Ireland U20 side named for Scotland Six Nations clash

TEAM NAMED: Ireland U20 Head Coach Neil Doak has named his side for their clash with Scotland. Picture: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Ireland U20 Head Coach Neil Doak has named his side to take on Scotland in the U20s Six Nations on Saturday in Edinburgh (7.45pm).

Éanna McCarthy will captain the side from the back row and is joined by Michael Foy and Bobby Power. Billy Bohan, Henry Walker and Alex Mullan pack down the front row with Mahon Ronan and Billy Corrigan starting in the engine room.

Daniel Green, Charlie Molony and Ciarán Mangan start in the back three with Connor Fahy partnering with Gene O'Leary Kareem in the centre. Its an unchanged half-back pairing of Clark Logan and Sam Wisniewski.

Connor Magee, Paddy Moore, Tom McAllister, David Walsh and Oisin Minogue are the forward replacements with Will Wootton, Dylan Hicks and Eoghan Smyth named as back replacements as Doak goes for a 5-3 split on the bench. 

The game will be live on RTÉ 2.

IRELAND U20s (v Scotland): D Green (Ulster), C Molony (Leinster), G O'Leary Kareem (Munster), C Fahy (Leinster), C Mangan (Leinster), S Wisniewski (Leinster), C Logan (Ulster); B Bohan (Connacht), H Walker (Ulster), A Mullan (Leinster), M Ronan (Leinster), B Corrigan (Leinster), M Foy (Munster), B Power (Connacht), É McCarthy (Connacht)(C).

Replacement: C Magee (Ulster), P Moore (Leinster), T McAllister (Ulster), D Walsh (Leinster), O Minogue (Munster), W Wootton (IQ Rugby), D Hicks (Munster), E Smyth (Munster).