Two Unbeaten U20 sides left

A last-minute penalty gave Wales a narrow win over Scotland who had beaten England in Round 1 while France stretched their legs to a comfortable win over Ireland.

Ireland and Italy remain winless in the competition.

 Results Round 2

Wales vs Scotland, 18-15

France vs Ireland, 34-13

England vs Italy, 42-7

Results Round 1

Scotland vs England, 24-6

Wales vs Ireland, 35-24

France vs Italy, 40-3

Wales play France up in Colwyn Bay on 27 February 2016, the third round of the Under-20 Six Nations.

Italy vs England at Stadio Pacifici, San Donà di Piave on Friday, 12 February 2016. England won 42-7

Italy felt the full resolution of the titleholding England side smarting from their humiliation in Glasgow the week before. Apart from some early mistakes the Azzurrini defended bravely but buy half-time England had scored three tries and were 17-0 up.

Hooker Jack Singleton got the first and third try and Max Malins the one in between, which Joe Marchant converted.

In the second half Singleton got another two tries. Four tries – a great feat for a hooker. Wing Perkins got one and replacement hooker Curtis Langdon the last one on full-time. Marchant kicked two conversions and a penalty goal. Five tries for hookers!

England were leading 32-0 when Italian No.8 Gabriele Venditti scored his side's try.

Scorers:

For England:

Tries: Singleton 4, Malins, Perkins, Langdon

Cons: Marchant 2

Pen: Marchant

For Italy:

Try: Venditti

Con: Mantelli

Teams

Italy: 15 Erik Dho, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Roberto Dal Zilio, 12 Dario Schiabel, 11 Luca Sperandio, 10 Antonio Rizzi, 9 Vincenzo Charly Ernest Trussardi, 8 Gabriele Venditti, 7 Davide Ciotoli, 6 Davide Fragnito(captain), 5 Samuele Ortis (s), 4 Vittorio Alberto Mantegazza, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Marco Manfredi, 1 Daniele Rimpelli

Replacements: 16 Engjel Makelara, 17 Damiano Borean, 18 Giosuè Zilocchi, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Michael De Marco, 21 Matteo Maria Panunzi, 22 Peter Boris Mokom, 23 Leonardo Mantelli

England: 15 Max Malins, 14 George Perkins, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Charlie Thacker, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Mathew Protheroe, 9 Max Green, 8 Callum Chick(captain), 7 Sam Smith, 6 Zach Mercer, 5 George Nott, 4 Huw Taylor, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Tom West

Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Ralph Adams-Hale, 18 Billy Keast, 19 Stan South, 20 Jack Willis, 21 Jamie Shillcock, 22 Joe Simmonds, 23 Paolo Odogwu

Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)

Assistant referees: Sam Grove-White (Scotland), Finlay Brown (Scotland)

Television match official: Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Wales vs Scotland at Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay on Friday, 12 February 2016. Wales won 18-15

The score was 15-all and Dan Jones had not been kicking well for Wales. Just after he had missed one, Scotland were again penalised with a minute to go – 35 metres out and on the right. The Welsh rushed teenager Billy McBryde onto the field and he kicked the winning goal. A pinch kicker?

Billy's father, Robin, the famed Welsh international and current coach of Wales's forwards had raced up from Cardiff to Colwyn Bay to see his son's one-minute but vital piece of play.

Scotland had looked set for their second win as they led by 15-5 at half-time and that into the wind. The Scottish forwards, Matt Smith and Murray McCallum scored from line-outs.

Amazingly there were no scrums in the first half but once the Welsh pack got a chance to scrum they took over that department. Amazingly, too, Scotland did not score in the second half, wind assistance and all.

Early in the second half Tom Phillips scored at try for Wales from a line-out. The try which brought the home side level was the try of the match when centre Harri Millard and fullback Rhun Williams handled brilliantly to send wing Keelan Giles over.

That made the score 15-15 and Wales had not kicked a goal. But on came McBryde and his kick won his side the match and a real chance to win the Six Nations.

