Lee Barron and Ben Murphy out of Ireland U20 squad

Barron and Murphy join hooker Tom Stewart, out-half Cian Whooley and second row Joe McCarthy in being unavailable through injury

Tue, 15 Jun, 2021 - 10:56

Colm O’Connor

Hooker Lee Barron and scrum-half Ben Murphy have been ruled out of the U20 Six Nations through injury.

Ireland's campaign begins against Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday (2pm, RTÉ1) with Levi Vaughan and Will Reilly called up to the 34 man squad which departs Dublin on Thursday.

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