Six Ulster Players In World Rugby U20 Championship Squad.

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The World Rugby U20 Championship, formerly the IRB Junior World Championship, kicks off next Tuesday, 2nd June 2015 with Ireland facing Argentina in Parma, Italy at 15:30 UK/IRE time.

At the start of the season, with Ulster U20’s rampant in the Interpros, I’d anticipated a strong showing in this competition but a dwindling Ulster selection and the U20’s Six Nations performances, where Ireland finished a very disappointing 5th, have somewhat dampened my enthusiasm.

However there are still six Ulster players taking part; Queen’s University’s Lorcan Dow, Zack McCall, Jack Owens, Jacob Stockdale and Alex Thompson alongside Ballynahinch’s Sam Arnold and I’d expect all to get substantial game time.

The squad actually breaks down as follows: Leinster 15, Ulster 6, Connacht 5 and Munster 2 which is an extraordinary bias towards the D4 boys given the early season’s results. However I’m not sure how many of the Ulster lads have missed . . .

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