Rugby: Ireland schoolboy team named for Australian clash

The Ireland team to play Australia in the Bank of Ireland Schoolboy International at Cork Constitution, Temple Hill, kick-off 2.30pm on Saturday December 22 is as follows:

R McCarron (Gonzaga College), T O'Leary (CBC Cork) , J Hearty (Blackrock College), K Copeland (Blackrock College), R Conway (Coleraine), C Sharpe (Blackrock College) Capt, D Connellan (Clongowes Wood College), C O'Byrne (St Mary's College), D Fogarty (Rockwell College), J Mackessy (Rockwell College), L Stevenson (Ballyclare High School), A Houlihan (Clongowes Wood College), K McLoughlin (Gonzaga College), D O'Brien (Belvedere College), J Rockett (St. Michael's College).

Replacements:

D Gavin (St. Michael's College), N Conlon (Royal Belfast), K Doyle (CBC Monkstown), E Griffin (Crescent College), S Auld (Royal School Armagh), G Steenson (Royal School Armagh), C McNaughton (Rockwell College), M Jenskinson (Royal School Dungannon).