Ireland Under 20 2019 6 Nations and World Championships

stephen.scrum · 19-02-2019 1:55pm

FrannoFan wrote: »

Really looking forward to seeing baird. Looked a unit in school so wondering if it translates (ainger looked big in school but didn't quite translate to 20s)
Nothing on leinster site. What is he 6'6 ?

Aungier was big for schools rugby but for 20's/AIL he was actually undersized for a TH Prop. They have been doing a lot of S&C work with him this season. Wait and see with him, but the emergence of Thomas Clarkson this season will put him under pressure in a few years.

Baird is listed at 6'6 107kg on the irish website, which looks about right. He was excellent at the weekend for trinity, breaking tackles left and right against UCC.

stephen.scrum · 19-02-2019 1:59pm

JP Fanagan League Div 1 UCD U20A 34 Lansdowne FC 19

Ian Wyse’s men continued their run of good form with a comprehensive win against near-neighbours Lansdowne.
Two close-in tries (separated by a Lansdowne try) in the opening 18 minutes from Sean Molony set the tone and Ronan O’Byrne bagged his try in first-half time-added-on to leave the half-time score UCD 17 Lansdowne 7.

A Lansdowne yellow card after 48 minutes weakened the visitors defence and Ross Deegan ran in under the post (24-7). A James Tarrant 53rd minute penalty stretched the Collidge lead (27-7). A Lansdowne try on 68 minutes reduced the lead (27-12). A sublime James Tarrant touch-finder deep inside the Lansdowne 22 on 72 minutes prompted a quick throw-in which was fumbled and Marc Baker was quickest to react to touch down the loose ball (34-12). Lansdowne scored again with the last play of the match.

Full-time: UCD 34 Lansdowne 19.

UCD: 15 Luke Maloney; 14 Ross Deegan; 13 Harry Donnelly; 12 Jay Barron; 11 Jeff O’Loughlin; 10 James Tarrant; 9 Shane Murphy; 1 Mike Varnam; 2 Sean Molony; 3 Chris Hennessy; 4 Cian Prendergast; 5 Cian Reilly (Capt); 6 John Fairley; 7 Mark Fleming; 8 Cian Reilly (Capt). Replacements: 16 Richie Bergin; 17 Ronan O’Byrne; 18 Rory Corr; 19 Jon Landers; 20 henry McCosker; 21 Marc Baker; 22 Aaron O’Sullivan.

Report from UCD game at weekend.

Anyone got any other teamsheets?

Dubinusa · 19-02-2019 2:14pm

I am looking forward to seeing Baird. The 2 incumbents have been very good.
Murray looks a fine prospect, although he looks like he lacks bulk. Hopefully, his body develops more. He is very athletic and gets around the field.
Ryan has been grand. His carries have been quality and he seems to have bulked up somewhat from last season.
I am pleasantly surprised with this crop of lads. Some good talent amongst them.

ArmchairQB · 19-02-2019 2:17pm

Dubinusa wrote: »

I am looking forward to seeing Baird. The 2 incumbents have been very good.
Murray looks a fine prospect, although he looks like he lacks bulk. Hopefully, his body develops more. He is very athletic and gets around the field.
Ryan has been grand. His carries have been quality and he seems to have bulked up somewhat from last season.
I am pleasantly surprised with this crop of lads. Some good talent amongst them.

Yeah other than the lads from last year I didn't hold out much from this group but have been proved very wrong and delighted to have been, hope they can go on and win the championship now!

Dubinusa · 19-02-2019 6:15pm

It's great how some of these lads look like they are pros already.
There's a feel about this side that wasn't there last season.
I can't put my finger on it and last years team had some very good players.
When I watched the match v England, I fully expected the win! I have never had that feeling before for an Irish u20 side.
Hope they continue to play at such a high standard.

stephen.scrum · 19-02-2019 7:16pm

anyone know whats happened to the following players?

