U20 6 Nations 2023

[dullonien]

Could be a turning point there. Wales were on the ropes there, player in the bin, Ireland knocking on the door. Hold out, go up the other end and score a blinder!

 

[Le Frére Alpha]

That's unbelievably poor defence and game management. Have to expect it at 20s every now and then but this is the most immature Irish side I've seem at this level in years.

Wales backs are awesome

 

[dullonien]

Game on again!

 

[Amiga500]

As good a score as ye'll see anywhere

 

[Le Frére Alpha]

As good a score as ye'll see anywhere

Almost as good as Wales' two!

 

[dullonien]

Ireland pulling away now. Irish 10 having a great second half

 

[Le Frére Alpha]

Some turnaround from the backs in the last 10mins, couldn't catch or pass up until around the hour mark

 

[Le Frére Alpha]

Tough on Wales, well drilled side with talented players just got beat up by a more physical side.

 

[dullonien]

Tough on Wales, well drilled side with talented players just got beat up by a more physical side.

Think most the pack are new this year, showed I think.

 

[Le Frére Alpha]

Think most the pack are new this year, showed I think.

Yeah, just wrecked for the last 20. Massive improvement from recent years if I remember correctly though. Thought their backs were the highlight of the game.

 

[duncanb]

Very open tournament this year .
Scots great against England who just had enough overall at end.
Ireland v Wales ditto.
Didn't catch anything of Italy v France but score score suggests likewise.

 

[Scotty]

Englands attack was quick and powerful but not accurate enough. The 13 looked very powerful. And quick accurate passing from the 9 and 10.

CCS and Fisilau popping up everywhere snd doing well.

Happy for Chessum getting the win before watching his brother tomorrow at Twickenham

Got some work to do on staying in the fight but alot of positives to build on.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Great game, enjoyed that. Our discipline went to **** in the second half but pleased we were competitive and our backs looked great.

 

[Amiga500]

Almost as good as Wales' two!

Ah jaysus no way.

Ye'd expect centres to come up with a few offloads or passes across the face - after they've fixed their hair and made sure their eyebrows don't need plucked like.

Tighthead prop to juggle over a shoulder and offload? Then the two 2nd rows?

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

That is extraordinarily encouraging from a Scotland side with 18 home grown players out of 23 (which for the record, is a ratio that would have me supporting a senior Scottish team all day long). The most home grown players in years and the best performance in years is a particularly sweet combination. Hopefully the SRU can join the dots and make sure this young crop of domestic players are not abandoned in favour of ageing imports over the next decade. The English league rules on non-EQ players could be the making of Scottish rugby.



Keep this up and Scotland might re-enter the top 12 u20s in the world rather than sitting out the u20 RWC and playing in a tournament in Kenya instead.

World Rugby U20 tournaments return to Africa in 2023 | World Rugby

The World Rugby U20 Championship and U20 Trophy return for the first time since the pandemic with the tournaments hosted in South Africa (24 June-14 July) and Kenya (15-30 July) respectively.

www.world.rugby

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Good contest.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

why aren't they stacking the games? Italy playing France close is a surprise.

Deja vu

 

[irisht]

Starting
1. Archie McArthur (Gloucester)
2. Finn Theobald-Thomas (Gloucester)
3. Tim Hoyt (Leicester Tigers)
4. Danny Eite (Gloucester)
5. Lewis Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
6. Finn Carnduff (Leicester Tigers)
7. Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)
8. Chandler Cunningham-South (London Irish)
9. Charlie Bracken (Saracens)
10. Monty Bradbury (London Irish)
11. Josh Hathaway (Gloucester)
12. Joseph Woodward (Leicester Tigers)
13. Rekeiti Ma'asi-White (Sale Sharks)
14. Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
15. Sam Harris (Bath Rugby)
Replacements
16. Calum Scott (London Irish)
17. Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
18. Afolabi Fasogbon (London Irish)
19. Robert Carmichael (Leicester Tigers)
20. Tristan Woodman (Sale Sharks)
21. Nye Thomas (Sale Sharks)
22. Louie Johnson (Newcastle Falcons)
23. Benjamin Waghorn (Harlequins)

 

[irisht]

Ireland U20s:


15. Henry McErlean (Terenure/Leinster)
14. James Nicholson (UCD/Leinster)
13. Hugh Cooney (Clontarf/Leinster)
12. John Devine (Corinthians/Connacht)
11. Hugh Gavin (Galwegians/Connacht)
10. Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)
9. Fintan Gunne (Terenure/Leinster)

1. George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster)
2. Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(captain)
3. Paddy McCarthy (DUFC/Leinster)
4. Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster)
5. Conor O'Tighearnaigh (UCD/Leinster)
6. James McNabney (Ballymena/Ulster)
7. Ruadhán Quinn (Old Crescent/Munster)
8. Brian Gleeson (Garryowen/Munster)

Replacements:

16. Danny Sheahan (UCC/Munster)
17. George Morris (Lansdowne/Leinster)
18. Fiachna Barrett (Corinthians/Connacht)
19. Evan O'Connell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
20. Jacob Sheahan (UCC/Munster)
21. Oscar Cawley (Naas/Leinster)
22. Harry West (Buccaneers/Connacht)
23. Rory Telfer (Queen's University/Ulster).

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

So Scotland are bringing in 4x more local lads due to injuries in the camp. England u20s seem poorly coached to me over the past couple of years of seeing them so I wouldn't over read a single solid Scottish performance.

Wales seem to have great backs but can be bullied physically. I'd never imagine the Scottish u20s of being able to bully anyone, so I think beating the Welsh would be a bit of a landmark for Scottish youth development. Apparently Scotland had a couple of u18 eligible guys playing last time out too so if they can beat (presumably) older lads that would be great for morale.