Offaly man collects first Irish U20 rugby cap

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Mountlucas man scored some great tries in World Championships

Tullamore Rugby Club's Paidi Farrell is pictured receiving his first Irish rugby U20 cap from Tony O'Beirne.placeholder image
Tullamore Rugby Club's Paidi Farrell is pictured receiving his first Irish rugby U20 cap from Tony O'Beirne.

Above: Paidi Farrell with Oisin Minogue, Gene Kareem O'Leary, Luke Murphy at the World U20 Rugby Championships in Italy.

Mountlucas man Farrell was capped during the recent World U20 Championships in Italy, scoring some great tries.

Ireland defeated Georgia, lost to Italy, New Zealand and Scotland and beat Spain, 38-37, in the 11th place play off. Farrell scored two tries in the opening group win over Georgia, he got a try in the narrow loss to Scotland and came on in the 56th minute of the dramatic win over Spain.

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