Large Kildare Representation On Leinster Team For Bath Friendly

Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:12

The game is on Friday evening

The Leinster Rugby team, to play Bath in a Friendly in The Rec tomorrow evening (KO: 7.15pm) has been named and includes five Kildare players.

Rhys Ruddock captains the team.

Henry McErlean is at full-back.

Aitzol King and Naas’s Andrew Osborne are named on the wings, with Liam Turner and Ben Brownlee in the centre.

Suncroft’s Sam Prendergast and Fintan Gunne form the half-backs.

Michael Milne starts in the front row, alongside Academy hooker Gus McCarthy and Samoa captain Michael Ala’alatoa.

Brian Deeny and Jason Jenkins are the second row, with the Academy’s Sallins Diarmuid Mangan joining Donadea’s Will Connors and Ruddock in the back row.

Among the replacements Naas’s Jamie Osborne.

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