Five Irish tries combined 16 points from Blackrock outhalf Conor O’Shaughnessy see Ireland bounce back from last week’s defeat to France
Under-18 Schools team recorded their first win of their Easter campaign, stretching clear for a 36-10 victory over hosts Italy in Parma. Coached by Neil Doak, Brendan O’Connor, and Michael Hodge, the Ireland youngsters had endured a disappointing start to the U-18 Men’s Six Nations Festival last Saturday with a comprehensive 50-7 defeat to France.
A scrappy closing 20 minutes saw Henry Bruno Bonetti and Cian Walsh both sin-binned, and despite Ireland creating further chances, Italy gained some late consolation with a Pietro Celi intercept effort.Silky Jack van Poortvliet offers Leicester different dimension Faissal knocked on as the Italians threatened out wide again, having built initial pressure through their bulky pack. Good work from Bill Hayes and Dylan McNeice then forced a maul turnover. Off an inviting O’Leary pass, Molony attacked from deep and showed his offloading skills. The Irish maul gained ground following a penalty, before O’Dwyer sniped down the short side and put his halfback partner O’Shaughnessy surging over in the left corner.
O’Shaughnessy swept out over a fine conversion for good measure, putting 10 points between the teams.
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