Limerick players participate in Ireland U18 and U19 Christmas training squads

A NUMBER of Limerick players are included in Ireland U-18 and Ireland U-19 squads for national age-grade training camps taking place in Dublin this week.

The squads are training at the IRFU High Performance Centre from today, December 27, to Friday, December 29.

This is the second of a series of training camps for the Ireland Under-18s that will build up to a final squad for the U-18 Six Nations Festival, which takes place in March and April next year.

The Ireland Under-19s will also have further training camps ahead of a series of matches against France and Wales in April.

Neil Doak and Brendan O’Connor will coach the Ireland U-18s, while Kieran Hallett, Andrew Browne and Jonathon Graham will take charge of the Ireland U-19s at the camps.

IRELAND U-19 Training Squad (December Camp):
Aaron O’Brien (Leinster); Alan Spicer (do); Andre Ryan (do); Billy Bohan (do); Charlie Coghlan (Connacht); Cian Brady (do); Ciaran Mangan (Leinster); Clark Logan (Ulster); Darragh O’Connell (Muskerry RFC/Munster); David Walsh (Leinster); Dylan Hicks (Garryowen FC/Munster); Eanna McCarthy (UCC RFC/Munster); Emmett Calvey (Shannon RFC/Munster); Eoghan Smyth (Midleton RFC/Munster); Evan Moynihan (Leinster); Frazer McKenna (do); Gene O’Leary Kareem (PBC Cork/Munster); Henry Walker (Ulster); Jamie Jackson (do); Jed O’Dwyer (Old Crescent RFC/Munster); Johnny Scott (Ulster); Luke Murphy (Shannon RFC/Munster); Mahon Ronan (Leinster); Matthew Te Pou (St. Munchin’s College/Munster); Mikey Yarr (Leinster); Niall Smyth (Leinster); Oisin Minogue (St. Munchin’s College/Munster); Paddy Taylor (Leinster); Ruairi Munnelly (do); Ryan Connoly (Ulster); Sam Wisniewski (Leinster); Todd Lawlor (do); Tom McAllister (Ulster); Tom Stewart (Leinster); Tomas Farthing (Connacht); Will Wootton (IQ Rugby); Zack Hopkins (Leinster).

IRELAND UNDER-18 SCHOOLS Training Squad
Bill Hayes (Roscrea College/Munster); Blake McClean (Ulster); Cal Traynor Russell (Leinster); Callum McKinney (Ulster); Charlie Fenton (Crescent College Comprehensive/Munster); Charlie Meagher (Leinster); Charlie Molony (do); Charlie O’Shea (CBC Cork/Munster); Chris Barrett (CBC Cork/Munster); Conor Magee (Ulster); Conor O’Shaughnessy (Leinster); Diarmaid O’Connell (Connacht); Donnacha McGuire (Leinster); Dylan McNeice (do); Elliot Mallon (do); Ethan Black (do); Evann Shelley (do); Fionn O’Meara (Nenagh Ormond RFC/Munster); Fraser Cunningham (Ulster); Jack Deegan (Cistercian College Roscrea/Leinster); James O’Leary (PBC Cork/Munster); Jamie Conway (Castletroy College/Munster); Joe Elliot (Leinster); Joe Finn (Cistercian College Roscrea/Munster); Johnny O’Sullivan (Leinster); Jonathan Byrne (Crescent College Comprehensive/Munster); Josh Gibson (Ulster); Lee Fitzpatrick (Leinster); Luke McLaughlin (do); Matthew Heasley (Ulster); Max Doyle (Leinster); Noah Byrne (do); Paddy Curry (do); Rian Handley (do); Rio McDonagh (Ulster); Rory Lyons (Connacht); Sean Walsh (do); Stephen O’Donovan (Bantry Bay RFC/Munster); Thomas Dougan (Ulster); Tom Wood (St Munchin’s College/Munster); T Abolarin (Ulster).