Apparently lots of nice things were said about Qualter and Kindregan especially by the Leinster staff! The Irish line-out apparently really bossed the game and gave a good account of themselves. It's an area Leinster are actually very weak on and are looking to bulk up. Apart from Neilus Keogh they don't really have any great prospects coming through and with O'Donoghue gone, Cullen 34/35? and Sykes not being the class act they thought he was going to be it's something there rightly worried about. They have some school kid that the Leinster Boards are drooling about called Dan Leavey? (I think) whose meant to be the Leinster answer to Steven Ferris but thats really it. Wouldn't be surprised if in a year or so they try and steal Ian Nagle off Munster or Mick Kearney off us.

Irish Times indicated Qualter and Conneely played very well too

What would happen if we played a touring side from Scunthorpe?

haha so funny that two names has been blocked. bit to far if you ask me.
we cant even say irelands fly half anymore cause PC is gone to far. johnny -_-ton

Leinster Development 15 v 40 Ireland Under-20

Looks like Jack Carty and Kieran Marmion had good games. Good to know there's a 10 coming through for Connacht in the Academy!

www.leinsterrugby.ie/newsroom/9169.php

LEINSTER DEVELOPMENT Team that played the Ireland U-20's.

15: Darren Hudson (St. Mary’s College)
14: Mark Corballis (Old Belvedere)
13: Alex Kelly (UCD)
12: Collie O’Shea (Clontarf)
11: Andrew Boyle (UCD)
10: Noel Reid (Clontarf)
9: Patrick O’Driscoll (Lansdowne)

1: Jack O’Connell (Lansdowne)
2: Tom -_-ton (Lansdowne)
3: Martin Moore (Lansdowne)
4: Neilus Keogh (Lansdowne)
5: Jerry -_-ton (St. Mary’s College)
6: Ciaran Ruddock (St. Mary’s College) CAPTAIN
7: Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne)
8: Eoghan Masterson (Clontarf)

REPLACEMENTS:

16: David Doyle (UCD)
17: Adam Clarkin (UCD)
18: James Tracy (UCD)
19: Conor Owende (Old Belvedere)
20: Michael Oyuga (Old Belvedere)
21: Brian du Toit (Dublin University)
22: Aaron Sheehan (Old Belvedere)
23: Craig Ronaldson (Lansdowne)
24: Stephen Murphy (UCD)
25: Daniel Ruddock (Seapoint)

connachtexile wrote: Warms the heart to see so many of our boys coming through. Good to see the Connnacht U-20's getting the recognition they deserve.

Does anybody know anything about Stephen Macaulley (Exiles)? He's put down as no. 16 which I take as prop position? If so we should should look long and hard into signing him!!

No Macaulley is an extremely talented fullback for Leicester Tigers who went to Clongowes scored two against Michaels in the 2010 final. Very good player surprised he isn't on a wing. He was an amazing schools players one of the best I've ever seen. He's originally from Ulster I think.

Warms the heart to see so many of our boys coming through. Good to see the Connnacht U-20's getting the recognition they deserve.

Does anybody know anything about Stephen Macaulley (Exiles)? He's put down as no. 16 which I take as prop position? If so we should should look long and hard into signing him!!

Great to see. Big congrats to the lads and the coaches.

Great sign of the work that has been carried. It's not so long ago when we struggled to get a few onto panels.

This is great keep the up the Good Work!!

Great to see the 10 lads in the squad, superb work being done. Realisically we need 3/4 of these to make the breakthough next year and then another 3/4 the year after. Homegrown squad is the way to go.

JJ Hanrahan, Paddy Jackson, Tadgh Furlong and a couple of others to come into that yet

it will be even better to see them making positive contribution to connacht 1st team and on decent term contracts! shows the goood work being done tho

Christ. Only one Ulster guy in the squad!

The Ireland Under-20 team to take on a Leinster Development side at Donnybrook on Thursday (kick-off 2pm) has been named.

The now traditional training fixture against Leinster is part of the Ireland Under-20s preparations for the 2012 'RBS U-20 6 Nations Championship, which begins for them against Wales at Dubarry Park on Friday, February 3.

Head coach Mike Ruddock's squad have already been through two training camps this season and the game against the Leinster Development side will be the culmination of their third get-together over the last two days in Dublin.

The squad includes several players from last year's squad, including Daniel Qualter, Aaron Conneely and Cathal Marsh.

IRELAND UNDER-20 Team & Replacements (v Leinster Development XV, Donnybrook, Thursday, December 22, kick-off 2pm):

15 - Shane Layden (Buccaneers/Connacht)
14 - Conor Finn (Buccaneers/Connacht)
13 - Barry Daly (UCD/Leinster)
12 - Tadhg Leader (Galwegians/Connacht)
11 - Callum Boland (Buccaneers/Connacht)
10 - Cathal Marsh (Dublin University/Leinster)
9 - Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
1 - Des Merrey (CLontarf/Leinster)
2 - James Rael (Garryowen/Munster)
3 - Peter Reilly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
4 - Conor Kindregan (UL Bohemians/Connacht)
5 - Daniel Qualter (Buccaneers/Connacht)
6 - Shane Buckley (Garryowen/Munster)
7 - Conor Gilsenan (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
8 - Aaron Conneely (Corinthians/Connacht)

Replacements:

16 - Stephen Macaulley (Exiles)
17 - Barry Daly (UCD/Leinster)
18 - Foster Horan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
19 - Paddy Lavelle (Dublin University/Leinster)
20 - Sam Coghlan Murray (UCD/Leinster)
21 - Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht)
22 - Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht)
23 - Kyle McCall (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
24 - Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
25 - Diarmuid Higgins (Buccaneers/Connacht)
26 - Alan O'Connor (UCD/Leinster)
27 - Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
28 - Jordan Coghlan (UCD/Leinster)

Great to see so many Connacht lads in the squad, be brilliant to see this kind of provincial ratio come the JWC in the summer.