Tarf Trio set to start against England Counties XV

Tarf’s Evan Ryan, Simon Crawford and Barry O’Mahony have been selected to start for the Ireland Club International side as they take on an England Counties side at Anglesea Road this coming Friday.  All three players played their part in the impressive 32-30 victory against their Scottish counterparts last weekend.  Tarf’s dynamic prop forward Ciaran Kavanagh is again named among the replacements.

ULSTER BANK CLUB INTERNATIONAL Team & Replacements (v England Counties XV, Anglesea Road, Friday, March 18, kick-off 5.30pm):

15. John O’Brien (Buccaneers)
14. John Cleary (Galwegians)
13. Eric Moloney (Dolphin)
12. Evan Ryan (Clontarf)
11. David Mongan (Old Belvedere)
10. Barry Keeshan (Dolphin)
9. Gerry Hurley (Cork Constitution)
1. John Ryan (UCC)
2. Richie Sweeney (St. Mary’s College)
3. Christy Condon (Dolphin)
4. Philip Donnellan (UCC)
5. Simon Crawford (Clontarf)
6. Hugh Hogan (St. Mary’s College)
7. Barry O’Mahony (Clontarf)
8. Frank Cogan (Cork Constitution) (capt)

Replacements:

16. Ciaran Kavanagh (Clontarf)
17. Ger Slattery (Young Munster)
18. Liam Og Murphy (Young Munster)
19. Damian Hall (St. Mary’s College)
20. Matt D’Arcy (St. Mary’s College)
21. Alan Kingsley (Young Munster)
22. Stuart Morrow (Ballynahinch)