Having opened their 2016/17 account with a win over Wasps last Friday, the Saints Under-18s begin their tour of Dublin on Monday afternoon against Leinster Schools.
They'll be continued as they finished against Wasps, rather than as they started, having come from 10-24 behind to win comfortably in the end at Stowe School. Academy coach Mark Hopley says that while that result is always important, at under-18 level player development is always at the forefront of what the Saints Academy does.
"We had the opportunity to look at 30 lads last week and implemented some of the things we've been working on over pre-season," he said. "I think a lot of our basic skills got better after the break at Stowe and we improved as the game wore on. That's the challenge for these guys - to keep getting better with every game.
"The hard work continues and to narrow the group down for the trip to Dublin was tough, but now we look forward to the challenge."
Kick off is at 3pm.
SAINTS UNDER-18s TEAM TO PLAY LEINSTER SCHOOLS
Dublin
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Kick off 3pm
15 Joe Green
14 Faysal Olabooye
13 Fraser Dingwall (capt)
12 Fraser Strachan
11 Emmet McDonnell
10 Sam Hurd
9 Harry Warn
1 Josh Wacokecoke
2 Samson Mas'si
3 Rhys Charalambous
4 Matt Waring
5 Alex Coles
6 Jasper Dix
7 Joe Wallace
8 Joe Britton
16 Fred Davies
17 Sam Buckley
18 Ed Amako
19 Jack West
20 Henry Larkin
21 Conner Tupai
22 Tosin Segun
23 Sam Cappeart
24 Ollie Kilgallon
25 Zac Berill
26 Ro Kevueli
