JWC2010: IRELAND U20s 21 ENGLAND U20s 36

The Ireland Under-20s suffered their second defeat at the IRB Junior World Championship in Rosario, going down to a muscular English side that eventually wore them down. The defeat puts Ireland out of contention for a semi-final play-off and their match on Sunday, against hosts Argentina, will determine their final level of play-off participation.

England (16) 36

TRY: Jamie Gibson, Freddie Burns (2)

CON: Tom Homer (3)

PEN: Tom Homer (5)

Ireland (11) 21

TRY: Andrew Conway, Eoin Griffin

CON: Noel Reid

PEN: James McKinney (3)

I’d been getting quite excited about this match throughout the day but unfortunately it failed to live up to the Six Nations encounter with Ireland failing to raise their game with England proving too powerful at the breakdown.

Ireland’s chances weren’t helped with over officious refereeing which hit Ireland at key stages but at the end of the day it . . .