Richie Murphy’s side beat Scotland 36-0 in Cork but England then produced a 45-31 victory over France in Pau.
Gavan Casey Ireland U20s 36 Scotland U20s 0 IRELAND U20S HAVE missed out on winning a third consecutive U20s Six Nations championship after England produced a stunning turnaround to beat France with a bonus point and claim the title in Pau.
Mark Mapletoft’s English side trailed 21-12 at half-time but produced a stunning second-half fightback to spark wild celebrations for the young men in white near the Spanish border. Evan O'Connell was inspirational for Ireland U20s in Cork. Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO Jack Murphy’s up-and-under was spilled under virtually no pressure by Scottish 15 Brown and Ireland immediately transitioned into a blistering attack. Inside the Scottish half, they swung left at pace, where Bryn Ward’s powerful carry and offload in contact sent over Hugo McLaughlin for the opening score in the left-hand corner.
Advertisement Try-scorer McLaughlin looked liveliest but for the most part, Ireland were being disrupted at the breakdown and blown backwards in the tackle.Off a brilliant lineout take by Joe Hopes on the stroke of half-time, number eight Luke Murphy, blindside Sean Edogbo and outside centre Wilhelm de Klerk injected some impetus with three consecutive, strong carries. Scotland were pinged for offside on their own 22′ and, with the clock red, Ireland went to the corner.
At around the same time, England took a 5-0 lead in Pau and nudged ahead in the table as things stood. While O’Connell and Hopes continued to be colossuses at the lineout, Ireland’s attacking shape was poor enough to this point that they were unable to reap reward from several excellent platforms. Most importantly, they had begun to hum, replenished by bench options who all greatly overshadowed their Scottish equivalents.
Jack Murphy converted for 22-0 and Ireland found themselves knocking on the door for the bonus point only seconds later when they chased down McLaughlin’s fly-hack and forced a penalty out of Scotland on the visitors’ own line. They scored their magnificent fifth try on 83 minutes, Sheahan again powering over with some help from fellow subs McKillop and Bell.
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