The provincial U18 School and Club sides, plus guests IQ Rugby, completed their Interprovincial tournaments on Sunday with Leinster U18 Schools and Leinster U18 Clubs winning their respective categories.
Ulster U18 Schools finished second in the Schools Category, winning two from their three matches, and Ulster U18 Club finished last in their category after losing all three matches. Both teams finished in the same positions last season.
We’ve compiled the final tables plus a run down of the scorers from all the competing teams.
U18 Schools Competition
Callum Smyton was Ulster Schools leading scorer with three tries.
Results
| IRFU U18 Schools Interprovincials – Round 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster U18 Schools | 48 | 10 | IQ Rugby |
| Munster U18 Schools | 23 | 20 | Leinster U18 Schools |
Table
| TEAM | PL | W | D | L | PF | PA | DIFF | TF | TA | TB | LB | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leinster U18 Schools | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 60 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Ulster U18 Schools | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Munster U18 Schools | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 53 | -1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| IQ Rugby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 106 | -57 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Scorers
| IRFU U18 Schools Scorers | ||||||
| PLAYER | PRO | T | C | P | DG | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Tector | LEI | 1 | 7 | 2 | 25 | |
| Rory McGuire | LEI | 4 | 20 | |||
| Shane Buckley | MUN | 4 | 3 | 17 | ||
| Callum Smyton | ULS | 3 | 15 | |||
| Ross McKay | ULS | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||
| James McCormick | ULS | 2 | 10 | |||
| Jude Postlethwaite | ULS | 2 | 10 | |||
| Daniel Hurley | MUN | 2 | 10 | |||
| Jack Boyle | LEI | 2 | 10 | |||
| Zach Harrison | LEI | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Jacob Richards | IQR | 2 | 10 | |||
| Lorcan McLoughlin | IQR | 2 | 10 | |||
| Ethan Bryce | ULS | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Ben Carson | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Finn Rankin | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| James McCormick | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Rory Telfer | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Tim Bailie | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Darragh French | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Donnacha O’Callaghan | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| George Coomber | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jack Oliver | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Nick Green | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Daniel Hawkshaw | LEI | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dylan O’Grady | LEI | 1 | 5 | |||
| Fionn Gibbons | LEI | 1 | 5 | |||
| Scott Barron | LEI | 1 | 5 | |||
| Shane Mallon | LEI | 1 | 5 | |||
| Chay Mullins | IQR | 1 | 5 | |||
| James O’Sullivan | IQR | 1 | 5 | |||
| Owen Chaplin | IQR | 1 | 5 | |||
| Pierce O’Toole | IQR | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Theo Smerdon | IQR | 1 | 5 | |||
| Eoin Quinn | LEI | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ciaran Donoghue | IQR | 1 | 2 | |||
| Rory Morgan | IQR | 1 | 2 | |||
| TOTALS | 40 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 273 | |
U18 Club Competition
Ulster Clubs battled hard throughout the tournament but failed to capitalise on their chances.
Results
| IRFU U18 Club Interprovincials – Round 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leinster U18 Club | 31 | 12 | Ulster U18 Club |
| Munster U18 Club | 36 | 10 | Connacht U18 Club |
Table
| TEAM | PL | W | D | L | PF | PA | DIFF | TF | TA | TB | LB | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leinster U18 Clubs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Munster U18 Clubs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 57 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Connacht U18 Clubs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 69 | -11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Ulster U18 Clubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 91 | -58 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scorers
| IRFU U18 Schools Scorers | ||||||
| PLAYER | PRO | T | C | P | DG | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fionn O’Hara | LEI | 1 | 10 | 25 | ||
| Tony Butler | MUN | 1 | 7 | 2 | 25 | |
| Jack Hanlon | LEI | 4 | 20 | |||
| Mark Purcell | CON | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |
| Conor Duffy | LEI | 3 | 15 | |||
| Thomas McDevitt | ULS | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Aitzol King | LEI | 2 | 10 | |||
| Conor Gibney | LEI | 2 | 10 | |||
| Declan O’Loughlin | CON | 2 | 10 | |||
| Matthew Devine | CON | 2 | 10 | |||
| Anthony Castillo | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Ben McCullough | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Blaine Barry | CON | 1 | 5 | |||
| Conor Moloney | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Darragh McCarthy | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| David Dooley | LEI | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dylan Murphy | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Edwin Edugobo | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Elliot Donaldson | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Ihechi Oji | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jack Milton | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jack Tucker | CON | 1 | 5 | |||
| James Finn | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Kacper Palamarczuk | CON | 1 | 5 | |||
| Kolo Kiripati | CON | 1 | 5 | |||
| Luke Underwood Doyle | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Owen Byrne | MUN | 1 | 5 | |||
| Ruairi Clarke | LEI | 1 | 5 | |||
| Sebastian Hastings | ULS | 1 | 5 | |||
| Ruairidh Fallon | CON | 1 | 2 | |||
| Tyler McNeill | ULS | 1 | 2 | |||
| TOTALS | 38 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 251 | |
NOTES.
The tables and scorers are correct to the best of our knowledge, though there have been variances in matchday reported scorers and printed scorers throughout the tournament. We assume that the printed scorers are correct.
The invitational side IQ Rugby is made up of Irish qualified players attending schools in England.
All the U18 Club sides contain a mix of schools and club players.
