Wolfpuppies team v France

Whatever happens this Friday at Newlands, this will be Ireland's best-ever finish at the Junior World Championship.  

But 5th is always better than 6th, and no doubt the French have revenge on their minds from their U20s Six Nations defeat in Grenoble last February.

Once again TG4 have pulled out the stops to bring this match to you live...whatever you say about the language, it has to be said their coverage of this tournament has been excellent...when Ireland wasn't playing the Baby Boks or the Baby Blacks, Sky certainly didn't want to know, so top marks to TG4 for stepping up.

Here's Mike Ruddock's starting lineup for Friday lunchtime...gwan the Wolfpuppies!!!

15 FB Peter Nelson 14 W Barry Daly 13 C Stuart Olding 12 C Chris Farrell 11 W Foster Horan 10 FH JJ Hanrahan 9 SH Kieran Marmion 1 P Des Merrey 2 H Niall Scannell 3 P Tadhg Furlong 4 L Alan O'Connor 5 L Tadgh Beirne 6 F Iain Henderson 7 F Jordan Coghlan 8 N8 Jack Conan Replacements 16 James Rael 17 Peter Reilly 18 Jake Cawley 19 Shane Buckley 20 Aaron Conneely 21 Luke McGrath 22 Jack Carty 23 Conor Finn

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