Players from nine different Ulster Bank League clubs have been named in the Ireland Club International 1st XV by Head Coach Tom Tierney for Friday's fixture against Scotland Clubs.
Lansdowne, the reigning Ulster Bank League Division 1A champions, have four representatives in the starting team while current table toppers Clontarf and Old Belvedere are rewarded with two starters apiece. Division 1A's top try scorer Mick McGrath (Clontarf) starts on the wing.
The Ireland Club International side takes on Scotland Clubs at Temple Hill (Cork Constitution RFC) at 19:30 this Friday before facing the English Counties at Mowden Park (Newcastle) on 21st February.
Tierney who won 8 caps for Ireland is the current Garryowen head coach and he will be assisted by fellow former international Mick O'Driscoll who is part of the Cork Con coaching team. Garryowen's Seamus McDermott fills the role of team manager.
Ulster Bank Club International team to play Scotland: Danny Riordan (Old Belvedere RFC); Cian Aherne (Lansdowne FC), Stuart Morrow (Ballynahinch RFC), Mark Roche (Lansdowne FC), Mick McGrath (Clontarf FC); David Joyce (Clontarf FC),
Gerry Hurley (Cork Constitution FC) (capt); Colm McMahon (St. Mary's College RFC), Ger Slattery (Young Munster RFC), Christy Condon (Dolphin RFC); Dean Moore (Old Belvedere RFC), Fergal Walsh (Terenure College RFC); Willie Earle (Lansdowne FC), Charlie Butterworth (Lansdowne FC), William Ryan (Cork Constitution FC).
Substitutes: Tyrone Moran (Lansdowne FC), Ian Hirst (Clontarf FC), Declan Lavery (Old Belvedere RFC), Sean Walsh (Cashel RFC), James Ryan (Cork Constitution FC), Neil Cronin (Garryowen) / Sam Cronin (Clontarf FC), Ritchie McMaster (Queens RFC), Barry Daly (UCD).
