Ireland national under-20 rugby union team

Ireland U-20
Union	Irish Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	Shamrock
Ground(s)	Musgrave Park (Capacity: 8,008)
Coach(es)	Richie Murphy
Captain(s)	Reuben Crothers
Most caps	Dominic Ryan (20); Iain Henderson (20)
Top scorer	Ross Byrne (129)
Most tries	Andrew Conway (14)
Team kit	Change kit
First international
	Ireland 17–15 Wales ; (2 February 2007)
Largest win
	Ireland 51–3 Fiji ; (9 June 2014) ; Ireland 53–5 Wales ; (4 February 2022)
Largest defeat
	New Zealand 69–3 Ireland ; (8 June 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 2008)
Best result	2nd, 2016

The Ireland national under-20 rugby team was formed in 2006, having previously been known as the under-21 team. They have won the Grand Slam three times: 2007, 2010 and 2019.^[1]

Current squad[]

Head coach Richie Murphy named his 31–man squad for the 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship on 28 January.^[2]

Player	Position	Club	Province
Josh Hanlon	Hooker	Ballynahinch	Ulster
James McCormick	Hooker	Ballymena	Ulster
Jack Boyle	Prop	UCD	Leinster
Rory McGuire	Prop	UCD	Leinster
Darragh McSweeney	Prop	Shannon	Munster
Óisín Michel	Prop	Lansdowne	Leinster
Scott Wilson	Prop	Queen's University	Ulster
John Glasgow	Lock	City of Armagh	Ulster
Adam McNamee	Lock	Malone	Ulster
Mark Morrissey	Lock	UCD	Leinster
Conor O'Tighearnaigh	Lock	UCD	Leinster
Reuben Crothers (c)	Back-row	Ballynahinch	Ulster
James Culhane	Back-row	UCD	Leinster
James McNabney	Back-row	Ballymena	Ulster
Conor Moloney	Back-row	Young Munster	Munster
Jack O'Sullivan	Back-row	UCC	Munster
Ronán O'Sullivan	Back-row	Highfield	Munster
Ethan Coughlan	Scrum-half	Shannon	Munster
Matthew Devine	Scrum-half	Corinthians	Connacht
Adam Maher	Scrum-half	Young Munster	Munster
Tony Butler	Fly-half	Garryowen	Munster
Charlie Tector	Fly-half	Lansdowne	Leinster
Ben Brownlee	Centre	Blackrock College	Leinster
Fionn Gibbons	Centre	UCD	Leinster
Daniel Hawkshaw	Centre	Old Belvedere	Leinster
Daniel Squires	Centre	UCC	Munster
Aitzol King	Wing	Clontarf	Leinster
Shane Mallon	Wing	UCD	Leinster
Chay Mullins	Wing	Bristol Bears	IQ Rugby
Patrick Campbell	Fullback	Young Munster	Munster
Dylan O'Grady	Fullback	UCD	Leinster

Coaching and management[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Richie Murphy
Forwards coach	Jimmy Duffy
Skills and backs coach	Mark Sexton
Defence coach	Willie Faloon
Team manager	Hendrik Kruger
Athletic performance coach	Martin Kennedy
Performance analyst	John Buckley
Media and communications	Ryan Bailey

Overall record[]

Opposition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	% Won	For	Aga	Diff
Argentina	5	3	0	2	60%	101	73	+28
Australia	3	1	0	2	33.33%	53	88	–35
England	21	7	0	14	33.33%	408	563	–155
Fiji	2	2	0	0	100%	84	3	+81
France	20	9	0	11	45%	379	419	–40
Georgia	3	2	0	1	66.67%	79	49	+30
Japan	1	1	0	0	100%	39	33	+6
Italy	20	18	1	1	90%	580	291	+289
New Zealand	8	1	0	7	12.5%	115	316	–201
Samoa	3	2	0	1	66.67%	92	45	+47
Scotland	22	17	0	5	77.27%	613	469	+144
South Africa	4	1	0	3	25%	81	148	–67
Tonga	1	1	0	0	100%	45	27	+18
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	100%	45	0	+45
Wales	21	9	1	11	42.86%	476	433	+43
Total	134	74	2	58	55.56%	3,190	2,957	+233