Rep Ireland U18 vs England U18 Schools

Live on Sky Sports tonight, sorry if I missed a thread on this but couldnt see one anywhere.

24/04/’09: Ireland U18 Schools v England U18 Schools, RSC, Waterford 7.35 pm


REPUBLIC OF IRELAND PANEL

No. 1 Aaron MCCAREY - St. Macartan’s College
No. 2 Neil HARNEY - St. Aloysius College
No. 3 Ian STORAN - Crescent College Comprehensive
No. 4 Garvan BROUGHALL - Athlone Community College
No. 5 Tomas BOYLE - Salesian College
No. 6 Jason HUGHES - CBS Sexton Street, Limerick
No. 7 Gary BURKE - Larkin Community College
No. 8 Paul CORRY - Belvedere College
No. 9 Carl FORSYTH - Cabinteely Community School
No. 10 Shane HOWARD - Colaiste Eoin, Hacketstown, Carlow
No. 11 Brian GAFFNEY - St. Joseph’s College, Galway
No. 12 Andrew BOYLE - Colaiste Phadraig CBS, Lucan
No. 13 James KEOHANE - CBS Kilkenny
No. 14 Jason DWANE - St. Peter’s College, Dunboyne
No. 15 Robert BENSON - Marist College, Athlone
No. 16 Gerard HANLEY - St. Joseph’s College, Galway
No. 17 Danny FALLON - Sancta Maria College
No. 18 Cillian MORRISON - St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny

Its Ireland schools, not Ireland u18

Good bit of a difference in fairness

U18 Schools - no?

Take your point, regardless, its on the box for those interested.

It's u18 Schools Internationals /Schools International u18
Schools u18 / U18 Schools
take your pick.

I'd watch it but I'm not a sky subscriber.

No Terenure College kids? Not interested :)

Mostly culchees.

So it's a school international? That explains why England and Scotland were wearing different kits than their national teams last Friday. Does it count as an international? Still counts as a great to represent your country at any sport at any level.

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Originally Posted by SunderlandBohs

Does it count as an international?

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No, it does not.

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Originally Posted by SunderlandBohs

So it's a school international? That explains why England and Scotland were wearing different kits than their national teams last Friday. Does it count as an international? Still counts as a great to represent your country at any sport at any level.

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Technically its not an international as its open to pupils attending school in the individual countries, and there's no nationality barrier. There's been a couple of Nigerian lads who have played for the Irish schools side, and one of the more famous examples is Ryan Giggs who played for England schools as his school was in England.

Still a great honour though. Particularly for the lads who stayed in Ireland and look to finish their schooling. The Ireland u18 team tends to be made up of lads at academies in England and Scotland (with a few home based players obviously). That fact means the impressive Irish performances thuis year are even better IMO

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Technically its not an international as its open to pupils attending school in the individual countries, and there's no nationality barrier. There's been a couple of Nigerian lads who have played for the Irish schools side, and one of the more famous examples is Ryan Giggs who played for England schools as his school was in England.

Still a great honour though. Particularly for the lads who stayed in Ireland and look to finish their schooling. The Ireland u18 team tends to be made up of lads at academies in England and Scotland (with a few home based players obviously). That fact means the impressive Irish performances thuis year are even better IMO

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So you don't have to Irish just attend school here to play? I can remember the the Ryan Giggs thing alright.

Game on here..0-0 so far

http://www.justin.tv/vip_football_2/popout

Irish lads playing a nice bit of ball...England sitting back.

irish are generally dominating. Looking good. that right winger looks decent. (im only watching in patches as i am at work)

0-0 at the half. England attacked a bit more in the last ten minutes. Ireland dominated possession in the first half and looked very comfortable on the ball. Unlucky not to have a goal or two. English keeper looks good.

We're 11/5 with Boyles to win. I haven't been watching- are we worth a punt? Draw is 11/8, England win 13/8.

from what i have seen - if youre going to bet, go small on the win or large on the draw.

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Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

We're 11/5 with Boyles to win. I haven't been watching- are we worth a punt? Draw is 11/8, England win 13/8.

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We looked very good, but I'll leave it at that, as I don't want to jinx ye.;)

Some intersting stats:

In our last 10 meetings with England at this level we have only lost once, winning six of those games.
We've beaten Wales and NI so far this season, draw with Scotland.
England beat Scotland but lost to NI.

So I've decided to put a fiver on us at 11/5.;)

good double chance from a corner there.

Good chance at each end there. Nice break by the Irish lads.