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.

Other former Ireland Schools internationals included on the 21s side are out-half David McAllister, prop Jason Moran, lock Shane O'Connor, and replacement flanker Ciaran Potts.