Elwood names Irish team

THERE are three changes and one positional switch from the Ireland Under-20 side that lost to France for tomorrow night’s meeting with Scotland (Dubarry Park, Athlone, 7.30pm).

Two of the changes are in the front five forwards: Jason Harris-Wright is at hooker instead of Stephen Douglas, while James Sandford replaces David Nolan. Nolan and Douglas are named in the replacements, while the final change sees Kris Greene drop out of the match 22, to be replaced by Ian Porter. The positional switch is in the back three, with David Kearney and Shane Scanlon swapping roles. Kearney moves to full back from right wing and Scanlon comes in at 14.

Ireland coach Eric Elwood said: “The game against France was another notch up with regards to the level of performance, but in the end the game just got away from us.