U/18 - England, Scotland, Wales win well
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:36
In the second round of the Six Nations Under-18 Festival being played in County Cork, England, Scotland and Wales were victorious. They are unbeaten.
Wales have beaten Ireland and Italy; Scotland have beaten France and Ireland; England have beaten Italy and now France.
In the last round England and Scotland meet.
Scotland vs Ireland, 25-11
The Scots got off to a good start when Alex Blair kicked a first-minute penalty but Noel Reid levelled the scores five minutes later.
Blair restored Scotland's lead with a try which he converted. 10-3.
Blair kicked another penalty when Ireland infringed at the tackle - a sin bin offence by Michael Kelliher. While he was away Blair scored a second try which he converted. 20-3.
Blair who had scored 20 points went off injured.
In the second half Reid kicked a penalty and then Stuart McInally. 25-6.
McInally had been in the sin bin before returning to score the try and then two more Scots went that way. While they were away Gavin Nugent scored for Ireland.
Scorers:
For Scotland:
Tries: Alex Blair 2, Stuart McInally;
Cons: Alex Blair 2
Pens: Alex Blair 2
For Ireland:
Try: Gavin Nugent;
Pens: Noel Reid 2
Ireland: Noel Reid, Diarmaid McCarthy, Michael Kelliher (Munchin), David McSharry, Michael Allen, Luke Marshall, David O'Driscoll, Brian Cagney, Niall Annett, Jack O'Connell, Patrick Butler, Ben Marshall, Dominic Ryan, Brian O'Hara (captain), David O'Callaghan.
Replacements: Mark Atkinson, Jason Bloomfield, Brian Hayes, Craig O'Hanlon, James McKinney, Gavin Nugent, Martin Moore, Paul Pritchard, Richard Bent, Risteard Byrne, Denis Buckley.
Scotland: Tom Brown, Rory Drummond, Alex Blair, Alec Dunbar, Seamus McKenzie, Ross Aitken, Alex Black, Luke Pettie, Alun Walker, Nicky Little,
Callum Connor, Robert Harley, Michael Maltman, Michael Fedo, Stuart McInally (captain).
Replacements: Michael Tait , Max Learmouth, Grant Gilchrist, Sam Hughes, Russell Weir, Craig Owenson, Jason Hill, Mungo Strachan, Andrew Fraser, Ross Sutherland, Jamie Harris.
Referee: Cyril Lafon (France)
England vs France, 18-0
It was windy at the Cork Institute of Technology and it took 22 minutes to get points on the board. They came by way of a try when England mauled a line-out and hooker Jamie George of Haileybury scored. Rory Clegg converted. 7-0.
That was the half-time score.
Clegg goaled a penalty and then Tom Catterick counterattacked from a French kick and gave to Rowan who rushed over in the corner.
Scorers:
For England:
Tries: George, Rowan
Con: Clegg
Pen: Clegg
Drop: Burns
England: 15 Tom Catterick, 14 Will
Hurrell, 13 Andy Forsyth, 12 Tom Casson (captain), 11 Sam Smith, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Jordi Pasqualin, 8 Alex Gray, 7 Jacob Rowan, 6 Rob Milligan, 5 James Gaskell, 4 Tom Holmes, 3 Mako Vunipola, 2 Jamie George, 1 Joe Marler,
Replacements: 16 Lee Imiolek, 17 David Blackwell, 18 James Currie, 19 Joe Quinn, 20 Joe Trayfoot, 21 Joe Barker, 22 Sam Harrison, 23 Freddie Burns, 24 Tom Homer, 25 Christian Wade, 26 Jack Wallace.
French squad: David Tarroque, Baptiste Gay, Adrien Alazard, Teddy Iribaren, Anthony Maury, Mickaël Ivaldi, Sonny Falconetti, Kevin Legeun, Adrein Gach, Amaury Geneste, Paul Oliver, Victor Muret, Julien Petrod, Sullivan Guyon, Joris Archimbeau, Florent Brunet, Gilles Arnaudies, Joran Salgues, Antoine Erbano, Julien Cabannes, Clement Baldy, Raphael Eymond, Lucas Du Point, Adrien Domec, Camille Canivet, Valentin Tourenne
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Wales vs Italy 43-10
The scoreline suggests an easy win but Wales found the physical Italians hard going. But Wales were just toto skilful.
Fullback James Loxton scored the first try after just a minute. Liam Powell's try took the score to 14-0 before the Italian flyhalf Fillipino Michelini cut through to score.
After that flank Morgan Allen scored for Wales and then lock Paolo Stinchelli bashed his way over for the Italians' second try.
The second half belonged to Wales.
Scorers
For Wales:
Tries: Loxton 2, Powell, Allan, Thomas, Coombes 2
Cons: Lewis-Pratt 4
For Italy:
Tries: Michelini, Stinchelli
Italy: Michele Mortali, Sebastian Rodwell, Ricciardi Costantino, Tommaso Benvenuti, Nicola Belardo, Fillippo Michelini, Alberto Chillon, Matteo Zamparo, Andrea Manici, Edoardo Carugi, Fillipo Cazzola, Paolo Stinchello, Fillppo Ferrarini, Gabriele Cicchinelli, Lorenzo
Santelli (captain)
Replacements: Giovanbattista Venditti, Antonio Denti, Nicola Corbanese, Edoardo Gori
Wales: James Loxton, Liam Powell, Scott Williams, Ashley Beck, Adam Hughes, Chris Lewis Pratt, Gareth Davies. Gareth Jenkins, Ceri Davies, Stewart Maguire, Lloyd Peers, James King, Morgan Allan, James Davies, James Thomas (captain)
Replacements: Tom Crandon, Dave Francis, Ieuan Coombes, Rhys Jenkins, Rhys Downes, Rhys Williams, Simon Gardiner, Daniel Watchurst, Matthew Jarvis
Referee: Colin Brett (Scotland)
