6N: U/20 surprise

Up till the Irish came across the sea England were unbeaten, but they were well and truly beaten at Kingsholm on Friday night. But the biggest surprise of Round 3 of the Under-20 Six Nations was the extent of Wales’s victory over the visiting French. It was a rare smashing.

Results Round 3

Ireland vs England, 25-10
Wales vs France, 43-8
Scotland vs Italy, 18-16

Results so far

Round 1
England vs Wales, 30-17
Ireland vs Italy, 29-11
Scotland vs France, 8-8

Round 2
England vs Italy, 16-10
France vs Ireland, 20-15
Wales vs Scotland, 20-12

England vs Ireland

England were muscular and organised but the Irish were clever and won the battle for the loose ball and so the match.

Three tries to one tells the story of the margin of victory.

Scorers:

For Ireland:
Tries: Conway 2, Hudson
Cons: McKinney 2
Pens: McKinney, Kingston

For England:
Try: penalty try
Con: Burns
Pen: Burns

Teams

England: 15 Jack Wallace, 14 Will Hurrell, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Tom Casson, 11 Jonny May, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Sam Harrison, 8 Alex Gray, 7 Jacob Rowan (captain), 6 Jackson Wray, 5 Charlie Matthews, 4 Danny Wright, 3 Shaun Knight, 2 Jamie George, 1 Lee Imiolek
Replacements: 16 Arthur Ellis, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 George Kruis, 20 Jordi Pasqualin, 21 Jake Sharp, 22 Christian Wade

Ireland: 15 Andrew Conway, 14 Darren Hudson, 13 Brendan Macken, 12 Nevin Spence, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 James McKinney, 9 John Cooney, 8 Patrick Butler, 7 Dominic Ryan, 6 Rhys Ruddock (captain), 5 Ben Marshall, 4 David O’Callaghan, 3 Jack O’Connell, 2 Niall Annett, 1 Bryan Cagney
Replacements: 16 Duncan Casey, 17 Stewart Maguire, 18 Brian Hayes, 19 Robin O’Sullivan, 20 Michael Heaney, 21 Brian Kingston, 22 Eoin Griffin

Referee: Stefano Pennè (Italy)
Assistant referees: Claudio Castagnoli (Italy), Emiliano Roscini (Italy)

Wales vs France

What a shock! What a hammering! France, victors over Ireland, were thumped. Six tries to one – that says it all.

Scorers:

For Wales:
Tries: Phillips 3, Williams, Fish, Loxton
Cons: Jarvis 5
Pen: Jarvis

For France:
Try: Barthélémy
Pen: Doussain
Teams

Wales: 15 Dan Fish, 14 James Loxton, 13 Owen Williams, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Kristian Phillips, 10 Matthew Jarvis, 9 Rhys Downes, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Morgan Allen, 6 Josh Navidi (captain), 5 Lloyd Peers, 4 McCauley Cook, 3 Simon Gardiner, 2 Rhys Williams, 1 Dan Watchurst
Replacements: 16 Ieuan Davies, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 James Thomas, 19 Rhys Jenkins, 20 Edward Siggery, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Dean Gunter

France: 15 Julien Fritz, 14 Clément Lagain, 13 Lamoulie, 12 Romain Barthélémy, 11 Jérémy Sinzelle, 10 Jean-Marc Doussain, 9 Jérémy Gondrand, 8 Antoine Erbani, 7 Tanguy Molcard (captain), 6 Jocelyn Grange, 5 Jean Sousa, 4 Georges Souvent, 3 Gwendal Lamache, 2 Mickaël Ivaldi, 1 Eddy Ben Arous
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Geledan, 17 Xavier Chiocci, 18 Sébastien Mazet, 19 Arthur Roulin, 20 Alexi Bales, 21 Gilles Bosch, 22 Camille Canivet

Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Rob Dickson (Scotland), Graeme Marshall (Scotland)
Television match official: Peter Allan (Scotland)

Italy vs Scotland

It was so close on beautiful Sardinia on Friday but with three tries to one suggests that the Scots deserved their win. Scotland led 13-6 at the break but the Italians came back and led 16-13 before flyhalf Alex Blair got his side’s winning try.,

Scorers:

For Scotland:
Tries: Walker, Fife, Blair
Pen: Grove

for Italy:
Try: Gori
Con: Iannone
Pens: Iannone 3

Teams:

Italy:15 Ruggero Trevisan, 14 Giovambattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Sebastian Rodwell, 11 Giovanni Alberghini, 10 Tommaso Iannone, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Stefano Scanferla, 7 Filippo Ferrarini, 6 Nicola Belardo, 5 Filippo Cazzola, 4 Enrico Targa, 3 Piermaria Leso, 2 Andrea Manici, 1 Carlo Fazzari
Replacements: 16 Nicola Corbanese/Maurizio Aluigi, 17 Ornel Gega, 18 Lorenzo Santelli, 19 Marco Barbini, 20 Vittorio Callori Di Vignale, 21 Alberto Chillon, 22 Michele Mortali

Scotland: 15 Tom Brown, 14 Oliver Grove, 13 Jonny Kennedy, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Dougie Fife, 10 Alex Blair, 9 Alex Black, 8 Stuart McInally (captain), 7 David Denton, 6 Michael Maltman, 5 Robert Harley, 4 Matthew Reid, 3 Colin Phillips, 2 Alun Walker, 1 Nicky Little
Replacements : 16 Lindsey Gibson, 17 George Hunter, 18 Aaron Hall, 19 Callum Stidston-Nott, 20 Kris Hamilton, 21 Matthew Scott, 22 James Johnstone

Referee: David Bodilly (Wales)
Assistant referees: Jon Mason (Wales), Colin Kirkhouse (Wales)
Television match official: Gareth Simmonds (Wales)
Assessor: Salvatore De Falco (Italy)