Centre-Wing:Tom Maher(Blackrock/UCD)
Number 8: Dan O'Donovan(St. Michaels/UCD)
Centre: Eoin Barr(Gonzaga/UCD)
Backrow: Michael McGagh(Blackrock/DUFC)
Prop: Donnacha Mescal(Blackrock/DUFC)
Backrow: Anthony Ryan(Clongowes/DUFC)
Fullback: Max O'Reilly(St. Gerards/DUFC)
Wing: Liam McMahon(Blackrock/DUFC)
Prop: Niall McEniff(St. Marys/St. Marys)

Locke_Lamora · 20-02-2019 1:07pm

15. Jake Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
14. Angus Kernohan (Queen’s University/Ulster)
13. Liam Turner (Dublin University/Leinster)
12. David Hawkshaw (Clontarf/Leinster) Captain
11. Jonathan Wren (Cork Constitution/Munster)
10. Harry Byrne (Lansdowne/Leinster)
9. Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)

1. Josh Wycherley (Young Munster/Munster)
2. Dylan Tierney-Martin (Corinthians/Connacht)
3. Thomas Clarkson (Dublin University/Leinster)
4. Charlie Ryan (UCD/Leinster)
5. Niall Murray (Buccaneers/Connacht)
6. Martin Moloney (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
7. Scott Penny (UCD RFC/Leinster)
8. John Hodnett (UCC/Munster)

Replacements:
16. Billy Scannell (Young Munster/Munster) *
17. Callum Reid (Banbridge/Ulster) *
18. Michael Milne (UCD/Leinster)
19. Brian Deeny (Clontarf/Leinster)
20. Ronan Watters (St.Mary’s College/Leinster) *
21. Cormac Foley (St.Mary’s College / Leinster)
22. Ben Healy (Garryowen/Munster) *
23. Rob Russell (Dublin University/Leinster)

*Denotes uncapped at this level

Locke_Lamora · 20-02-2019 1:10pm

Delighted to see Callum Reid get some game time so soon, the coaches must have confidence in him.

case885 · 20-02-2019 1:18pm

Third different sub tight head with Clarkson playing every minute so far, the coaches mustn't have much faith in Lomas and Masters.

Dubinusa · 20-02-2019 5:00pm

Milne at th? I thought he was a lh?
Young Scannell also involved.
This team looks to be the business.

Locke_Lamora · 20-02-2019 5:14pm

Dubinusa wrote: »

Milne at th? I thought he was a lh?
Young Scannell also involved.
This team looks to be the business.

Milne is originally a TH I think, but Leinster want him coming through at LH - probably due to Healy and McGrath being older than Furlong and Porter. Plus they have Aungier and Clarkson coming through at TH.

I really like the level of competition for each position - will only make them better players in the long run.

arsebiscuits1 · 20-02-2019 5:45pm

Dubinusa wrote: »

Milne at th? I thought he was a lh?
Young Scannell also involved.
This team looks to be the business.

Milne has been tit for tat with both positions a lot this season. Given his size it makes sense.

kingofthekong · 21-02-2019 12:31pm

Locke_Lamora wrote: »

Delighted to see Callum Reid get some game time so soon, the coaches must have confidence in him.

Why "so soon", is Callum an u19?

kingofthekong · 21-02-2019 12:32pm

Ah wish Baird was in there, but its tough to drop anyone

stephen.scrum · 21-02-2019 12:36pm

kingofthekong wrote: »

Ah wish Baird was in there, but its tough to drop anyone

dropping Deeny wouldn't have been that big of a call given he didn't come on in the last game.

stephen.scrum · 21-02-2019 12:37pm

kingofthekong wrote: »

Why "so soon", is Callum an u19?

No, Reid is the oldest player in the squad. He has played two games of rugby this season due to injury and took a year out last season. So hasn't played much rugby since leaving school.

stephen.scrum · 21-02-2019 12:39pm

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Milne has been tit for tat with both positions a lot this season. Given his size it makes sense.

not this season he hasn't, played loosehead exclusively up until the end of the celtic cup.. played 3 games at tighthead for UCD u20 and struggled so moved back to loosehead, which he has been playing exclusively since including last weekend for UCD in the AIL.

it's disappointing that he isn't 1st choice LH, which would have been the expectation coming into the season.

