Ireland national under-20 rugby union team

Ireland U-20
Union Irish Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Wolfpuppies
Emblem(s) Shamrock
Ground(s) Dubarry Park, Athlone
Coach(es) Niall Carolan
Most caps Dominic Ryan (20)
Iain Henderson (20)
Top scorer James McKinney (125)
Most tries Andrew Conway (14)
Team kit
First international
Ireland Ireland 9–17 Argentina Argentina
(6 June 2008)
Largest win
Ireland Ireland 51–3 Fiji Fiji
(9 June 2014)
Largest defeat
New Zealand New Zealand 65-10 Ireland Ireland
(10 June 2008)
World Cup
Appearances 7 (First in 2008)
Best result 4th, 2014


The Ireland under 20 rugby team was formed in 2006. In 2007, they won the Grand Slam at the Six Nations Under 20s Championship. The current coach of the team is Mike Ruddock.

Current squad

Ireland Under-20s squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[1]

Forwards

  • Rory Burke
  • Denis Coulson
  • Peter Dooley
  • Oisin Heffernan
  • Craig Trenier
  • Max Abbott
  • Dylan Donnellan
  • Stephen Gardiner
  • Darragh Moloney
  • Ross Molony
  • Diarmaid Dee
  • Rory Moloney
  • Josh Murphy
  • Jack O’Donoghue
  • Frank Taggart
  • Peadar Timmins

Backs

  • Ryan Foley
  • Nick McCarthy
  • Ross Byrne
  • Mickey McKeon
  • Harrison Brewer
  • Dan Goggin
  • Garry Ringrose
  • Ian Fitzpatrick
  • Cian Kelleher
  • Alex Wootton
  • William Dardis
  • Ciaran Gaffney

Management

Overall Record

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost Win%
Italy 10 9 1 0 90
France 11 5 0 6 45.5
England 13 4 0 9 30.8
Scotland 11 8 0 3 72.8
Wales 11 4 1 6 36.4
New Zealand 4 0 0 4 0
South Africa 3 1 0 2 33.3
Australia 2 1 0 1 50
Argentina 3 1 0 2 33.3
Samoa 2 1 0 1 50
Tonga 1 1 0 0 100
Fiji 2 2 0 0 100
Uruguay 1 1 0 0 100
Overall 74 38 2 34 51.4

References

  1. ↑ "Ireland Under-20 Squad Named For Junior World Championship". 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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See also