ireland 10, oz 8.
fairly even at the min but australia much bigger team.
watching tg4 and they were comparing players, one of the australian prop is 20 stone which ireland and connacht prop Boland is 5ft 8 and only 14stone :huh:

you'd expect backs at under 20 level to be 14stone, i was that weight when i was 13!
i know buckley is 16 stone at pro level which he gets away with.
i know of irish props at under 18 level who are 6ft 1+ and between 18-20stone so next year might see them coming through.

half time anyways!

Agree with you unfortunately its not a great crop this year. Our only hope is a few guys are back from injury so that might make a difference. Touch wood.

Going by the 6 nations this isn't a good Irish side by any stretch. A win over Fiji and keep the score down in the other two would be a decent result and hope to scrape into 5th-8th games.

Farrell is supposed to be class in the centre. only played a few games this season due to injury. But still gets picked!

Rumour is he had been offered Connacht Academy but also Ospreys are after him.

from 11months 3weeks ago. im free to scout connacht rugby.

swift4prez wrote: i would really wonder if Kieran Marmion could push forward and at least make the bench for connacht's first team. might be light at the moment but we are not full of class players at scrum half.

Ireland Under-20 Team Named For Opening IRB Junior World Championship 2013 Match

The Ireland Under-20 team, sponsored by PwC, has been named for their first game of the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in Stade de la Rabine, Vannes.

Scrumhalf, Luke McGrath will captain the side for their opening game against Australia Under-20's.

McGrath is just one of two players who have previous experience playing in the tournament. The other, Josh Van Der Flier, has been named in the back row.

Ireland share pool B with Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. Ireland’s pool games will be broadcast live on TG4 along with the semi-finals and final games of the tournament.

Ireland Under-20 Team to play Australia Under-20 (IRB Junior World Championship, Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, Wednesday, 5th June, kick-off 18.45hrs local time/17.45hrs Irish Time)

15 - Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
14 - Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
13 - Thomas Farrell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
12 - Thomas Daly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 - Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
10 - Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
9 - Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) Captain

1 - Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster)
2 - George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
3 - Adam Boland (Lansdowne/Connacht)
4 – Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
5- John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
6 – Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)
7 – Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
8 - Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)

Replacements:

16- Bryan Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
17- Edward Byrne (UCD /Leinster)
18 - Ryan Furniss (Worcester/Exile)
19- Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
20- Daniel Leavy (UCD /Leinster)
21 - David Shanahan (Clontarf/Leinster)
22- Mark Roche (Lansdowne/Connacht)
23- Darragh Leader (Galwegians/Connacht)

Pool B Fixtures - Junior World Championship 2013(All times are local) –

05 Jun, 18:45 Ireland - Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

05 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

09 Jun, 18:45 Ireland - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

09 Jun, 20:45 New Zealand - Australia Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

13 Jun, 18:45 New Zealand - Ireland Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

13 Jun, 20:45 Australia - Fiji Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Well done to the lads today..

was a scrappy game but they kept putting in the tackles till the final whistle.
best players we had i think were the centres. top talent in them.

france were unlucky with 3 of there players going off injured before the 31min.
apart from the 2nd half vs england on the mud pitch ireland have been the best team vs all there games they played. (vs SA was a close one but a great victory vs the hosts)

I think 5th is a fantastic result. Finishing ahead of France and England is hugely impressive, and the fact we beat South Africa only adds to it.

Congrats to the U-20's for beating France today. I didn't get to see the game but they seemed comfortable. 5th is a great result and with a bot more luck it could have been a lot better. Good to see guys like Marmion show that there the real deal as well.

that penalty you spoke about came at the end where they wanted to run the clock down, the ref told him to kick it, he panic, and rushed and that completely messed up his kicking style.

I wouldn't judge him on it either but it was a diabolical effort. That golfing tee style of his is gonna have to be sped up as well. He reminds me of Keatley in his earlier days with the knee bending. I didn't see the Italian game and the 10 minutes he was on I don't remember him leaving an impression. I'm not saying he's bad just that he had a quite game.

Peter Reilly, the 20s prop from Leinster is going to be training with our academy

it is just annoying when you see the SA result. We were just stupid for 20 minutes in the first game against england and that probably cost us a place in the final! But still will be our best result ever in the competition if we come 6th / 5th!

i seen carty vs italy in the group, played well and kicked very well.

that penalty you spoke about came at the end where they wanted to run the clock down, the ref told him to kick it, he panic, and rushed and that completely messed up his kicking style.

i wouldnt judge him on that

A good result but another silly yellow card. If they want to improve they need to stop giving dumb yellows away. Marmion was very impressive and should hopefully get gametime in the B&I this season coming. As for Carty didn't see enough of him apart from that diabolical effort of a penalty.

great result!

lovely try jj kicked cross field,winger in the sin bin,coghlan picks and try. worth to look it up with the 2nd try, #wolfpuppies 27 england5

full time #wolfpuppies 27 england 12. up next france in the 5th place final on friday 22 at 1.15

i would really wonder if Kieran Marmion could push forward and at least make the bench for connacht's first team. might be light at the moment but we are not full of class players at scrum half.