Ireland U20’s announced for French opener.

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The Ireland U20’s Match Day 23 to face France U20’s in Bordeaux on Friday night was announced earlier this afternoon.

The good news is there are six Ulster lads in the squad with Jonny Stewart starting at scrum half, and Matthew Dalton and Aaron Hall starting at 6 and 7 respectively. Prop Tom O’Toole gets some reward for recent outstanding performances for Ulster A with a place on the bench and exciting out half Angus Curtis and utility back Angus Kernohan complete Ulster’s representation from the bench.

It’s going to be an interesting tournament for the U20’s who are coached by Noel McNamara for the first time. McNamara has big boots to fill, in our opinion, as previous incumbent Nigel Carolan did a fantastic job during his tenure before being lured away by Connacht at the end of last season. Carolan always tried to get his charges to play rugby and he showed commendable loyalty to his players. More . . .

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