IRELAND’S U19S were handed a 2-0 defeat to Denmark in wet conditions at the Showgrounds today.
A goal in each half condemned Tom Mohan’s side to their second friendly loss to the same opposition at the home of Sligo Rovers in the space of three days.
The Boys in Green boss rang in the changes from Saturday’s starting line-up as he continues preparations for next month’s Uefa U19 Championship qualifiers, with only Norwich City defender Andrew Omobamidele retaining his place.
That meant an Ireland debut for Manchester United midfielder Harvey Neville, who is the son of current England manager Phil. The 17-year-old qualifies through his mother Julie’s family.
Ireland’s starting XI: Bobby Jones (Wigan Athletic), Andrew Omobamidele (Norwich City), Ben Greenwood (Bournemouth), Mark McGuinness (c) (Arsenal), Lewis Richards (Wolves), Harvey Neville (Manchester United), Festy Ebosele (Derby County), Ross Tierney (Bohemians), George Nunn (Chelsea), Conor Grant (Sheffield Wednesday), Tom Cannon (Everton).
Ryan Bailey steps into the presenter’s chair where he’s joined by Murray Kinsella and Eoin Toolan on the line for Japan to tee up one of the biggest, if not the biggest week in Irish rugby: a World Cup quarter-final against back-to-back champions New Zealand.
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Up the Dubs
indeed…but last weeks game was like a dublin team 20 years ago. +7 victory for Cork. Cunningham needs to go.
Yep, there is something wrong in the camp.
@gold3n: Well in the game now, Nash really kept Cork in it with those saves.
Hey, listen I really hope we do well but I think we’ve taken a step back with this new managment setup. Don’t forget Cork have also been shocking over the past 18 months.
Just when we think we’re going to have a good year we lose to what was being described as the worst Dublin team of all time… More fake news…
Cork are in the same boat as us. They have struggled the past 18/24 months. Beating by a bad Wexford team last year??
Great to see our lads competing. Was expecting a hammering after last week. If it wasn’t for 2 great saves by Nash we could be well ahead.
Pa Horgan is having a shocker out there tonight.
Is this on TV?
Eir sport.
Anthony Dalys commentary is a disgrace here totally one sided.
@John Carroll: Can you blame him considering how bad Cork were?
Could have stayed in it if Pa Horgan learned how to pick up the ball in training for the penalty! Could have Used a Nash Rocket instead of a bobbly one.
@John Boyle Cork like any other county are entitled to be as good or as bad as they want over the seventhy minutes but they should like any other county be entitled to a fair non bias commentary and if Daly cant do that he should head off back to Clare and milk his cows!!!
Great win for Dublin after the poor result v tipp last week. Very poor cork side who will struggle to stay up after that performance. Great to see the dubs compete and show hunger and commitment. Something to build on. Looks like a toss up between dubs rebels and banner for the drop.