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DUBLIN : Ireland coach Andy Farrell handed a number of fringe players the chance to stake a claim for a World Cup place in Saturday's warm-up against Italy while also including some Grand Slam winners to try to extend a 10-game winning streak.
Jack Crowley will get a first opportunity of the summer to stake his claim at out-half for Ireland, with the Munster man starting at 10 in Saturday's opening Rugby World Cup warm-up against Italy at the Aviva Stadium.
As Ryan Baird sits down to speak to a handful of writers, he seems slightly on edge.
To put the four-year gap between these World Rugby Under-20 Championships into context, you only have to look through some of the names in the Irish squad from their last tournament in 2019.
Andy Farrell has named a 42-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup, with four uncapped players in the squad.
Calvin Nash is among four uncapped players named in Andy Farrell's World Cup training squad.
Leinster welcome back Robbie Henshaw and Ronan Kelleher for their BKT URC semi-final against Munster, who are able to call upon Peter O'Mahony and Keith Earls after injury.
Leinster earned a home semi-final in the BKT United Rugby Championship with a business-like 35-5 win over the Cell C Sharks at the Aviva Stadium.