V Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 12:00 Club Atletico Estudiantes, Paraná

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1 JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. Ireland V Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny, Temperature C, Wind Speed -13 km/h The 9th place play off at the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships sees Ireland take on in Parana on Monday afternoon, with both sides looking to finish the tournament on a high note after disappointing performances in the Pool stages. Ireland came into this tournament with high expectations after winning the Under 20s Six Nations Championship earlier this year but lost all three games in a difficult group against France, England and Argentina. They comfortably beat Samoa in the semi final play offs, including two tries by 1 year old winger ANDREW BOYLE on his debut. lost heavily to Australia and South Africa in Pool C but followed up those two defeats with back to back wins over Tonga. Ireland have made five changes to their starting line up from the side that beat Samoa, with DAVID O CALLAGHAN returning at lock forward, DOMINIC RYAN at flanker, JOHN COONEY at scrum half and NEVIN SPENCE and EOIN GRIFFIN in the centres. have only made two changes to the side that beat Tonga 2- in the play off semi finals, bringing in MICHAEL TAIT and CALLUM MacBURNIE on the wings. Let s get physical Team Aged 20 Aged 1 Height (cms) Height of Pack 15 cms or taller Weight (kg) Weight of Pack 100 kg + Ireland s team is the oldest of the 12 selected line ups for Monday s matches and are an average of three months per man older than their opponents. They also have a physical advantage in height in the line outs and weight in the scrums. The tall guys 2010 Records >> >> Patrick Lambie South Africa Tyler Bleyendaal Tom Homer England Julian Savea Jonny May England Aidan Toua Australia All Time Records >> >> Tom Homer England Francois Brummer South Africa Matthew Jarvis Wales s forwards are 2 cm per man taller than their Irish opponents with their tallest player being second row GRANT GILCHRIST at 203 cm (6ft 7 ins) tall. Ireland s tallest player is second row BRIAN HAYES who stands at 196 cm (6ft 5ins). The heavyweight division The combined weight of the pack is 51 kg, which gives them a weight advantage of 22 kg over Ireland in the scrum. All eight of s forwards weigh over 100 kg. Ireland s tighthead prop MARTIN MOORE is the heaviest man in their starting line up at 115 kg (1st 2lbs) and he has a 10 kg advantage over his direct opponent in the scrum, s loosehead prop ANTHONY KENT. 10 Zac Guildford Julian Savea Ryuhei Arita Japan International Rugby Board Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/ :20). Page 1

2 JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) History In previous IRB Junior World Championships Ireland finished 9th in 200 and th in 2009, whilst finished one place lower on each occasion. This match is a repeat of the 200 play off for 9th place, when Ireland beat Perhaps more relevant is Ireland s -15 win in the Six Nations Championship earlier this year when NEVIN SPENCE and ANDREW CONWAY both scored two tries and JAMES McKINNEY, who starts on the replacements bench for Sunday s match, kicked 19 points. Experience Second row forwards BRYAN HAYES and DAVID O CALLAGHAN, flankers DOMINIC RYAN and BRIAN O HARA and inside centre NEVIN SPENCE all played in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship for Ireland. Four Ireland players have started every match in this tournament; captain and hooker NIALL ANNETT, number PADDY BUTLER, left winger SIMON ZEBO and full back ANDREW CONWAY, who scored tries against both England and Samoa to add to the four tries he scored in the Six Nations Championship and is the youngest player in the Irish squad. Six of the starting line up played in last year s tournament with flanker ROBERT HARLEY, number STUART McINALLY and centre ALEX DUNBAR having some involvement in all five matches in that tournament as well as starting all five games in the Six Nations earlier this year. Hooker ALUN WALKER, lock forward DAVID DENTON, STUART McINALLY and scrum half ALEX BLACK are the four players to have started every game in this year s tournament. captain STUART McINALLY has scored three tries in JWC competition, all against Tonga, including one in each of the last two games. The man in the middle GARRATT WILLIAMSON of is the referee for this match, his fourth of the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. He took charge of Ireland s defeat to England and has yet to show a yellow card in the tournament. IRB Junior World Championships Facts and Figures Ireland (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): Need to score 6 more points to reach 300 overall. Converted 3 penalties second in the table behind England on % of Ireland s total points have been scored through penalty kicks, which is the highest percentage of the 12 teams competing. Conceded 10 points to penalty kicks, which is higher than any other team. Total of 70 penalties kicked in Ireland s matches is 6 higher than any other team. Scored 59.2% of their points in the second half of matches. Only have a higher second half percentage. Conceded 25 tries in 1 matches played, the second lowest of all teams competing in this year s tournament behind with 10. 0% of tries scored against Ireland have been converted (20 out of 25), a higher percentage than against any other team along with ( out of 10). Only scored 0.% of their points in the first half of matches, the second lowest percentage of the 12 teams competing after New Zealand. Not scored any drop goals in competition history. (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): Conceded 21 tries in this year s tournament, joint highest with Tonga. Conceded 5 tries overall, second only to Fiji of the teams competing this year with 56. Only kicked 1 penalty goals, the joint lowest of the teams competing in 2010 with Australia and Fiji. Not kicked a drop goal but have conceded three, second only to France, who have conceded four. International Rugby Board Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/ :20). Page 2

