Club International

A 49 man squad has been named by Ireland to take on England Counties on 23rd February. The AIB Club International is part of the IRFU Community Rugby Programme that was launched last season and gives non contracted club players the opportunity to win representative honours for Ireland and to showcase the club game at the highest possible level.

The side have two games this season, a home match against an England Counties XV and an away match against Scotland (who they beat 30-13 in the first ever appearance of the AIB Club Interneational side last year).

Ireland Squad for AIB Club Internationals:

FORWARDS (26):

Ron Boucher (Lansdowne),
Frank Cogan (Cork Constitution),
Kevin Corrigan (Lansdowne),
Simon Crawford (Clontarf),
Matthew Crockett (Dublin University),
Owen Cullen (Blackrock),
Conor Hartigan (Buccaneers),
Oisin Hennessy (Dungannon),
Les Hogan (Shannon),
Ciaran Kavanagh (Suttonians),
Brian Madigan (UL Bohemians),
Alan Maher (Lansdowne),
Peter Malone (Garryowen),
Chris McCarey (Belfast Harlequins),
Rory McGrath (Dolphin),
Glen Moore (Ballymena),
Des Murray (Cork Constitution),
Mark Neilly (Dungannon),
Stephen Nolan (Terenure College),
Dan O’Connell (Galwegians),
Merle O’Connell (Cork Constitution),
Jim O’Donovan (Lansdowne),
David Quinlan (Shannon),
Simon Shawe (Ballymena),
Damian Varley (Garryowen),
Marc Warburton (Lansdowne).

BACKS (23):

Kevin Barden (Old Belvedere),
Anthony Barrett (Galwegians),
Philip Brophy (St Mary’s College),
Mark Bruce (Buccaneers),
Eoin Burke (Barnhall),
Joey Burns (Dublin University),
Francis Cooney (DLPS),
Conor Donohue (Dublin University),
Eamon Fitzgerald (Old Belvedere),
Kevin Hartigan (Garryowen),
Cronan Healy (Cork Constitution),
Kieran Hickman (Galwegians),
Barry Keeshan (Dolphin),
Paul Magee (Dungannon),
Richard McCarter (Dungannon),
David McKechnie (Greystones),
Niall McNamara (Clontarf),
Niall O’Brien (Clontarf),
Fiach O’Loughlin (Clontarf),
Greg Stafford (Lansdowne),
Dirk Strydom (Ballymena),
Glen Telford (Dungannon),
Andrew Thompson (Shannon).

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January 12th, 2007 | Posted in Players | No Comments »