BEFORE THE SENIOR men made history by beating the All Blacks in Chicago, their young counterparts paved the way with a stunning win over New Zealand U20 in Manchester.
Led by James Ryan, a side who took a little time to hit their straps in the Six Nations ultimately proved a force to be reckoned with as they powered their way to the World Rugby U20 Championship final just over four years ago this week.
How much do you remember about a sensational summer for Nigel Carolan’s side?
Ireland opened the campaign with a win over which side who had just captured an U20 Grand Slam three months prior?
France
England
Wales
Scotland


Who was Ireland's starting out-half as the competition kicked-off?
Johnny McPhillips
Ross Byrne
Bill Johnston
Conor Dean


Which of these established pros was not a part of Nigel Carolan's squad for the tournament?
Paul Boyle
Greg Jones
Will Connors
Hugo Keenan


Less than a year later James Ryan played his first match as a senior professional, against which opposition?
Leicester Tigers
Dragons
Japan
USA


How many tries did Jacob Stockdale score in the tournament?
One
Two
Three
Four


Which of these senior internationals missed out on the squad due to injury?
Jordan Larmour
Sam Arnold
Caelan Doris
Joey Carbery


By how many points did Ireland beat New Zealand in their momentous pool-stage victory?
Five
Nine
13
15


How many current senior Ireland internationals started for both the landmark win over New Zealand and the final?
Two
Three
Four
Five


Jordie Barrett scored the first try of the day, but which of these men didn't cross for Ireland in that famous win over New Zealand?
Andrew Porter
Max Deegan
Greg Jones
Adam McBurney


After trouncing Argentina in the semi-finals, Ireland suffered a heavy defeat to what team in the final?
England
New Zealand
South Africa
France



You scored out of !
Sweet 2016
You didn't give a fiddler's about the Euros. You were bet into the World Rugby Junior World Championship - and fair play to ya.
You scored out of !
Not your summer
Listen, 20s isn't for everyone. And you might still grind out a slowburning career without starring here.
You scored out of !
Sure lookit
Sure it was decent craic while it lasted
And Iam one of them.. from Aherlow to Madrid Harps!!
That’s the legacy of Fianna Fáil and you still will get idiots that will vote for them
Colm Keaveny says they have changed….surly he couldn’t be wrong
Of course they will, because their TD’s great-grand-uncle 14 times’ removed handed DeV a glass of water in Boland’s Mill when he asked for a drink. Ironic really seeing as we replaced one monarchy with another…
Green Thumb.
It’s sad to hear but money pays the bills not playing GAA.
If these guys played for Dublin there would be alot more help available to them…. Anyone else… On your bike lads…!
Sad sign of the times. Our club were county champions 2 years ago, of the 30 on the panel 16 have left as no work in the area and 14 of those have left the country.
What? What club is that
Ahhhhhhhh come on…….
any of the 600 gone wouldn’t have stopped Clare winning the all Ireland this year….
Ridiculous statement!
Clare ha..one back door all ireland in near twenty year and cocky all ready eh. Not even munster champs…roll on next year.
Yea can’t wait back to back all Irelands
Incredible that they only went to U.K. ,U.S. and Australia. 100%.
It was a very narrow-minded group of people.
And where did you go to Dave? North Korea? Iraq? Afghanistan?
Spoddgy you left out Limerick
I am in Budapest. 8 years. Why?
They may end up joining their armies and end up in Iraq and Afghanistan anyway.
Why not got to Canada, Germany, New Zealand, The EUA or anywhere in Scandinavia? They all speak English if that is their problem.
Listen? Hear it? That’s the yawning sound of ignorance. Mark it well because it is often disguised as informed opinion.
600 new club members in Dublin gaa?!
Ever hear a tipp man speaking English …. Ha ha ha here comes the red thumbs…
Anyone who has been to Tipperary will know that emigration is better than a life stuck there, coming from someone who lives here and will be leaving soon.
You will be a major loss… Hope the rest of us can manage without you in the premier county!
No worries, plenty have arrived to take their places.
Ya mary, more like a spent force!
Kilkenny on the way back, in force !
The Tipp crowd are no good
GOOD.
Is that all? Lucky they still have 500+ Most counties would be lucky to have 50