I see that Ireland's Pathways continue to be In Crisis.
Josh Neill is an animal, and if the England prop O. Scola doesn't study law we are all wasting our lives.
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Well. It may be the only Welsh rugby victory this weekend, be we will take it! Great comeback attempted by Scotland but great relief for Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ 31 - 21 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ #Wales #U206N #6Nations #6NationsU20
What a bloody enjoyable game this is turning out to be! #U206N #6NationsU20 #walesvscotlandU20
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Cymru 31- 7 Yr Alban ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Ireland cling on to secure a narrow win against Italy 30-27. In truth very much one that could have gone the other way, with Italy dominating for stretches and failing to capitalise on a couple of late chances. Josh Neill wins POTM and he looks a serious, serious player.
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Hell of a game that! Ireland were very far from perfect but got there in the end. Much needed and relief more than anything.
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Never mind. Some loose Irish play gives Italy another attacking lineout and their maul obliterates our defence to score. Conversion thankfully wide again. Ireland 30-27 up with a little over 10 minutes to go.
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Momentum has suddenly swung massively Ireland's way. A brainless and dangerous tackle from an Italian player gets him sinbinned and Wood kicks the penalty to send us 8 points clear. A botched restart gives Italy a scrum but another huge Irish shove wins the penalty to clear.
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What a response! Still down to 14 men, a huge Ireland scrum wins a penalty against the head to give us an attacking position, and a couple minutes later Josh Neill (who's been excellent) punches through from close range to score. Ireland back out in front 27-22 with twenty to go.
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Italian pack once again in the ascendancy and Ireland get a man sin-binned after illegally bringing down a maul. We're lucky not to lose another man to repeated infringements before Italy finally barge over the line. Their kicker finally misses a conversion at least. Italy 22-20 up.
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Ireland have started the second half pretty well, and after a huge Wood tackle leads to the Italians losing the ball, we sweep the ball right and a perfect Carney kick through releases Moloney to score. Wood's conversion is awry and again though and so our lead is still only 3 points
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Italy's kicker (who's having an excellent game) nudges them into the lead on halftime, after Ireland spurn a chance at the other end. Italy value for their lead tbh. Their pack is completely dominating ours, we're losing every collision and getting smoked at the breakdown.
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Never mind, Ireland botch the restart, the Italian maul gets motoring, and it's 15-14. Ireland need to get to half time now.
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This whole game has been spent in the Irish half, but a rare foray into Italian territory ends with Noah Byrne getting over for the score. 15-7 to Ireland with a few minutes left in the first half, very much against the run of play it must be said.
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Italy finally make some possession count after finishing a lovely sweeping move in the corner. Their kicker nails a tricky conversion to narrow the gap to 3 points with 20 mins gone. They've had a lot more of the ball so far.
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Ireland haven't been able to get much going in attack but all of a sudden we score from a long way out, Barrett scoring his third try of the tournament so far after Derry Moloney makes a 30 yard break. Tom Wood nailing the conversion, his kicking has been excellent so far.
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Ireland U20 lead Italy 3-0 after 10 mins. Italy actually spending a lot more time on the ball but their handling has been very poor.
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Hell of a lot to like w this #wolfpuppies effort #Frau20vIreu20 #u206n