RUGBY: UNDER-20 SERIESIRELAND UNDER-20 coach Mike Ruddock will welcome the return of Luke Marshall and Craig Gilroy to his team following Magners league duty with Ulster.
Marshall will partner Alex Kelly in the centre, while Gilroy comes into the side on the right wing as the side travels to Llanelli for the penultimate match of the Six Nations series against Wales tomorrow night. UL Bohemians JJ Hanrahan and Galwegians Tiernan O’Halloran have been named on the bench.
After consecutive away victories, Darren Edwards has made four changes to the Wales team. Scarlets loosehead prop Rhodri Jones will run out on home turf at Parc y Scarlets as he makes his return to the pack along with lock Matthew Screech and number eight Ben Thomas.
In the backs Aberavon’s Ben John will team up with Owen Williams at centre as Wales look to record a third straight victory to keep their championship hopes alive. Ireland have earned four points, the same as France and Wales, but are fourth on the table with unbeaten England leading with six points from three games.
IRELAND UNDER-20s: M Sherlock (Leinster); C Gilroy (Ulster), A Kelly (Leinster), L Marshall (Ulster), A Boyle (Leinster); P Jackson (Ulster), B McIlroy (Ulster); J Tracy (Leinster), N Annett (Ulster), M Moore (Leinster), M Kearney (Leinster), D Qualter (Connacht), S Buckley (Munster), A Conneely (Connacht), J Murphy (Leinster). Replacements: D Doyle (Leinster), T Furlong (Leinster), I Henderson (Ulster), C O'Flaherty (Munster), M Dolan (Connacht), JJ Hanrahan (Munster), T O'Halloran (Connacht).
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