Six Nations: England U20 33 Ireland U20 9

It’s going to be a long old morning with four reports to write and little Irish success, well none actually, against our friends across the water!

First up the U20’s who went down 33 – 9 to a Billy Burns inspired England U20 at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday afternoon.

England (16) 33

TRY: Maro Itoje, Howard Packman, Nick Tompkins, Joel Conlon

CON: Billy Burns (2)

PEN: Billy Burns (3)

Ireland (9) 9

PEN: Ross Byrne (3)

Burns got the scoreboard ticking over with an early penalty goal and the home side extended their lead to 10 points a minute later with Maro Itoje crashing over for Burns to convert.

Burns extended England’s lead to 13 – 0 with his second penalty before Ross Byrne got Ireland on the scoreboard on the 20th minute with a penalty of his own.