3 Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 IRELAND Matches #: 15 Andrew Conway Blackrock College Replacements Andrew Boyle University College Dublin Dominic Ryan Lansdowne 1 6 Eoin Griffin Corinthians Noel Reid University College Dublin Brian Hayes Cork Constitution Paddy Butler Shannon 5 Nevin Spence Ballynahinch John Cooney University College Dublin David O Callaghan 12 9 University College Cork Simon Zebo Cork Constitution Brian O Hara Bohemians David Doyle (University College Dublin) 17 Denis Buckley (Corinthians) 1 Jordi Murphy (Blackrock College) 19 Robin O Sullivan (Bective) 20 Michael Heaney (Belfast Harlequins) 21 James McKinney (Queen s University Belfast) 22 Michael Kelleher (Richmond) Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 6 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest : David O Callaghan (20) Youngest : Andrew Conway (1) Avg Weight Forwards: 10 kg Officials Martin Moore 3 Niall Annett (C) 2 Bryan Cagney 1 Referee: Garratt Williamson () - 3 Matches Lansdowne Belfast Harlequins University College Cork Matches at Venue: 0 Matches Ireland: 1 Matches : 0 Matches Match Debut: 09/06/ England v Ireland Anthony Kent 1 Alun Walker 2 Nicky Little 3 Assistant Referee: Emilio Traverso (Argentina) Assistant Referee: Mauro Rivera (Argentina) London Scottish Currie Hawick 5 Robert Harley 6 David Denton Edinburgh Academicals Grant Gilchrist Stirling County Michael Maltman 7 West of Alex Black Stuart McInally (C) Edinburgh 9 Duncan Weir 10 Heriot s FP Replacements 16 Adam Fedorciow (Bath Rugby) 17 Colin Phillips (Stewart s Melville FP) 1 Michael Fedo (Watsonians) 19 Callum Stidston-Nott (London Scottish) 20 Russell Weir (Loughborough University) 21 Matthew Scott (Currie) 22 Oliver Grove (Worcester Warriors) Leeds Carnegie Glasgow Warriors Michael Tait Newcastle Falcons Alex Dunbar Glasgow Warriors Tom Brown James Johnstone 15 Currie Callum MacBurnie Moseley Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 7 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 20 Oldest : Nicky Little (20) Youngest : Duncan Weir (19) Avg Weight Forwards: 106 kg Edinburgh Academicals SCOTLAND Matches #: 15 International Rugby Board Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/ :20). Page 3

4 Recent Results Head to Head All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. Date Team A Result Team B Venue 22/06/200 Ireland Newport Summary Ireland 1 Matches (0 Draw) 1 Won Conversions 1 2 Penalties 0 0 Drop Goals 0 Records For Ireland against For against Ireland 22-1 Appearances Conversions 1 - Jamie Murray Ian Porter - 2 Penalties - - Drop Goals - Records in a Match For Ireland against For against Ireland On 3 Occasions On 2 Occasions On 2 Occasions On 2 Occasions On 2 Occasions - 2 Conversions 1 - Jamie Murray on 22/06/200 Ian Porter on 22/06/200-2 Penalties - - Drop Goals - Team Records in a Match For Ireland against For against Ireland On 22/06/ On 22/06/200 On 22/06/ On 22/06/200 On 22/06/200 - Conversions 1 - On 22/06/200 On 22/06/200-2 Penalties - - Drop Goals - International Rugby Board Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/ :20). Page

