O'Hara to captain Ireland U-18

PBC Cork’s Brian O’Hara will have the honour of leading the Ireland U-18 Schools team in his home town when they play Wales tomorrow evening in their first game of the U-18 Schools Six Nations festival in Musgrave Park.

The game is the first of three for Ireland in a festival which brings the top age grade players together from the Six Nations. There have been two changes to the Ireland squad that was originally announced for the festival with both Ray Crotty and Nevin Spence pulling out due to injury and they have been replaced by Craig O’Hanlon and Gavin Nugent.

Ireland Team:

15 - Noel Reid (St Michael's College)

14 - Craig O'Hanlon (St Munchin's College)

13 - Michael Allen (Methodist College Belfast)

12 - Diarmuid McCarthy (Castletroy Community College)

11 - Mark Atkinson (Grosvenor Grammar School)

10 - Luke Marshall (Ballymena Academy)

9 - David O'Driscoll (Presentation Brothers College Cork)

1 - Denis Buckley (Blackrock College)

2 - Niall Annett (Methodist College Belfast)

3 - Jack O'Connell (Clongowes Wood College)

4 - Brian Hayes (Christian Brothers College Cork)

5 - Ben Marshall (St. Andrew's College)

6 - Dominic Ryan (Gonzaga College)

7 - Brian O'Hara (Presentation Brothers College Cork) Captain

8 - David O'Callaghan (Midleton College)

Replacements:

16 - Risteard Byrne (Terenure College)

17 - Brian Cagney (Presentation Brothers College Cork)

18 - Martin Moore (Castleknock College)

19 - Patrick Butler (Rockwell College)

20 - Michael Kelleher (St. Munchin's College)

21 - Richard Bent (St. Mary's College)

22 - David McSharry (Templeogue College)

23 - Paul Pritchard (Ballymena Academy)

24 - Gavin Nugent (Presentation Brothers College Cork)

25 - Jason Bloomfield (Coleraine Academical Institution)

26 - James McKinney (Campbell College)