A large crowd is expected at the home of Buccaneers RFC in Dubarry Park on Friday evening when the Irish U-20 side open their campaign against Italy.
It will be the first of three Ireland U-20 games at the venue this season which has been home to the U-20s for the past few years.
Ireland will play Wales at the venue on March 12 and conclude their campaign when they entertain Scotland at Dubarry Park on March 19.
The Ireland Under 20 side to face Italy this Friday night (7.35pm) includes Eoin Griffin of Corinthians who is included in the replacements.
15 Andrew Conway (Blackrock College/Leinster)
14 Darren Hudson (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
13 Brendan Macken (Blackrock/Leinster)
12 Nevin Spence (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
11 Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)
10 James McKinney (Queens University/Ulster)
9 John Cooney (UCD /Leinster)
1 Brian Cagney (UCC/Munster)
2 Niall Annett (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
3 Jack O'Connell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
4 David O'Callaghan (UCC/Munster)
5 Ben Marshall (UCD/Leinster)
6 Rhys Ruddock (UCD/Leinster)
7 Dominic Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
8 Patrick Butler (Shannon/Munster)

Replacements-
16 David Doyle (UCD/Leinster)
17 Stewart Maguire (Old Belvedere/ Leinster)
18 Brian Hayes (Cork Constitution/Munster)
19 Robin O' Sullivan (Bective Rangers/Leinster)
20 Michael Heaney (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
21 Brian Kingston (Blackrock/Leinster)
22 Eoin Griffin (Corinthians/Connacht)