Six Nations: Students going for Triple Crown

The Irish students team will be going for the Triple Crown this Friday evening in Donnybrook when they take on their Scottish counterparts.

Having beaten the Welsh 29-12, the students just edged out the English 18-17 to set up a potential Triple Crown win for themselves if they beat Scotland.

The Ireland Students team to play Scottish Students in Donnybrook on Friday, March 1 at 6pm.

Ireland Students v Scotland:

15 Dermot O’Sullivan (UCD)

14 Gary Brown (Blackrock College / DU)

13 Kieran Lewis (St. Mary’s College / DU)

12 David Quinlan (Blackrock College)

11 Simon Keogh (Old Belvedere / UCD)

10 Shane Moore (UCD) Captain

9 Eoghan Reddan (Young Munster / UL)

1 Ronan Mc Cormack (Buccaneers / Athlone IT)

2 Jerry Flannery (Galwegians / UCC)

3 Peter Bracken (Galwegians / Athlone IT)

4 Trevor Hogan (Blackrock College / DU)

5 Tom Hayes (Shannon / Limerick IT)

6 Aidan Mc Cullen (Lansdowne / DU)

7 Richard Woods (Blackrock College / DU)

8 Des Dillon (UCD)

Replacements:

16 John Fogarty (Cork Constitution / UCC);

17 Andy O’Brien (UCD / Cambridge);

18 Niall Breslin (UCD);

19 Peter Malone (Garryowen/UL);

20 Mark McHugh (St. Mary’s College / UCD);

21 Fiachra Baynes (Lansdowne / Portobello);

22 Seamus Mallon (Dungannon / QUB).