There has been a late change to the Ireland Under-20 team to face their Argentinian counterparts this afternoon in in their opening game of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship.
Winger, Ciaran Gaffney has been withdrawn from the side due to an ankle injury he picked up during Captains Run. He will be replaced in the starting XV by Jacob Stockdale. Fergal Cleary will take his place on the bench.
The tournament is taking place in Parma, Italy from the 2nd – 22nd of June.
Ireland share pool C with Argentina, Scotland and New Zealand and open their tournament this afternoon against Argentina at 3.30pm in Parma.
Ireland Under-20 Team
15. Billy Dardis (UCD/Leinster)
14. Jacob Stockdale (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)
12. Sam Arnold (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
11. Stephen Fitzgerald (Shannon/Munster)
10. Joey Carbery (UCD/Leinster)
9. Nick McCarthy (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
1. Jeremy Loughman (UCD/Leinster)
2. Zack McCall (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
3. Oisin Heffernan (Terenure College/Leinster)
4. David O'Connor (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
5. Alex Thompson (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
6. Josh Murphy (UCD/Leinster)
7. Rory Moloney (Buccaneers/Connacht)
8. Lorcan Dow (Queen's University Belfast/Ulster)
Replacements
16. Sean McNulty (UCD/Leinster)
17. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)
18. Conan O'Donnell (Sligo/NUIG/Connacht)
19. Jack Dwan (UCD/Leinster)
20. Nick Timoney (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
21. Charlie Rock (Old Belvedere/Leinster) *
22. Tomás Quinlan (Cork Constitution/Munster) *
23. Fergal Cleary (Lansdowne/Leinster)
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