Continuity factor bodes well for Nigel Carolan
Tonight, Nigel Carolan’s U20s embark on their own journey at the Stadio Pozzi Lamarmora in Biella, halfway between Turin and Milan and a good seven-hour drive north of the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Carolan has had the benefit of coaching 11 of the players who featured at this grade last year: eight of them in the corresponding tournament 12 months ago and three more who were added to the pool for a Junior World Cup in which Ireland would finish fourth.
