There are no changes on the Irish under-21 team, or replacements, from that which accounted for France by 24-9 for their next encounter against their Welsh counterparts at Virginia Park, Caerphilly, on Friday at 2.30.

Ireland Under-21 (v Wales under21s, Virginia Park, Caerphilly, Friday, February 19th, 2.30): G Murphy (Leicester); D Quinlan (Blackrock College), K Hartigan (Garryowen), B O'Driscoll (University College Dublin), T Keating (Blackrock College); B Cunningham (Bective Rangers), P Stringer (University College Cork); M Horan (Shannon), P Smyth (St Mary's College), S Best (Newcastle), M O'Driscoll (UCC), R Casey (Blackrock College), P Neville (Old Crescent), R Woods (Dublin University), L Cullen (capt, Blackrock College). Replacements: J Davis (Dungannon), J Staunton (Garryowen), J Ferris (Leicester), D O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution), J Campbell (Terenure College), S Baretto (Terenure College), J Fogarty (Cork Constitution).