Ireland Under-20 2024 Team

No, Sparrow is and always has been a tighthead. Started the last few AIL games for UCD at tighthead too.

Is Sean Edogbo part of the squad do any of the Munster based people know?

Who else is involved?

I think hicks got injured playing for garryowen. Maybe, week one or two? I’d expect he will be in any final squad if fit.

This is supposedly a pretty stacked year. I don’t think they need gleeson necessarily.

I'd say Eanna McCarthy from UCC will be close to the Irish U20s squad this year too. He looks a big unit, and can play lock / blindside.

Think Harry Long (Shannon centre) and both Kyle Read and James Conroy (scrum half and wing respectively, both with Garryowen) are also potentially in the mix. Possibly Adam Wrona (UCC hooker) as well. Possibly Keith Wood's son Gordon as well (who's starting in the AIL for Garryowen too).

Would agree with you there is a decent chance Gleeson isn't available for this side.

I think it depends.. what’s better development, playing with seniors or playing u20s. If you are ready to play with seniors, probably that.

Spicer is massive but i understand he’s quite raw.

I watched the latest Queens game (or most of it) on youtube and Edogbo and Longstaff really stood out as just massive athletic men. Not sure if they will be involved or not.

Guys like that are extremely useful although less so in how leinster usually play i guess.

I thought Longstaff looked like a beast. Massive lad and moves well. Really liked the look of Kenny as well.

It was a tough camera angle so hard to tell more than ‘he’s big and looks the part’.

That’s not remotely true about Luke Fitzgerald - even though he was already a full Irish international and a regular starter for Leinster, he was named in the U20s side for the first game of the U20s season in 2007 and hurt his neck playing for Leinster, missing the entire campaign.