6N U20: Ireland Romp Home

This is Ireland Under-20’s year. After Round 4, they had already won the Under-20 Six Nations. They were in an unassailable position, but still the wanted a Grand Slam, and they went across the Irish Sea to Wales and fetched it home to Ireland – for the very first time.

In achieving, it they beat France, who were World Rugby’s Junior World Champions, and they had beaten England who are always so powerful. In the end they were nine log points above France and 10 above England.

Six Nations Under-20 Log 2019

1. Ireland with 26 points
2. France with 17 points
3. England with 16 points
4. Wales with 10 points
5. Italy with 7 points
6. Scotland with 6 points

2019 Results, Rounds 1-5

Round 1
Ireland vs England 35-27
Italy vs Scotland, 32-22
France vs Wales, 32-10

Round 2
Ireland vs Scotland, 24-5
Wales vs Italy, 42-12
England vs France, 31-19

Round 3
Ireland vs Italy, 34-14
Wales vs England, 11-10
France vs Scotland, 42-27

Round 4
Ireland vs France, 31-29
Scotland vs Wales, 27-20
England vs Italy, 35-10

Round 5
Ireland vs Wales, 26-17
England vs Scotland, 45-7
France vs Italy, 35-31

Round 5 Details

Wales vs Ireland at Stadiwm Zip World (Parc Eirias), Colwyn Bay

It was not a case of shamrocks, shamrocks all the way. At half-time Wales led 10-7. With under 10 minutes to play, Wales led 17-14, but then Ireland scored two tries. Colm Reilly’s took them to 19-17 with eight minutes to play and then, at the death, Thomas Clarkson scored the try which makes the victory look easier than it really was.

Scorers:

For Ireland:
Tries: Wren, Tierney-Martin, Reilly, Clarkson
Cons: Healy 2, Flannery

For Wales:
Tries: Owen, Morgan
Cons: Evans 2
Pens: Evans

Teams

Ireland: 15 Jake Flannery, 14 Angus Kernohan, 13 Liam Turner, 12 Sean French, 11 Jonathan Wren, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Craig Casey, 8 John Hodnett, 7 Scott Penny, 6 Martin Moloney, 5 Niall Murray, 4 Charlie Ryan (captain), 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 1 Josh Wycherley
Replacements: 16 John McKee, 17 Callum Reid, 18 Ryan Lomas, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 David McCann, 21 Cormac Foley, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Rob Russell

Wales: 15 Cai Evans, 14 Tomi Lewis, 13 Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Ioan Davies, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Dafydd Buckland, 8 Iestyn Rees, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Ellis Thomas, 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Ed Scragg, 3 Ben Warren, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Rhys Davies
Replacements: 16 Will Griffiths, 17 Tom Devine, 18 Nick English, 19 Jac Price, 20 Ioan Rhys Davies, 21 Dan Babos, 22 Max Llewellyn, 23 Ryan Conbeer

Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant referees: Jack Makepeace (England), Neil Chivers (England)
Television match official: Stuart Terheege (England)
Citing commissioner: Beth Dickens (Scotland)

England vs Scotland at Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton

The Scots first and England led a meagre 12-7 at half-time but in the second half the home side scored five tries.

England attacked first but Cameron Anderson, the Scottish outside centre intercepted a miss pass, and ran many metres to score. That was Scotland’s only score in the match as the lead lasted just four minutes. England were simply far too strong for 2019’s wooden spoonists.

The last try was spectacular. Scotland were attacking but England left wing Arron Reed got possession and raced over 90 metres to score.

Scorers:

For England:
Tries: De Glanville, Willis, Hinkley, Redpath, Petch, Barbeary, Reed
Cons: Vunipola 5

For Scotland:
Try: Anderson
Con: Thompson

Teams

England: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Arron Reed, 10 Manu Vunipola, 9 Ollie Fox, 8 Rusiate Tuima, 7 Aaron Hinkley, 6 Tom Willis, 5 James Scott, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Samson Ma’asi, 1 Kai Owen
Replacements: 16 Alfie Barbeary, 17 Olly Adkins, 18 Alfie Petch, 19 Jon Kpoku, 20 Richard Capstick, 21 Gus Warr, 22 Kieran Wilkinson, 23 Josh Hodge.

Scotland: 15 Matt Davidson, 14 Rory McMichael, 13 Cameron Anderson, 12 Robbie McCallum, 11 Jack Blain, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Roan Frostwick, 8 Jack Mann, 7 Connor Boyle (captain), 6 Charlie Jupp, 5 Cameron Henderson, 4 Ewan Johnson, 3 Euan McLaren, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Murphy Walker
Replacements: 16 Angus Fraser, 17 Andrew Nimmo, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Ross Bundy, 20 Teddy Leatherbarrow, 21 Nathan Chamberlain, 22 Nathan Chamberlain, 23 Ollie Smith

Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Frank Murphy (Ireland), Robert O’Sullivan (Ireland)
Television match official: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Timekeeper: Paul Stanley (England)

Italy vs France at Stadio Pozzi La Marmora, Biella, Piedmont

After five tries each and no penalty goals, the difference was in the conversions. France’s flyhalf Mathieu Smaïli kicked five conversions out of five while Italy missed two.

Scorers

For Italy:
Tries: Trulla, Marinello 2, Mba 2
Cons: Fusco, Da Re 2

For France:
Tries: Viallard, Lemardelet, Pinto, Dumortier, Moefana
Cons: Smaïli 5

Teams

Italy: 15 Jacopo Trulla, 14 Cristian Lai, 13 Matteo Moscardi, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Michael Mba, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Lorenzo Citton, 8 Mirco Finotto, 7 Davide Ruggeri, 6 Davide Goldin, 5 Thomas Parolo, 4 Cristian Stoian, 3 Matteo Nocera, 2 Andrej Marinello, 1 Matteo Drudi
Replacements: 16 Marco Bonanni, 17 Lorenzo Michelini, 18 Filippo Alongi, 19 Marco Butturini, 20 Antoine Koffi, 21 Alessandro Fusco, 22 Giacomo Da Re, 23 Federico Mori

France: 15 Cheikh Tiberghien, 14 Vincent Pinto, 13 Yoram Moefana, 12 Arthur Vincent (captain), 11 Ethan Dumortier, 10 Mathieu Smaïli, 9 Kévin Viallard, 8 Maxence Lemardelet, 7 Sacha Zegueur, 6 Mathieu Hirigoyen, 5 Florent Vanverberghe, 4 Gauthier Maravat, 3 Alex Burin, 2 Loris Zarantonello, 1 Sami Zouhair
Replacements: 16 Rayne Barka, 17 Eli Eglaine, 18 Sacha Lotrian, 19 Adrien Warion, 20 Loïc Hocquet, 21 Leo Coly, 22 Thomas Vincent, 23 Alexandre De Nardi

Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Mike Adamson (Scotland), Ross Mabon (Scotland)
Citing commissioner: Paul Minto (Scotland)