Massive U20 win for England

At Sandy Park, the home ground of Exeter Chiefs, the England side ran in nine tries and conceded just two.

Ireland vs Scotland, 20-19.

The final eight minutes were agonising in cold, wet Cumbernauld. Scotland were winning 19-13 when Ireland scored a try. 19-18, The conversion was successful. 20-19. With two minutes to go, Scotland attempted a penalty kick at goal, and missed.

The kick-off was delayed and when it started Ireland played with a telling breeze, but Scotland scored first when centre Cameron Hutchison forced his way over near the posts. Flyhalf Josh Henderson converted and at half-time Scotland led 13-6 and had the wind at their backs for the second half.

Early in the second half Ireland levelled things. They kicked a kickable penalty out at the corner for a line-out, formed an aggressive maul and hooker Tadh McElroy fell down for the try.

Scotland's forwards got on top and two more Scottish penalties got them into a 19-13 lead – till those last eight minutes.

Pick-'n-drive took the Irish to within scoring distance and flank l Doyle forced himself away from a Scottish grasp and scored the try to the left of the posts. Johnny McPhillips kicked the conversion into the mean wind and Ireland led for the first time in the match.

Still Scotland could have won but for a missed penalty.

Scorers

For Scotland:

Try: Hutchison

Con: Henderson

Pens: Henderson 4

For Ireland:

Tries: McElroy, Boyle

Cons: McPhillips 2

Pens: McPhillips 2

Teams:

Scotland: 15 Darcy Graham, 14 Robbie Nairn, 13 Craig Pringle, 12 Cameron Hutchison, 11 Ross McCann, 10 Josh Henderson, 9 Andrew Simmers, 8 Tom Dodd, 7 Matt Fagerson, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Callum Hunter-Hill (captain), 4 Alex Craig, 3 Adam Nicol, 2 Fraser Renwick, 1 George Thornton

Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Daniel Winning, 18 Fergus Bradbury, 19 Hamish Bain, 20 Jamie Ure, 21 Bruce Flockhart, 22 Charlie Shiel, 23 Stafford McDowall

Ireland: 15 Jack Kelly (captain), 14 Jordan Larmour, 13 Gavin Mullin, 12 Ciaran Frawley, 11 Colm Hogan, 10 Johnny McPhillips, 9 Jonny Stewart, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 l Boyle, 6 Cillian Gallagher, 5 Oisin Dowling, 4 Fineen Wycherley, 3 Peter Cooper, 2 Tadgh McElroy, 1 Joey Conway

Replacements: 16 Adam Moloney, 17 Rory Mulvihill, 18 Charlie Connolly, 19 Jack Regan, 20 Marcus Rea, 21 Jack , 22 Conor Fitzgerald, 23 Tommy O'Brien

Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)    

Assistant referees: Jack Makepeace (England), Peter Allan (England)

Television match official: David Sainsbury (England)

Timekeeper: John McLaughlin (Scotland)

England vs France, 59-17

France went into the match with great confidence and after five minutes a penalty by flyhalf Thomas Darmon gave them a 3-0 lead. 35 minutes later half-time broke and by then England had scored five tries and led 31-3 at half-time.

If that had been the final score it would have been astonishing enough. People were expecting a close encounter. The English pack had other ideas. They got the ball and gave everybody a chance to score.

France were better in the early part of the second half and scored two tries, but England finished much the stronger with five tries.

It was an outstanding performance by England. The four teams due to meet them could well be atremble.

Scorers

For England:

Tries: Cokanasiga, Earl, Butler, Curry, Malins 2, Wright, Aspland-Robinson, Parton

Cons: Malins 7

For France:

Tries: Tolofua, Pesenti

Cons: Darmon 2

Pens: Darmon

Teams

England:  15 Tom Parton, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Max Wright, 12 Will Butler, 11 Sam Aspland-Robinson, 10 Max Malins, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Ben Earl (captain), 6 Tom Curry, 5 Nick Isiekwe, 4 Jack Nay, 3 Joseph Morris, 2 Joe Mullis, 1 Ollie Dawe

Replacements: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Jake Pope, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Justin Clegg, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Jacob Umaga, 23 Gabriel Ibitoye

France: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Geoffrey Cros, 13 Nathan Decron, 12 Théo Millet, 11 William Iraguha, 10 Thomas Darmon, 9 Arthur Retière, 8 Julien Ruaud, 7 Alexandre Roumat, 6 Selevasio Tolofua, 5 Mickaël Capelli, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Corentin Chabeaudie, 2 Florian Dufour, 1 Mathis Dumain

Replacements: 16 Léo Aouf, 17 Etienne Fourcade, 18 Ugo Boniface, 19 Baptiste Pesenti, 20 Killian Bendjaballah, 21 Batiste Couilloud (Lyon), 22 Anthony Fuertes, 23 Théo Dachary

Coach: Thomas Lièvremont

Referee: Dan Jones (Wales))    

Assistant referees: Gwyn Morris (Wales), Gareth Newman (Wales))

Television match official: Tim Hayes (Wales))

Timekeeper: Eric Bullion (England)

Assessor: John Sheehan (Ireland)

Wales vs Italy, 27-5

It was cold and it rained in Milan, and the rain and cold got worse as the two teams tried to play rugby.

Just as Scotland France had done, Italy scored first and lost. They scored from a line-out maul, but Wales hit back and led 10-5 at half-time, defending stoutly against the Italian pack.

In the second half Italian prop Danielli Rimpelli was sin-binned and, while he was off, Ryan Conbeer scored a wonderful wing's try in the corner and in the ghastly weather Ben Jones kicked the conversion.

Scorers:

For Italy:

Try: Baldino

For Wales:

Tries: Carre, Conbeer, Max Williams

Cons: Ben Jones 3

Pens: Ben Jones 2

Teams

Italy: 15 Massimo Cioffi, 14 Andrea Bronzini, 13 Ludovico Vaccari, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Giovanni D'Onofrio, 10 Antonio Rizzi, 9 Charly Trussardi, 8 Giovanni Licata, 7 Lorenzo Masselli, 6 Jacopo Bianchi, 5 Edoardo Iachizzi, 4 Giordano Baldino, 3 Marco Riccioni (captain), 2 Massimo Ceciliani, 1 Daniele Rimpelli

Replacements: 16 Alberto Rollero, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Giosu Zilocchi, 19 Gabriele Venditti, 20 Nardo Casolari, 21 Emilio Fusco, 22 Michelangelo Biondelli, 23 Roberto dal Zilio

Wales: 15 Will Talbot-Davies, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Ioan Nicholas, 12 Kieran Williams, 11 Ryan Conbeer, 10 Ben Jones, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Will Jones (captain), 6 Morgan Sieniawski, 5 Max Williams, 4 Alex Dombrandt, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Ellis Shipp, 1 Rhys Carre

Replacements: 16 Corrie Tarrant, 17 Steff Thomas, 18 Chris Coleman, 19 Jack Pope, 20 Aled Ward, 21 Declan Smith, 22 Phil Jones, 23 Cameron Lewis

Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)     

Assistant referees: Joy Neville (Ireland), Paul Haycock (Ireland)

Television match official: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)