Will be seeking their first win in the Six Nations Under-20 Championship tonight at Dubarry Park, Athlone, where they take on their Ireland counterparts. The Scots have already lost to France at Falkirk and Wales at Newport, but Ireland are definitely within their sights.

Team manager John Jeffrey said: "We contributed to our own defeats with missed tackles, dropped passes and some poor kicking. If we can cut these out and raise the tempo of our game then we can win."

Scotland U20 (v Ireland U20 in Athlone, tonight 7.30pm): M Allan (Loughborough University); T Bury (Boroughmuir), C Kinloch (Edinburgh Academicals), S McColl (Dunfermline), J Smart (Dunfermline); R Jackson (Glasgow Hawks), M Heeks (London Scottish); G Strain (Glasgow Hawks), A Duncan (Stewart's-Melville FP), L Niven (Edinburgh Academicals), J Brown (Bristol), N Patrick (Dunfermline), F McKenzie (Heriot's), L Calder (Newcastle (Falcons) captain, J Baird (Watsonians) Substitutes: F Brown (Biggar), A Dixon (Aberdeen Grammar Rugby), C Simmonds (Heriot's) , S Burton (Currie), R Samson (Newcastle Falcons), J Murray (Edinburgh Academicals), L Jones (Selkirk).

This article was posted on 22-Feb-2008, 07:57 by Hugh Barrow.