Ireland A team to face England A named

The Ireland A team to play England A on Friday has been announced.

15 Gordon Darcy (Leinster/Lansdowne)

14 James Topping (Ulster/Ballymena)

13 Gavin Duffy (Connacht/Galwegians)

12 David Quinlan (Leinster/Blackrock College)

11 Tyrone Howe (Ulster/Dungannon)

10 Barry Everitt (London Irish)

9 Brian O’Meara (Leinster/ Cork Constitution)

1 Emmett Byrne (Leinster/St.Mary’s College)

2 Paul Shields (Ulster/Ballymena)

3 Simon Best (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins)

4 Donnacha O’Callaghan (Munster/Cork Constitution)

5 Jeremy Davidson (Ulster/Dungannon), Captain

6 Simon Easterby (Llanelli)

7 Kieron Dawson (London Irish)

8 Des Dillon (Leinster/UCD)

Replacements:

16 James Blaney (Munster/Shannon),

17 Peter Bracken (Connacht/Galwegians),

18 Mick O’Driscoll (Munster/ Cork Constitution),

19 Aidan McCullen (Leinster/Lansdowne),

20 Michael Prendergast (Munster/Young Munster)

21 Mark McHugh (Connacht/St.Mary’s College)

22 Anthony Horgan (Munster/Cork Constitution)

Not Considered due to injury:

Paul Burke (Harlequins) {groin},

Neil Doak (Ulster/Ballymena) {shoulder},

Rob Henderson (Munster/Young Munster) {ankle},

Jeremy Staunton (Munster/Garryowen) {groin}.