Aus schools end with two wins
Australian Schools won two of their three matches in Ireland to end their tour of the UK and Ireland with a 50% result.
Billed as a Grand Slam tour, the Australians had a 50% record in the Tests as well-beating Scotland and Ireland and losing to Wales and England.
Tour Results
22 November: Australian Schools vs Wales A in Neath; lost 18-15
27 November: Australian Schools vs Wales in Neath; lost 26-12
1 December: Australian Schools vs Ospreys in Bridgend; won 31-7
4 December: Australian Schools vs England at Harrow School; lost 23-3
8 December: Australian Schools vs Scotland in Edinburgh; won 29-5
11 December: Australian Schools vs Leinster in Donnybrook; lost 27-17
14 December: Australian Schools vs Ireland Under-19 in Belfast; won 14-8
17 December: Australian Schools vs Munster in Limerick; won 16-13
Leinster Under-19 vs Australian Schools, 27-17
Scorers:
For Leinster:
Tries: Sean Kerins, James Ryan, Nick Timoney
Pens: Sean Kerins 2
Conversions: Sean Kerins (
For Australian Schools:
Tries: Mitchell Third, Ned Hanigan
Pens: Andrew Deegan
Conversions: Mitchell Third 2
Australian Schools vs Ireland Under-19
Ravenhill was miserable – cold, wet and windy for the last Test of the Australians' tour.
Australia played with the strong wind in the first half and Ireland led 8-3 at the break. A penalty by Australia followed by one by Ireland brought the score to 3-3. After sustained pressure the Irish No.8 Lorcan Dow scored in the corner. The Australians ha d a great chance to score just before half-time as they batter ted at the Irish line but crucially knocked on.
Playing into the second-half gale, the young Australians scored 11 points, Ireland none.
The first Australian score was by scrumhalf James Tuttle to darted down the blind side and levelled the scores at 8-all.
A yellow card for an Irish player helped the Australian cause as flyhalf Andrew Deegan of Joeys in Sydney kicked two penalties for the hard-fought victory.
Scorers:
For Australian Schools:
Try: James Tuttle
Pens: Andrew Deegan 3
For Ireland Under-19:
Try: Lorcan Dow
Pen: Ross Byrne
Teams:
Australian Schools: 15 Andrew Kellaway, 14 Harry Jones, 13 Henry Hutchison, 12 Tepai Moeroa, 11 Ta'ane Milne, 10 Andrew Deegan, 9 James Tuttle, 8 Maclean Jones, 7 Jack McCalman (captain), 6 Lolo Faka’osilea, 5 Ned Hanigan, 4 Joshua Anderson, 3 Fifita Vunipola, 2 Connal McInerney, 1 Matthew Sandell
Replacements: 16 Fereti Sa’aga, 17 Alex Mafi, 18 Matt Gibbon, 19 Lachlan Cannell, 20 Rohboni Warren Vosayaco, 21 Mitchell Short, 22 Keith Morgan, 23 Adrian Henley
Ireland Under-19: 15 Billy Dardis (University College Dublin), 14 Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians), 13 Gary Ringrose (University College Dublin), 12 Conor McKee (Methodist College), 11 Jack Owens (Campbell College), 10 Ross Byrne (University College Dublin), 9 Jack Cullen (Bruff), 8 Lorcan Dow (Queen's University), 7 Rory Moloney (Buccaneers) (captain), 6 Josh Murphy (University College Dublin), 5 Alex Thompson (Methodist College), 4 David O'Connor (Blackrock College), 3 Oisin Heffernan (Lansdowne), 2 Sean McNulty (University College Dublin), 1 Jeremy Loughman (Blackrock College)
Replacements: 16 Stephen Weir (Methodist College), 17 Michael Lagan (Methodist College), 18 Mike O'Donnell (Crescent College), 19 Frank Bradshaw Ryan (Shannon), 20 James Gallagher (Ballymena), 21 Conor Young (Instonians), 22 Josh Bingham (Methodist College), 23 Piers O'Conor (Eastbourne College)
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)
Australian Schools vs Munster Under-19, 16-13
Scorers:
For Australian Schools:
Tries: Adrian Henley, Harry Jones
Pens: Mitchell Third 2
For Munster Under-19
Try: Cormac Blake
Conversion: Tomas Quinlan
Pens: Tomas Quinlan 2