Eod100 · 21-02-2019 1:10pm

Match will be streamed later for anyone interested:

https://www.irishrugby.ie/video/live-italy-u20-v-ireland-u20/

Locke_Lamora · 21-02-2019 1:37pm

stephen.scrum wrote: »

No, Reid is the oldest player in the squad. He has played two games of rugby this season due to injury and took a year out last season. So hasn't played much rugby since leaving school.

Yea should of explained myself better. He wasn't named in the original squad, yet other injured players such as Allison, Baird and Moore were - so I would have thought that the coaches were just going to wait and see how he gets on for Banbridge in the remainder of the season, then maybe bring him into the squad for the JWC.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 3:36pm

Guiseppe Coyne and Ryan Baird named in Trinity side to start at the weekend.

Quintis · 22-02-2019 6:48pm

Is this game on TV anywhere?

Locke_Lamora · 22-02-2019 6:49pm

Quintis wrote: »

Is this game on TV anywhere?

Being streamed on the IRFU YouTube page

salmocab · 22-02-2019 7:10pm

Locke_Lamora wrote: »

Being streamed on the IRFU YouTube page

What time is ko?

errlloyd · 22-02-2019 7:16pm

salmocab wrote: »

Locke_Lamora wrote: »

Being streamed on the IRFU YouTube page

What time is ko?

It was 6pm

joseywhales · 22-02-2019 7:24pm

Italian tighthead props on one leg

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 7:42pm

very good 1st half.

errlloyd · 22-02-2019 7:44pm

Haven't seen a straight lineout yet

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 7:45pm

17-0 at HT.

Casey/Byrne standouts in 1st half id say.

Italians have threatened with ball in hand.

Squidgy Black · 22-02-2019 7:47pm

stephen.scrum wrote: »

17-0 at HT.

Casey/Byrne standouts in 1st half id say.

Italians have threatened with ball in hand.

Casey has been fantastic, but he's also getting extremely good ball from the pack.

Hawkshaw has made some great carries too as a strike runner.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:00pm

great break from hawkshaw. 20-0.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:04pm

yc for ireland here wouldnt surprise me.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:05pm

turnover and relief kick from byrne is excellent.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:07pm

flannery did well there.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:13pm

great passing skills from ireland 1-15 there.

scrum is a mess.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:17pm

another excellent snipe try again from casey, 3rd try.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:18pm

27-0.

Squidgy Black · 22-02-2019 8:18pm

Daft from the replacement loosehead for Italy, straight onto the pitch, warned for the first reset and then on the reset completely drives across the scrum and gets sin binned.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:21pm

Casey is impressive.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:24pm

empty the bench FFS.

Squidgy Black · 22-02-2019 8:28pm

Byrne looks like he's in a bad way

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:28pm

Harry Byrne injured

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:30pm

try italy, which is probably deserved

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:32pm

Hawkshaw did brilliantly to score that that. 4th try. BP.

baas baa · 22-02-2019 8:42pm

Hodnett has fair gas, if he can add a bit of finesse to his game he'll be a player.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:44pm

maul try for italy.

will finish 34-14.

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:48pm

34-14 full time.

tries from Casey x2, Penny and Hawkshaw.

Very impressive performances from Casey, Byrne and Hawkshaw.

Pack overall very good.

Dubinusa · 22-02-2019 8:52pm

I just tuned in and it ended 42 seconds ago. Shyte

stephen.scrum · 22-02-2019 8:53pm

Dubinusa wrote: »

I just tuned in and it ended 42 seconds ago. Shyte

full game can be re-watched on youtube.

Dubinusa · 22-02-2019 9:00pm

stephen.scrum wrote: »

full game can be re-watched on youtube.

Thank you. I really like this group of lads. Could be a special year for them.

baas baa · 22-02-2019 9:52pm

Wales just beat England at the death, 11-10, so that's them out of the running.

Ireland Under 20 2019 6 Nations and World Championships

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