How to watch England A vs Ireland A

England A will host Ireland A at Ashton Gate Stadium on Sunday at 1pm, and the match is live and free to watch on RugbyPass TV.

Both teams have selected several players who already possess senior international caps, and their performances could throw them into contention for selection for their national sides with two rounds of Guinness Six Nations action still to come after Sunday.

England A captain Jack van Poortvliet is his side’s most-capped player with 16 caps to his name, and is joined by other capped internationals such as Ollie Hassell-Collins on the wing, Tom Pearson in the back-row, and Curtis Langdon at hooker, who has also been named vice-captain by head coach Lee Blackett.

Ireland A, coached by Munster assistant Mike Prendergast, will be led by Leinster flanker Max Deegan, who has two senior caps. Ireland’s coaches have opted to give fly-half Ciaran Frawley a start after he was released from the senior squad to gain more match time. Also in the Irish lineup is 16-cap loosehead prop Tom O’Toole and full-back Shane Daly, who has two senior appearances. Harry Byrne is one of two capped players on the bench alongside tighthead Oli Jager.

Fixture

Rugby Union Hybrid Friendlies

England A

28 - 12

Full-time

Ireland A

All Stats and Data

England A XV 
15. Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks, West Park Leeds RUFC)
14. Tobias Elliott (Saracens, Harrow Rugby Club)
13. Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby, Chippenham RFC)
12. Will Butt (Bath Rugby, Wimborne RFC)
11. Ollie Hassell-Collins (Leicester Tigers, Newbury RFC, 2 caps)
10. Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, Oxford RFC)
9. Jack van Poortvliet (captain) (Leicester Tigers, North Walsham RFC, 16 caps)
1. Phil Brantingham (Saracens, Northern FC)
2. Curtis Langdon (vice-captain) (Northampton Saints, Hornets Rugby Club, 2 caps)
3. George Kloska (Bristol Bears, St. Brendan’s RFC)
4. Hugh Tizard (Saracens, Guildfordians RFC)
5. Tom Lockett (Northampton Saints, Northampton Saints)
6. Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints, Bromyard Rugby Club, 1 cap)
7. Jack Kenningham (Harlequins, Richmond RFC)
8. Alfie Barbeary (Bath Rugby, Banbury RUFC)

Replacements
16. Gabriel Oghre (Bristol Bears, Walcot RFC)
17. Tarek Haffar (Northampton Saints, Grasshoppers RFC)
18. Luke Green (Northampton Saints, Richmond RFC)
19. Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs, Taunton Rugby Football Club)
20. Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs, Devonport Services RFC)
21. Will Porter (Harlequins, Amersham and Chiltern RFC)
22. Jamie Shillcock (Leicester Tigers, Southam RUFC)
23. George Hendy (Northampton Saints, Shipston-on-Stour RFC)

Ireland A XV
15. Shane Daly (Cork Constitution/Munster)(2 caps)
14. Tommy O’Brien (UCD RFC/Leinster)
13. Jude Postlethwaite (City of Armagh RFC/Ulster)
12. Hugh Gavin (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)
11. Shayne Bolton (Connacht)
10. Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(8 caps)
9. Nathan Doak (Banbridge RFC/Ulster)
1. Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(16 caps)
2. Diarmuid Barron (Garryowen/Munster)
3. Jack Aungier (Clontarf FC/Connacht)
4. Evan O’Connell (Young Munster RFC/Munster)
5. Darragh Murray (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
6. Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(captain)(2 caps)
7. Alex Kendellen (UCC RFC/Munster)
8. Sean Jansen (Connacht)

Replacements
16. Stephen Smyth (Old Wesley RFC/Leinster)
17. Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University FC/Leinster)
18. Oli Jager (Munster)(1 cap)
19. Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD RFC/Leinster)
20. Alex Soroka (Clontarf FC/Leinster)
21. Fintan Gunne (Terenure College RFC/Leinster)
22. Harry Byrne (UCD/Leinster)(4 caps)
23. Brian Gleeson (Garryowen FC/Munster)

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