The sides squared off at Musgrave Park this evening.
Sinead Farrell Reports from Musgrave Park Ireland 33 France 31 A BREATHLESS EPIC in Musgrave Park ended in a famous Irish win to keep their U20 Six Nations and Grand Slam defence on track.
Ireland got off the mark after 10 minutes when Prendergast kicked a penalty between the posts on 10 minutes. This time they forced Ireland to cough up as Hugo Auradou forced his way over to get France’s scoreboard rolling. Tom Raffy added the conversion. After an energetic opening half, both stepped out to draw a breath with Prendergast’s penalties keeping Ireland 20-14 in front.Ireland made a bright start to the second half, forcing France to concede a penalty for not releasing and Prendergast made no mistake from the tee. That was his third of the night.
Ireland were hit with another setback in the 59th minute when Mangan was sent to the bin for a high tackle, which was just moments after France’s third try. This time it was Theo Attissogbe racing in to touch down. Thankfully, substitute Hugo Reus missed his conversion.And then disaster struck. Ireland were struggling to contain the France maul and the made them pay when Nouchi bundled over. France were now ahead with a bonus point, but once again, Reus failed to kick the conversion.
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