Leinster junior team announced

The Leinster Junior team to face Munster at Bandon RFC this Saturday (3pm) has been named.

The team contains six new caps, namely Richard Murphy (Arklow), Bernard Smith (Navan), Thomas Campbell (Dundalk), Brian O'Carroll (Edenderry), Ian Galbraith (Portlaoise) and Dara Kavanagh (Arklow).

The side will be captained again by Kenny Dorian who captained the side to a winning Grand Slam championship last season.

The side includes Anthony O'Donnell (Arklow) who came on as a sub for the Senior team against Worcester in Clontarf last Friday night.

A number of last year’s squad have moved on to Senior clubs and we wish them well in their future careers.

Leinster:

15: Dara Kavanagh (Arklow)

14: Kevin Flanagan (Portlaoise)

13: Ivor Scully (Tullamore)

12: Liam Plunkett (Arklow)

11: Ian Galbraith (Portlaoise)

10: Brian O'Carroll (Edenderry)

9: Thomas Campbell (Dundalk)

1: Kenny Dorian (Dundalk, Captain)

2: Paul Deering (Tullamore)

3: Anthony O'Donnell (Arklow)

4: Nicholas Crawford (Navan)

5: Richard Murphy (Arklow)

6: Chris Moore (Cill Dara)

7: Bernard Smith (Navan)

8: Robert Doran (Boyne)

Replacements:

16: Declan Barrett (Ashbourne)

17: Seamus McHugh (Monkstown)

18: David Hannon (Tullamore)

19: Brian Gee (Portlaoise)

20: Gearoid O'Grady (Tullamore)

21: Michael McKevitt (Dundalk)

22: Simon Hogan (Navan)