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Ireland U20 Rugby World Cup Squad

3 Kildare players included: Prendergast, Osborne and Cawley

Ireland U-20s head coach Richie Murphy has included three Kildare players in his World Cup squad.

The tournament takes place in the Cape Town region from June 24th to July 14th .

Ireland are Grand Slam champions of the Six Nations, .

Suncroft's Leinster out-half Sam Prendergast, Naas RFC's Andrew Osborne and Oscar Cawley are included in the backs selected

Ireland are in Pool B with England, Australia and Fiji.

Forwards (17):

George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster) George Morris (Lansdowne/Leinster) Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster) Max Clein (Garryowen/Munster)* Danny Sheahan (UCC/Munster) Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster) Fiachna Barrett (Corinthians/Connacht) Ronan Foxe (Old Belvedere/Leinster)* Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD/Leinster) Charlie Irvine (Queen’s University/Ulster) Joe Hopes (Queen’s University/Ulster) Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster) Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemians/Munster) James McNabney (Ballymena/Ulster) Ruadhan Quinn (Old Crescent/Munster) Brian Gleeson (Garryowen/Munster) Dan Barron (Dublin University/Leinster)*

Backs (13):

Fintan Gunne (Terenure/Leinster) Jack Oliver (Garryowen/Munster)* Oscar Cawley (Naas/Leinster) Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster) Matthew Lynch (Dublin University/Leinster) John Devine (Corinthians/Connacht) Hugh Cooney (Clontarf/Leinster) Hugh Gavin (Galwegians/Connacht) Andrew Osborne (Naas/Leinster) Rory Telfer (Queen’s University/Ulster) James Nicholson (UCD/Leinster) Henry McErlean (Terenure/Leinster) Harry West (Buccaneers/Connacht)

*Uncapped at U20s level

Saturday June 24: Ireland U20s v England U20s, – 12.30pm Irish time

Thursday June 29: Ireland U20s v Australia U20s, – 10am Irish time

Tuesday July 4: Ireland U20s v Fiji U20s, – 12.30pm Irish time

Sunday July 9: Play-off match

Friday July 14: Play-off match.

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