Scorers:

For Wales:

Tries: Evans, Phillips, Giles

Pens: McBryde

For Scotland:

Tries: McCallum, Smith,

Con: Hutchinson

POen: Hutchinson

Teams

Wales: 15 Rhun Williams, 14 Elis-Wyn Benham, 13 Joe Thomas, 12 Harri Millard, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Dan Jones, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Harrison Keddie, 7 Shaun Evans, 6 Tom Phillips (captain), 5 Bryce Morgan, 4 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Dafydd Hughes, 1 Corey Domachowski

Replacements: 16 Ifan Phillips, 17 Robert Lewis, 18 Leon Brown, 19 James Ratti, 20 Morgan Sieniawski, 21 Declan Smith, 22 Billy McBryde, 23 Joe Gage

Scotland: 15 Ruairi Howarth, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 George Taylor, 12 Tom Galbraith, 11 Robbie Nairn,  10 Rory Hutchinson, 9 Hugh Fraser, 8  Ally Miller, 7 Matt Smith, 6 Andrew Davidson, 5 Scott Cummings (captain), 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 3 Callum Sheldon, 2 Jake Kerr, 1 Murray McCallum

Replacements: 16 Lewis Anderson, 17 George Thornton, 18 Adam Nicol, 19 Stephen Ainslie, 20 Scott Burnside, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Chris Lines, 23 Ben Robbins

Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)

Assistant referees: Claudio Blessano (Italy), Luca Trentin  (Italy)

France vs Ireland at Parc des Sports Amitié,  on Friday, 12 February 2016. France won 34-13

Ireland were in the game at half-time when France led just 17-13 but they were no match for the French pack in the second half.

Ireland scored first when Johnny McPhillips goaled a penalty at a ruck. Flyhalf Anthony Belleau, who scored 14 points in the match, levelled the scores till Ireland mauled and Claffey scored the first try of the match. Ireland led 8-3.

France were soon back and after Gabriel N'Gandebe was held up over the line they scored a penalty try from the ensuing five-metre scrum. 10-8 to the home side.

But then in the seesaw of the game, James Ryan scored a try. 13-10 to Ireland.

Just before half-time France built a powerful attack and a bounce pass from Damien Penaud put N'Gandebe over for a try. That made it 17-13 to France and ended Ireland's brave battling. A penalty by Belleau and two tries by storming lock Florian Verhaegue took France away from Ireland's best efforts.

Scorers

For France:

Tries: penalty try, N'Gandebe, Verhaegue 2  

Cons: Belleau 4

Pens: Belleau 2

For Ireland:

Tries: Claffey, Ryan

Pen: McPhillips

Teams

France: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Eliott Roudil, 13 Damien Penaud, 12 Alex Arrate, 11 Gabriel N'Gandebe, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Christopher Kaiser, 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Judicaël Cancoriet, 6 Matthieu Voisin, 5 Mathieu Tanguy, 4 Florian Verhaegue, 3 Michaël Simutoga, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Clément Castets (captain)

Replacements : 16 Elyes El Ansari, 17 Pierre Bourgarit, 18 Emerick Setiano, 19 Théo Hannoyer, 20 Jean-Baptiste Grenod, 21, Baptiste Couilloud, 22 Atila Septar, 23  Pilati )

Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Matthew Byrne, 13 Shane Daly, 12 Jimmy O'Brien, 11 Conor O'Brien , 10 Johnny McPhillips, 9 John Poland, 8 Max Deegan, 7 Dan Walsh,  6 Cillian Gallagher, 5 James Ryan (captain), 4 Peter Claffey, 3 Conor Kenny, 2 Adam McBurney, 1 Andrew Porter

Replacements: 16 Shane Fenton, 17 James Bollard, 18 Conan O'Donnell, 19 Sean O'Connor (Cashel), 20 Kelvin Brown, 21 Stephen Kerins

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)