Belfield welcomes the Uniphar Five Nations tournament this week with Ireland’s Junior Green Army taking on Under-21 sides from the Netherlands, India, Ukraine and USA.
The tournament runs from Sunday, June 19th to Sunday, June 26th in tandem with the SoftCo Series where the Irish senior line-up face Japan in four challenge matches at the same venue.
The event is a key event in the lead-up to July’s European Championships in Ghent. Ireland will feature 13 of the side that travelled to Potchefstroom, South Africa, for the Junior World Cup in April.
“While the bulk of the squad was at the Junior World Cup a few of the players narrowly missed out and will be keen to show their value for European selection,” Passmore said ahead of the selection.
“We have chosen to go with an all U21 selection because we have lost players since South Africa and with the proximity of a top flight European tournament In July.. It’s great that we have four schoolgirls in the selection, three of whom will carefully manage game play around their final Leaving Certificate exams.
“We can not thank sponsors Uniphar enough for the support their have provided for us to have a home tournament and especially in hosting the Ukraine squad who we missed out on playing in the South Africa.
“The tournament is ideally placed and provides much needed tournament experience for the likes of Lucy Crowe and Alex Purcell who haven’t played in major tournaments and do not have Under-18 experience.
“We are working to address the areas for improvements from the JWC and help the team build towards the Europeans in July in Ghent where we will aim to qualify for next year’s Junior World Cup in Chile.”
Ireland U21 Team Announcement
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No |
Player |
Position |
|
|
1 |
Ellie McLoughlin |
UCD |
Goalkeeper |
|
2 |
Holly Micklem |
Old Alex |
Goalkeeper |
|
3 |
Caoimhe Byrne |
UCD |
Defender |
|
4 |
Lucy Crowe |
Railway Union |
Defender |
|
5 |
KJ Marshall (Co-capt) |
UCD |
Defender |
|
6 |
Emma Paul (Co-capt) |
UCD |
Defender |
|
7 |
Ellen Reid |
Loughborough Students |
Defender |
|
8 |
Siofra Murdoch |
Harvard University |
Defender |
|
9 |
Sophia Cole |
UCD |
Midfield |
|
10 |
Amy Elliott |
UCD |
Midfield |
|
11 |
Anna Horan |
Catholic Institute |
Midfield/Defender |
|
12 |
Lisa Mulcahy |
Loreto |
Midfield/Defender |
|
13 |
Ali Griffin |
Pembroke Wanderers |
Midfield/Forward |
|
14 |
Alex Purcell |
Monkstown |
Midfield |
|
15 |
Leah O’Shea |
Cork Harlequins |
Forward |
|
16 |
Aoife Taaffe |
Loreto |
Forward |
|
17 |
Niamh McIvor |
Pegasus |
Forward/Midfield |
|
18 |
Laura Noble |
Trinity |
Forward |
|
19 |
Rachel Kelly |
UCD |
Forward |
|
20 |
Mikayla Power |
Old Alex |
Forward |
Eva Lavelle is sadly unavailable due to a broken toe.
Management:
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David PassmoreHead Coach
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Lorraine McGowan Manager
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Steven Arbuthnot Coach
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Una McCarthyCoach
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Niamh SmallCoach
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Ian Hughes GK Coach
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Amy PhelanATT / Physio
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Aaron PassmoreAnalyst
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Cathal SheridanPerformance Coach
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Ciaran CarthyPhysiology
Uniphar 5 Nations Fixtures at the National Hockey Stadium, University College Dublin, Belfield.
Sunday 19 June
12:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Netherlands v USA
14:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Ireland v India
Monday 20 June
14:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: USA v Ukraine
16:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Netherlands v India
Wednesday 22 June
13:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: India v Ukraine
15:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Netherlands v Ireland
Thursday 23 June
15:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: India v USA
17:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Ireland v Ukraine
Saturday 25 June
09:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Netherlands v Ukraine
11:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Ireland v USA
Sunday 26 June: Uniphar U23 Tournament Play-offs
10:00 5th v Ireland Development
12:00 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Bronze Play-off 4th v 3rd
14:15 Uniphar U23 5 Nations: Final: 1st v 2nd