Ireland U20s 2023

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Nathan Johns
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Two lovely offloads in Ireland 20s vs Leinster development lead to early scores in Donnybrook.

Ben Murphy threw one for Lee Barron to open the scoring for Leinster, then Ruadhan Quinn to Mangan for Ireland

7-7 after 10 mins

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Nathan Johns
@nathanrjohns
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Aitzol King with some lovely touches for Leinster. Burned a defender on the outside, flashes of good footwork and an offload that led to the go ahead score

Leinster 14 ireland 7 after 30 mins

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Four players off injured already. Both sides suffering

Gus McCarthy breaks for Ireland after pilfering an overthrown lineout. Two phases later Gleeson barges over

Ireland 14 Leinster 14

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Sam Prendergast throws a lovely flat ball to Quin to break the line. He then steps the fullback for Ireland’s 3rd try

Ireland 21 Leinster 14

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Another offload leads to the score. This time John Devine out the back to Hugh Gavin to beat Cosgrave’s scramble tackle.

Ireland 28 Leinster 14

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Half-time Leinster Dev 14 Ireland 20s 28

Both sides struggling to build phases due to errors but Ireland’s handling out of contact has been superb, leading to multiple line breaks. Strong lineout maul too

Prendergast looks good picking options at 10 under pressure

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Can't find listing of Leinster Development Squad on Leinster website. Anybody have a link?

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Can't find listing of Leinster Development Squad on Leinster website. Anybody have a link?

it wasnt published prior to the game, so far i've seen:

1. Hanan
2. Barron
3. Lasisi
4. Dunne
5. Soroka
6.
7. O'Hare
8. Doyle
9. Murphy
10. Tector
11. King
12. Berman
13. Brownlee
14. Cosgrave
15.
16. Victory
17.
18.
19. Walsh
20.
21. Cawley
22.
23.

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Game called at 77 minutes on the clock after a quick consult with both physios

Injuries Ireland 7-4 Leinster
Tries Ireland 5-4 Leinster

FT 35-24

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Can't find listing of Leinster Development Squad on Leinster website. Anybody have a link?

it wasnt published prior to the game, so far i've seen:

1. Hanan
2. Barron
3. Lasisi
4. Dunne
5. Soroka
6.
7. O'Hare
8. Doyle
9. Murphy
10. Tector
11. King
12. Berman
13. Brownlee
14.
15.

Many thanks @mildly

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Leinster Development XV:

M O’Reilly (Dublin University); C Cosgrave (UCD), B Brownlee (UCD), S Berman (Dublin University), A King (Clontarf); C Tector (Lansdowne), B Murphy (Clontarf); M Hanan (Terenure), L Barron Dublin University), T Lasisi (Lansdowne); A Soroka (Clontarf, capt), S Walsh (Lansdowne); M Dunne (Dublin University), J O’Hare (Wesley), J Doyle (Lansdowne).

Replacements (all used): M Victory (Dublin University), G Morris (Lansdowne), R Foxe (Old Belvedere), L O’Connor (Lansdowne), O Cawley (Naas), M Lynch (Dublin University), D Dooley (MU Barnhall), N Sheridan (Clontarf);

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Murphy is expected to announce his squad for the Under-20 Six Nations Championship on January 18th and on the evidence of some aspects of the performance there is justifiable reason to be optimistic, injuries notwithstanding.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... d-victory/

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review of 20s game:

Entertaining game at times, with some lovely offloading from both sides, but equally quite disjointed with both sides guilty of forcing things a bit too much at times.

I didn't recognise quite a few of the Leinster Development subs and some of their starting side, but believe a lot of the wider U20s were featuring for them.

Impressive for Ireland for me were Ruadhan Quinn, Sam Prendergast, Brian Gleeson & Gus McCarthy. Fintan Gunne had some nice moments too when introduced. Impressive for Leinster were Aitzol King, Ben Brownlee and Max Dunne at blindside flanker.

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some of the players injured today:

Hugh Cooney. Jack Oliver, Conor O’Tighearnaigh, Henry McErlean, Josh Costello, Ruadhan Quinn

Ben Murphy, Lee Barron

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My guess, injury allowing on irish 20s team:

1. George Hadden(Leinster)
2. Gus McCarthy(Leinster)
3. Paddy McCarthy(Leinster)
4. Conor O'Tighnearnaigh(Leinster)
5. Evan O'Connell(Munster)
6. Diarmuid Mangan(Leinster)
7. Ruadhan Quinn(Munster)
8. James McNabney(Ulster)
9. Fintan Gunne(Leinster)
10. Sam Prendergast(Leinster)
11. Ike Anagu(La Rochelle)
12. Hugh Gavin(Connacht)
13. Hugh Cooney(Leinster)
14. Rory Telfer(Ulster)
15. Henry McErlean(Leinster)

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No.8 Brian Gleeson from Munster looks a serious prospect. Still u19 but is massive, ( 6'5 would be my guess ) and a great old school carrier. Don't know if he'll start this year given the strength of the back row with McNabney, Quinn and Mangan but looks impressive.

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No.8 Brian Gleeson from Munster looks a serious prospect. Still u19 but is massive, ( 6'5 would be my guess ) and a great old school carrier. Don't know if he'll start this year given the strength of the back row with McNabney, Quinn and Mangan but looks impressive.

A number 8 in the coombes mould.

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Any word on how Paddy McCarthy (who has been playing almost all his rugby, very well, at Loose-Head) did against Hannan?

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Squad named tomorrow.

[OneLungDavy]

Is Edogbo not under age this year?