Johnny McPhillips, Ireland U20

Six Ulster Players in U20 Six Nations Squad

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The Ireland U20 Squad for the opening rounds of the RBS Six Nations was announced earlier this week and the good news is that six Ulster players have made the cut, our largest representation for some time. 

U20’s Coach Nigel Carolan, who also coaches Connacht Academy, has been developing a nice style of play with the U20’s over the past few seasons and it was particularly pleasing that his insistence on making his charges play rugby reaped substantial benefits in last season’s World Rugby U20 Championship

In fact, these undercard games in the Six Nations are often much more exciting than the main event, without the pomp and ceremony and the hoards of “big match eventers”. 

OK, that’s the sales pitch over  :-), so let’s get to the Ulster boys involved. 

Ulster’s representation includes two forwards and four . . .

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