Ireland’s U20s shooting to top of the charts

It was a nondescript end to a so-so season for the Wolfpuppies who lost three of their Six Nations games before exiting the annual global get-together in Italy.
Irish rugby does not, as a rule, blood young players with alacrity at senior Test level and the majority of those competing that day would have clocked off for the summer suspecting the path to the top still required a deep breath and a mountain of steps yet to climb.