FT Ireland 42-26 England.
Ireland get a bonus point win, and prevent England from getting anything. That could be huge.
Captain Charlie Ryan already talking about Australia
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Wow.
Mason Grady with a magnificent score. Grady outruns the outside defense from his own half with powerful strides, and then steps the covering player to score. Brilliant individual effort
FT England 38-20 Wales
Good game in the end
Sean French gets Ireland up to the tryline. They push hard, staying patient. John Hodnett gets over for the try.
42-26 to Ireland with 4 minutes to go.
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pools for 2020
Pool A:
France
Wales
New Zealand
U20 Trophy winner
Pool B:
Australia
England
Ireland
Fiji
Pool C:
South Africa
Argentina
Italy
Georgia
Decent game between Wales U19 and England U19. Some impressive players on both sides, will be interested to see more of Harri Doel, Joe Roberts, and Jack Reeves again - but High Tizard was the standout
Brilliant outside run from fullback Ioan Lloyd takes him outside Joe Browning, and a dummy gets him past Joe Carpenter for a really well taken score. A classy player. Dunford converts - it's 10-10 after 27
HUGE try for Ireland.
Down to 14, Hugh O'Sullivan snipes after Ireland keep it tight and through the phases and scores.
Ireland somehow lead 17-5 at HT
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Georgia U20 Front Rowers
Ireland U20 Locks
Australia U20 Backrowers
French Halfbacks
English Centres
Argentinian Outside Backs
Harsh on SA backrow, but Fraser can't be denied.
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Here’s a question for you rugby twitter: 6 areas of a team; Wingers & Fullback; Centres: Half Backs; Back Row; 2nd Row; and Front Row. Which country’s players would you have in each of those? You cannot have a country provide more than one area. What does the best team look like?
Jake Flannery is in trouble.
Clean outs Bell who lands on his head.
Ref calling for significant mitigation for some reason.
Ref wants penalty only.
As an Irish fan myself, I can say that's really REALLY lucky
Congralutations France.
Worthy winners
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My team of the tournament will come tomorrow, you can look forward to
@alexshawsport
's appetiser to the real thing though some time soon.
Scotland playing really well against England. Have had most of the possession but haven't taken their chances until now. England have scored without trying almost.
Scotland retake the lead 10-7 with a big maul try.
NZ U20 centre Tanielu Tele'a is banned for 3 games following his yellow card v Wales per
@adrian_slabbert
. That's his tournament over with only 3 games left for each team.
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Rory Brand gets a try that he deserves. All credit goes to the pack who drove the Italian scrum back, and Brand picks and goes from the base with footwork to dive over
Really interesting from
@LiamToland7
this morning.
What is the main purpose of the U20s? To produce players for the pro game or to win U20s championships? Does one equate to the other?
Wales control the ball for the final 3 minutes, and claim a victory.
Wales 26-21 Australia FT
First ever win for Wales over Australia at this level apparently.
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Charlie Chapman scores for Scotland a few phases after they butcher a try. They are making some inroads into kicking high to Italy, and Trotter manages to get the ball back to Hutchinson. They go the wrong way when a 2 on 0 overlap would have scored, but Chapman snipes and scores
Sean French and Iwan Hughes ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
Joins Penny, Byrne, Hawkshaw, Molony.
Aaron O’Sullivan and Max O’Reilly (U19) called up.
Strong team named.