Ireland U20's Head Coach Andrew Browne has named a 29-player squad for the upcoming U-20s Six Nations, which starts on February 7th away to France in Perpignan. The squad includes two Connacht players, Diarmaid O'Connell from Corinthians and his clubmate Daniel Ryan. Leinster tighthead prop Sami Bishti is captain for the 2026 Championship, while four returning players were involved in last year’s U-20 Six Nations, with forward Donnacha McGuire and backs Tom Wood, Charlie Molony, and Derry Moloney all included at this age-grade for a second year. The Ireland Under-20s have been building towards the Six Nations through a series of camps at the IRFU High Performance Centre, alongside uncapped challenge matches against South Africa and Italy.
Ireland U20 Six Nations Squad:
Forwards (17)
- Tyrese Abolarin (Queen’s University/Ulster)
- Sami Bishti (UCD/Leinster)(captain)
- Ben Blaney (Terenure/Leinster)
- Jonathan Byrne (Garryowen/Munster)
- Max Doyle (UCD/Leinster)
- Joe Finn (Garryowen/Munster)
- Christian Foley (Young Munster/Munster)
- Rian Handley (Old Wesley/Leinster)
- Bill Hayes (Garryowen/Munster)
- Alex Lautsou (Shannon/Munster)
- Duinn Maguire (UCD/Leinster)
- Blake McClean (Instonians/Ulster)
- Donnacha McGuire (UCD/Leinster)
- Dylan McNeice (UCD/Leinster)
- Josh Neill (Old Wesley/Leinster)
- Diarmaid O’Connell (Corinthians/Connacht)
- Sean Walsh (MU Barnhall/Leinster)
Backs (12)
- Christopher Barrett (UCC/Munster)
- Ethan Black (Old Wesley/Leinster)
- Noah Byrne (Dublin University/Leinster)
- Luke Fogarty (MU Barnhall/Leinster)
- Derry Moloney (Blackrock College/Leinster)
- Charlie Molony (UCD/Leinster)
- James O’Dwyer (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
- Charlie O’Shea (UCC/Munster)
- Johnny O’Sullivan (Dublin University/Leinster)
- Daniel Ryan (Corinthians/Connacht)
- Harry Waters (Blackrock College/Leinster)
- Tom Wood (Garryowen/Munster)
Ireland Men’s U-20s fixtures:
- Saturday, 7 February: France v Ireland, Stade Aime Giral, 8 pm Irish time
- Friday, 13 February: Ireland v Italy, Virgin Media Park, 7.45 pm
- Friday, 20 February: England v Ireland, The Rec, 7.45 pm
- Saturday, 7 March: Ireland v Wales, Virgin Media Park, 7.45 pm
- Sunday, 15 March: Ireland v Scotland, Virgin Media Park, 3.15 pm.
