6N U20: a two-team race
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:48
And then there were two. After Ireland's victory over Wales in the Under-20 Six Nations, the race for the title is between England and the improving Irish, Ireland with Scotland to play, England with France to play.
Results of Round 4
England vs Scotland, 27-6
France vs Italy, 25-6
Ireland vs Wales, 24-17
Previous Results
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
Round 3
Ireland vs England, 25-10
Wales vs France, 43-8
Scotland vs Italy, 18-16
This would put Ireland top of the log with a much better points' difference than England's.
1 Ireland: 6
2 England: 6
3 France: 5
4 Wales: 4
5 Scotland: 3
6
Italy: 0
England vs Scotland at Firhill in Glasgow
Andy Forsyth and Marcus Watson both scored on debut as England got their campaign back on track. They both scored in the first 20 minutes. By half-time England had three tries but the second half was a much closer contest.
England had three players sent to the sin bin - - Calum Green, Sam Smith and Will Welch, the first two for foul play, Welch for a tackle infringement.
Scorers:
For England:
Tries: Forsyth, Watson, Matthews
Cons: Clegg 3
Pens: Clegg 2
For Scotland:
Pens: Blair 2
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
England: 15 Tom Catterick, 14 Marcus Watson, 13 Andrew Forsyth, 12 Tom Casson, 11 Sam Smith, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Sam Harrison, 8 Jackson Wray, 7 Jacob Rowan (captain), 6 Jamie Gibson, 5 Charlie Matthews, 4 Calum Green, 3 Joe Marler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Lee Imiolek
Replacements: 16 Arthur Ellis, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Danny Wright, 19 Will Welch, 20 Jordi Pasqualin, 21 Mark Atkinson, 22 Jonathan Joseph
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Alan Rogan (Ireland), Jude Quinn (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)
France vs Italy at Stade des Alpes in Grenoble
Italy scored first and led 6-3 but then France struck back and led 10-6 at half-time after Lamerat scored the first try of the match just before the interval.
In the second half France were on top and scored two more tries.
Scorers:
For France:
Tries Lamerat, Dupont (54), Souvent
Cons: Doussain 2
Pens: Doussain 2
For Italy:
Pens: Iannone 2
Teams
France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Lucas Dupont, 13 Rémi Lamerat, 12 Mathieu Lamoulie, 11 Benoit Sicart, 10 Jean-Marc Doussain, 9 Jérémy Gondrand, 8 Gilles Arnaudies, 7 Arthur Roulin, 6 Antoine Erbani, 5 Jean Sousa, 4 Sébastien Mazet, 3 Mathieu Giudicelli, 2 Mickaël Ivaldi (captain), 1 Xavier Chiocci
Replacements: 16 Kevin Le Guen, 17 Gwendal Lamache, 18 Georges Souvent, 19 Hugues Briatte, 20 Guillaume Lafforgue, 21 Gilles Bosch, 22 Julien Fritz
Italy: 15 Ruggero Trevisan, 14 Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Sebastian Rodwell, 11 Giovanni Alberghini, 10
Tommaso Iannone, 9 Vittorio Callori Di Vignale, 8 Enrico Targa, 7 Stefano Scanferla, 6 Nicola Belardo, 5 Filippo Cazzola, 4 Lorenzo Santelli, 3 Carlo Fazzari, 2 Andrea Manici, 1 Ornel Gega
Replacements: 16 Nicola Corbanese, 17 Maurizio Aluigi, 18 Marco Barbini, 19 Filippo Ferrarini, 20 Alberto Chillon, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Alberto Zorzi
Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Iain Heard (Scotland), Ronnie Dumma (Scotland)
Television match official: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
Ireland vs Wales at Dubarry Park in Athlone
This was the best match of Friday's Six Nations matches. Ireland started with a roar but Wales came back at them. Niall Annett scored the first try well inside the first minute of the match when he charged down an attempted clearance by Matthew Jarvis. When 15 minutes were up, Ireland led 17-0, which was the half-time score.
Wales came back in the second half which they won 17-7, sparked by two early tries by fullback Dan Fish. For the last 30 minutes Ireland did little but defend.
Scorers:
For Ireland:
Tries: Annett, Butler, Griffin
Cons: McKinney 3
Pen: McKinney
For Wales:
Tries: Fish 2, Loxton
Con: Gunter
Teams
Ireland: 15 Andrew Conway, 14 Darren Hudson, 13 Brendan Macken, 12 Nevin Spence, 11 Tiernan O'Halloran, 10 James McKinney, 9 John Cooney, 8 Patrick Butler, 7 Dominic Ryan, 6 Rhys Ruddock (captain), 5 Ben Marshall, 4 David O'Callaghan, 3 Stewart Maguire, 2 Niall Annett, 1 Jack O'Connell
Replacements: 16 Risteard Byrne, 17 Bryan Cagney, 18 Brian Hayes, 19 Robin O'Sullivan, 20 Michael Heaney, 21 Gareth Quinn, 22 Eoin Griffin
Wales: 15 Dan Fish, 14 James Loxton, 13 Ben John, 12 Scott Williams, 11
Kristian Phillips, 10 Matthew Jarvis, 9 Gareth Davies, 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 Trystan Davies, 18 James Thomas, 19 Rhys Jenkins, 20 Edward Siggery, 21 Rhys Downes, 22 Dean Gunter
Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)
Assistant referees: Cédric Marchat (France), Laurent Amic (France)
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat (France)
Assessor: Bertie Smith (Ireland)
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