5 JWC Record Under: Allen Clarke Debut: 05/06/2009 v Argentina (W 16-9) Winning Ratio: 33.33% per Match: 2.11 JWC Record Under Allen Clarke 3 Wins 0 Drawn 6 Lost 12 For 19 Against 19 For 10 Against 12 For Conversions 9 Against 21 For Penalties 26 Against 0 For Drop Goals 1 Against JWC Recent Matches Date Opponent Result Venue 17/06/2010 Samoa W Paraná 13/06/2010 Argentina L 21 2 Rosario 09/06/2010 England L Rosario 05/06/2010 France L Rosario 21/06/2009 Samoa L 3 9 Fukuoka For 10 Ag 10 For 10 Ag 7 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Information Pos Age Debut Caps Caps as Sub Caps v Opponent Won Drawn Lost Cons Pens DGs Bryan Cagney /06/ Niall Annett (C) /06/ Martin Moore /06/ David O Callaghan 20 05/06/ Brian Hayes /06/ Dominic Ryan /06/ Brian O Hara /06/ Paddy Butler 19 05/06/ John Cooney /06/ Noel Reid /06/ Simon Zebo /06/ Nevin Spence /06/ Eoin Griffin /06/ Andrew Boyle /06/ Andrew Conway /06/ Total David Doyle /06/ Denis Buckley /06/ Jordi Murphy /06/ Robin O Sullivan Michael Heaney /06/ James McKinney /06/ Michael Kelleher JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Ireland Caps 9 - David O Callaghan - Chris Cochrane 9 - Dominic Ryan - Dave Kearney - Dave Kearney 2 - Michael Keating - Ian Porter 37 - James McKinney 26 - Ian McKinley Records (In a Match) : 20 - Ian Porter v Tonga on 1/06/200 : 2-7 players Conversions: 5 - Conor Murray v Uruguay on 13/06/2009 Penalties: 5 - James McKinney v France on 05/06/2010 Drop Goals: 5 - James McKinney v France on 05/06/2010 Team Records (In a Match) : 5 on 2 Occasions : 7 v Uruguay on 13/06/2009 Conversions: 5 v Uruguay on 13/06/2009 Penalties: 5 v France on 05/06/2010 Drop Goals: 5 v France on 05/06/2010 International Rugby Board Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/ :20). Page 5

6 JWC Record Under: Eamon John Debut: 05/06/2010 v Australia (L 13-5) Winning Ratio: 50.00% per Match: 1.75 JWC Record Under Eamon John 2 Wins 0 Drawn 2 Lost 6 For 12 Against 7 For 21 Against 6 For Conversions 1 Against 7 For Penalties 3 Against 0 For Drop Goals 0 Against JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Information JWC Recent Matches Date Opponent Result Venue 17/06/2010 Tonga W 2 Paraná 13/06/2010 Tonga W 27 3 Paraná 09/06/2010 South Africa L 0 73 Santa Fe 05/06/2010 Australia L 13 5 Santa Fe 21/06/2009 Tonga W 2 25 Osaka For 96 Ag 167 For 10 Ag 2 Pos Age Debut Caps Caps as Sub Caps v Opponent Won Drawn Lost Cons Pens DGs Anthony Kent /06/ Alun Walker /06/ Nicky Little /06/ David Denton 20 05/06/ Grant Gilchrist /06/ Robert Harley /06/ Michael Maltman /06/ Stuart McInally (C) 19 05/06/ Alex Black /06/ Duncan Weir /06/ Michael Tait /06/ Alex Dunbar /06/ James Johnstone /06/ Callum MacBurnie /06/ Tom Brown /06/ Total Adam Fedorciow /06/ Colin Phillips /06/ Michael Fedo /06/ Callum Stidston-Nott /06/ Russell Weir /06/ Matthew Scott /06/ Oliver Grove /06/ JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Caps 10 - Peter Horne - Grant Anderson 9 - Robert Harley 3 - Stuart McInally 9 - Stuart McInally 2 - Ruaridh Jackson 37 - Peter Horne 33 - Duncan Weir 2 - Stephen McColl Records (In a Match) : 16 - Stephen McColl v USA on 1/06/200 : 2-3 players Conversions: - 2 players Penalties: 3-2 players Drop Goals: 3 - Peter Horne v Samoa on 05/06/2009 Team Records (In a Match) : 1 v USA on 1/06/200 : 6 v USA on 1/06/200 Conversions: on 2 Occasions Penalties: 3 on 3 Occasions Drop Goals: 3 v Samoa on 05/06/2009 International Rugby Board Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/ :20). Page 6