Óisín Dowling: We can deliver in Donnybrook

Leinster lock Óisín Dowling is hoping to draw on home comforts tomorrow night, as the Ireland U20s welcome their French counterparts to Donnybrook Stadium for a Six Nations Championship encounter (8pm kick-off).

Nigel Carolan’s men (second behind world champions England in the standings) will be playing in the south Dublin venue for the first time since last March’s win over the Scotland, and Dowling believes their style of play will suit Donnybrook’s synthetic 4G surface.

“I think so. It definitely suits the players we have, the quick backs we have. If we can get go-forward ball from the forwards we can put it out wide and score a few good tries,” Dowling remarked.