The Ireland U19 squad to face France U19 this week has been named.

The teams will face each other twice this week at the FFR headquarters in Marcoussis, with games on Wednesday and Saturday.

The Ireland Under-19 squad will play their French counterparts twice at FFR headquarters in Marcoussis this coming Wednesday and Saturday.

The squad includes a host of players who have progressed from the U18 set up last year as well as two players who featured in the U20 6 Nations campaign, prop Andrew Porter and full back/winger Jacob Stockdale.

Ireland U19 Squad:

Vakhtang Abdaladze (Clontarf FC)

Ben Betts (Young Munster RFC)

Conall Boomer (Cottelsoe, Australia)

Matthew Byrne (Terenure College RFC)

Peter Claffey (NUIG RFC)

Max Deegan (St. Michael’s College)

Liam Free (Cardiff RFC)

Greg Jones (UCD RFC)

Conor Kenny (Garbally College)

Paul Kiernan (UCC RFC)

Andrew McGrath (Ballymena Academy)

John Molony (Clongowes College)

Michael Melia (Terenure College RFC)

Conor O’Brien (Clontarf FC)

Jimmy O’Brien (Newbridge College)

Vincent O’Brien (Cork Constitution)

Sean O’Connor (Rockwell College)

David O’Mahony (Young Munster RFC)

John Poland (PBC Cork)

Andrew Porter (UCD)

Neil Reilly (Ardee RFC)

Jonathan Rosborough (Ballymena RFC)

Hugh Sloan (Queen’s University RFC)

Jacob Stockdale (Queen’s University RFC)

Dan Trayers (Cistercian College Roscrea)

Joseph White (Cork Constitution)