Moore leads again

Shane Moore, who captained Ireland when they won the under-19 World Cup in France last year, will lead Leinster in their opening…

Shane Moore, who captained Ireland when they won the under-19 World Cup in France last year, will lead Leinster in their opening under-21 interprovincial against Munster at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

The UCD centre will be joined by five other members of the Irish under-21 squad who were in Argentina this summer: half backs Andy Dunne and Simon Keogh, prop Niall Treston, number eight Des Dillon (who captained the Irish under-21s in Argentina) and replacements Aidan Kearney and Andy O'Brien.

LEINSTER UNDER-21s: F Baynes (Greystones); D Campion (St Mary's), K Lewis (Dublin University), S Moore (UCD, capt), J Norton (St Mary's); A Dunne (Old Belvedere), S Keogh (Old Belvedere); N Foxe (St Mary's), D Blaney (UCD), N Treston (Blackrock), E Keane (St Mary's), T Hogan (Dublin University), N Breslin (UCD), D Dillon (UCD), E Collins (Lansdowne). Replacements - A O'Brien (UCD), G Hickie (St Mary's), I Wallace (Old Wesley), A Kearney (UCD), C McPhillips (St Mary's), D Rossi (Clontarf), J Elward (Greystones).

OLD BELVEDERE: D Martin; D Keogh, A O'Shea, R Monoghan, R Brown; R Ball, K O'Malley; T Mannix, A Linane, G RocheNagle/A Ronan, J Quinn, C Glesson, H McDonnell (capt), T Murphy, J Logan.

Gerry Thornley

Gerry Thornley

Gerry Thornley is Rugby Correspondent of The Irish Times