Ireland U20: Extended squad named for 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship

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Ireland U20 Coach Noel McNamara named an extended squad of 32 players for the 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship which takes place in Argentina next month from June 4 to 22.  The squad will be reduced to 28 ahead of their departure for Argentina.

The squad features seven Ulster U20 players with Bruce Houston (Ballymena), Stewart Moore (Malone) and Azur Allison (Ballymena) joining Angus Kernohan (Queens), David McCann (Banbridge), Callum Reid (Banbridge) and Iwan Hughes (Ballynahinch) who were all involved in the very successful U20 Six Nations campaign, though Hughes failed to pick up a cap. 

McNamara named a total of 33 different players in his match day squads for the Six Nations. However, four of those players were unused throughout the tournament resulting in 29 players receiving caps.

He relied heavily on a strong core of players and only really made forced changes; giving a pronounced difference in game time between his chosen starters and the rest . . .

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