pretty comprehensively in the recent Six Nations Championship but with Ireland only starting four players from that encounter in tomorrow’s match they will have a few . . .

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2 responses to “JWC 2011: Eight Ulster Players in Squad for England”

  1. Peat

    Massive test coming up for Annett, Gallagher and Henderson. How they cope with the rush of the Young Orcs is a big clue, for me at least, as to how much of a professional future they have.

    1. John

      Massive test indeed Peat. I’ll be very interested to see how all three cope. Annett will need to be pushing for senior starts next season to continue his development which is going to be a big ask with the three hookers we have in place. Haven’t seen much of Gallagher this season as he’s down at Trinity but by all accounts it was a massive performance against Leinster Development that got him on the plane and now into the starting line up so looking forward to seeing how he performs. Hendy has really bulked up this season but he’s still another year to go at this level I believe so I think we can give him another season on the weights before the final assessment! 🙂

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