Elwood names U-20 side to face England

The Ireland U-20 team will make its final outing in the RBS Six Nations U20 Championship against England in Gloucester on Friday evening.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2008 - 10:05

The Ireland U-20 team will make its final outing in the RBS Six Nations U20 Championship against England in Gloucester on Friday evening.

Coach Eric Elwood has made a single change to the starting Ireland team for this game from the side that played against Wales last week. In the backline, Ian Madigan has been promoted from the replacements to start at out half, with Martin Dufficy reverting to the bench.

Commenting on the game, Eric Elwood said: "We were obviously disappointed to come out with a loss last Friday in Dubarry Park in such a tight game. This week we need to improve our accuracy and be as tight as possible in all aspects of our play if we want to come out of Kingsholm with a result on Friday night."

"England obviously have a lot of quality in their side judging from their performances so far and have been without doubt the top side in the competition, but a lot of the players in our squad this year have all developed really well over the last couple of games and are looking forward to try and finish the championship with a bang."

The Ireland Under-20 team to play England Under-20 in the RBS Six Nations Under-20 Championship on Friday, March 14 at 7.45pm in Kingsholm, Gloucester is as follows:

15 David Kearney

14 Sean Scanlon

13 Eoin O'Malley

12 Conor Cleary

11 Chris Cochrane

10 Ian Madigan

9 David Moore

1 Paul Karayiannis

2 Jason Harris-Wright

3 Ben Barclay

4 David Nolan

5 Eoin Sheriff