Team News: Michael Entwistle is the only newcomer in Eric Elwood's Ireland under-20 starting lineup ahead of their opening game of the IRB Junior World Championship against Argentina at Cardiff Arms Park tomorrow night.
"The majority of the team already have the experience of the Six Nations Championships behind them," said Elwood. "They have worked very well together over the past couple of months especially in the areas of fitness and conditioning.
"We have three very physical games ahead of us in our pool, if we can get a positive result in our opener against Argentina, it will put us in a very good position for the remainder of the championship."
Blackrock's Paul Ryan will captain the side for the game which kicks-off at 7pm.
Ireland U20: Niall Morris, Sean Scanlon, Eoin
O'Malley, Conor Cleary, Chris Cochrane, Martin Dufficy, David
Moore, Paul Karayiannis, Jason Harris-Wright, Ben Barclay, James
Sandford, Eoin Sheriff, Kieran Essex, Paul Ryan (Captain), Patrick
Mallon, Stephen Douglas, Stephen Archer, Ian Nagle, Michael
Entwistle, Ian Porter, Ian Madigan, Eamon Sheridan
IRB Junior World Championship Ireland Fixtures
Friday, June 6th
Argentina U20 v Ireland U20 (Cardiff Arms Park 7pm)
Tuesday, June 10th
Ireland U20 v New Zealand U20 (Cardiff Arms Park 9.10pm)
Saturday, June 14th
Tonga U20 v Ireland U20, (Cardiff Arms Park
3.00pm)
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