6N U20: Ireland Still Top
After the first two rounds of the Under-20 Six Nations this year, Ireland, with two bonus-point wins, top the log, while Wales languish at the bottom.
Ireland are in a strong position to repeat last season’s Grand Slam.
This was the bad-weather weekend with storms battering Europe.
Round 2 Results
England vs Scotland, 21-17 in Edinburgh
Ireland vs Wales, 36-22 in Cork
France vs Italy, 31-19 in Aix-en-Provence
Round 1 Results
Ireland vs Scotland, 38-26 in Cork
Italy vs Wales, 17-7 in Colwyn Bay
England vs France, 29-24 in Grenoble
Log after Round 2
1. Ireland – 10 points
2. England – 9 points
3. France – 6 points
4. Italy – 4 point
5. Scotland – 2 point
6. Wales – 0 points
Round 2 Details
Scotland vs England
England had to fight every inch of the way for this win. At half-time the Scots led 17-14.
The scoring tells the fluctuating fortunes of the match. England’s scores are first: 0-3; 7-3; 7-10; 14-10; 14-17; 21-17. The winning try, scored by outside centre Connor Docherty, came in the last 10 minutes of the match.
Scorers
For England:
Tries: Dan, Steward, Docherty
Cons: Vunipola 3
For Scotland:
Tries: Ashman, Penalty try
Con: Chamberlain
Pen: Chamberlain
Teams
Scotland: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Harry Paterson, 13 Matthew Currie, 12 Robbie McCallum, 11 Jacob Henry, 10 Nathan Chamberlain, 9 Roan Frostwick, 8 Rory Darge (captain), 7 Connor Boyle, 6 Jack Hill, 5 Cameron Henderson, 4 Kieran Watt, 3 Mak Wilson, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Thomas Lambert
Replacements: 16 Rory Jackson, 17 Alex Maxwell, 18 George Breese, 19 Jamie Campbell, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Kyle McGhie, 22 Cameron Scott, 23 Max Priestly
England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Tom Roebuck, 10 Manu Vunipola, 9 Sam Maunder (captain), 8 Rusi Tuima, 7 JJ Tonks (Northampton, 6 Richard Capstick, 5 Ben Donnell, 4 George Hammond, 3 Harvey Beaton, 2 Theo Dan, 1 James Whitcombe
Replacements: 16 Ben Atkins, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Luke Green, 19 Hugh Tizard, 20 Josh Gray, 21 Jack Van Poortvliet, 22 George Barton, 23 Ollie Sleightholme
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Dufort (France), Cédric Marchat (France)
Timekeeper: Graeme Eastland (Scotland)
Assessor: Tony Spreadbury (England)
Ireland vs Wales
The match – and the bonus point – were done and dusted in the first half as Ireland romped to a 31-10, wind-assisted lead at half time.
It took the Irish just a minute to get on the board – a try by flank Mark Hernan. He charged down an attempted clearance by scrumhalf Dafydd Buckland and fell on the ball for his first try of the match.
Wales won the second half 17-5, which was not enough to make up for the first-half deficit.
Scorers
For Ireland:
Tries: Hernan 2, Kelly, Finlay, Smith
Cons: Crowley 4
Pen: Crowley
For Wales:
Tries: Knott 2, Penalty try
Con: Costelow
Pen: Costelow
Teams
Ireland: 15 Oran McNulty, 14 Ben Moxham, 13 Dan Kelly, 12 Hayden Hyde, 11 Andrew Smith, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Lewis Finlay, 8 David McCann (captain), 7 Mark Hernan, 6 Sean O’Brien, 5 Brian Deeny, 4 Thomas Ahern, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Tom Stewart, 1 Marcus Hanan
Replacements: 16 John McKee, 17 Harry Noonan, 18 Charlie Ward, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Cian Prendergast, 21 Ben Murphy, 22 Tim Corkery, 23 Luis Faria
Wales: 15 Ioan Lloyd, 14 Daniel John, 13 Osian Knott, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Ewan Rosser, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Dafydd Buckland, 8 Morgan Strong, 7 Jac Morgan (captain), 6 Ioan Davies, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Jac Price, 3 Ben Warren, 2 Will Griffiths, 1 Theo Bevacqua
Replacements: 16 Dom Booth, 17 Callum Williams, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 James Fender, 20 Gwilym Bradley, 21 Ellis Bevan, 22 Bradley Roderick, 23 Josh Thomas
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant referees: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia), Irakli Tchanukvadze (Georgia)
Television match official: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assessor: Jérôme Garcès (France)
France vs Italy
France did not have it all their own way against the robust Italian pack. Italy actually led 19-14 at half-time but failed to score in the second half.
Scorers
For France:
Tries: Tiberghien, Farissier 2, Dumortier, Peysson
Cons: Debaes 4
Pen: Debaes
For Italy:
Tries: Lai, Drudi, Varney
Cons: Garbisi 2
Teams
France: 15 Cheikh Tiberghien, 14 Erwan Dridi, 13 Théo Costossèque, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Nathan Farissier, 10 Thomas Dolhagaray, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Jordan Joseph (captain), 7 Mattéo Le Corvec, 6 Gauthier Maravat, 5 Adrien Warion, 4 Guillard, 3 Aselo Ikahehegi, 2 Guillaume Cramont, 1 Andy Bordelai
Replacements: 16 Loris Zarantonello, 17 Sacha Lotrian, 18 Régis Montagne, 19 Fabien Witz, 20 Yann Peysson, 21 Kévin Viallard, 22 Thibault Debaes, 23 Ethan Dumortier
Italy: 15 Jacopo Trulla, 14 Cristian Lai, 13 Federico Mori, 12 Giulio Bertaccini, 11 Michel Mba, 10 Paolo Garbisi (captain), 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Angelo Maurizi, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Riccardo Favretto, 3 Ion Neculai, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Matteo Drudi
Replacements: 16 Matteo Baldelli, 17 Lorenzo Michelini, 18 Muhamed Hasa, 19 Nathanel Panozzo, 20 Luca Andreani, 21 Manfredi Albanes, 22 Mattia Ferrarin, 23 Luca Borin
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Finlay Brown (Scotland) Ruairidh Campbell (Scotland)
Television match official: Neil Patterson (Scotland)
Timekeeper: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat (France)
Assessor: Joël Jutge (France)
