Lyne to captain Irish Under-21s

Lansdowne prop John Lyne will captain the Ireland Under 21 side in their opening championship encounter with Scotland in Mayfield, Dundee, next Saturday.

Lyne was a member of the Ireland schoolboy side that toured Australia in July/August 2001, and he is joined on the 21s by colleagues from that trip, Stephen Keogh, Rory Best, Fiach O'Loughlin and Eugene McGovern.