Ireland u20 6 nations and world championship 2022

MayoForSam

Sacre bleu! What a win.

Shehal

Horrible game but fair **** play, when it mattered we got it right!

PHG

Good win. Very static runners on to the ball though. But some stones on those young lads

standardg60

Great conversion, maybe that's why he was still on, did little else

clsmooth

What a finish! Great win. Not sure how France didn’t win it. Have to give the Irish lads credit for sticking with it when France were threatening to cut away. Crowthers, Culhane and Boyle were impressive again.

arsebiscuits1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618188#Comment_118618188

Is this a real comment?

It'll come down to who's ahead at 80 minutes? Really?

As opposed to what?

Shehal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618337#Comment_118618337

Yep, really.

arsebiscuits1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618351#Comment_118618351

Man. With insight like that Matt Williams better watch his back

vapor trails

I thought the French 7 being called offside was a bit harsh on the cross field kick. I didn't think he was having any effect on the play.

arsebiscuits1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618360#Comment_118618360

We were due a soft offside after Hawkshaw getting pinged I think. French got a bit lucky with a lot of half steps offside. So on balance I'll take it

Tigerandahalf

Cracking contest that.

Fair play for Ireland nicking as a lot of mistakes and handling errors came into their game in the 2nd half. Not much talent in the backs but a few gems in the pack.

The French TH replacement made a big difference when he came on.

Where was the game played btw?

ljsulster

Jack Boyle, Reuben Crothers, James Mccormick

All unbelievable

Shehal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618359#Comment_118618359

Less is more sometimes!

arsebiscuits1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618398#Comment_118618398

Jack Boyle very much living up to hype thus far. Had a quiet enough campaign at U19 which is understandable.

But he's as rated as James Ryan was all the way up

Dubinusa

A great result! France have not lost for quite some time, iirc.

Cosmo Kramer

Really enjoyable win, felt like one against the head which is always nice.

Wales have just bonus pointed Scotland in the other match. Scotland must be hopeless altogether.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618389#Comment_118618389

In Aix.

Close to Marseille

Shehal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118618438#Comment_118618438

Weird as Scotland played alot of their u19s in their u20s last year so you'd think that extra bit of experience would help them, jeez if they lost to that lot last week never mind getting BP'ed then they must not be very good at all!

roverjoyce

That was embarrassing

Referee hadn't a clue what was going on

It that happened in Dublin we would be fuming

roverjoyce

ljsulster

Lineout an absolute weapon for what is an undersized pack

Morrisey and the other lad (can’t even attempt his name apologies) great operators

and James mccormicks throwing is absolutely superb

pickarooney

Really enjoyable match, good crowd. Zero food though, really unusual

Digifriendly

All 3 results probably shock wins. Ireland's first win in France in 10 years. England were very poor and Scotland dominated 1st half territory and possession against Wales but faded badly in second half.

db

Some amount of negativity in this thread both towards the players and the ref. For a team of teenagers to go to France and play right up to the last minute to win the game is impressive and will stand to any of them in the future who go on to have professional careers.

Even Tector's last kick to touch from the middle of the field and the conversion took some nerve that plenty of senior internationals would not be able to execute.

I thought the ref was decent and kept the game moving. She might have made a few mistakes but you could argue that every ref makes a few mistakes. I thought when Ireland's scrum was being pushed backwards a few times she would give France a penalty but she let the scrumhalf get the ball out.

The Italy match will be interesting as they look to have a very good team this year.

Locke_Lamora

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118619567#Comment_118619567

Thought the ref was generally very good, people just get over-excited during game time - a ref is always incompetent and out of her depth if you're losing but consistent and and fair if you're winning.

Italy beat us in a warm up game for the six nations so their win was no fluke. They were enjoyable to watch too - physical, organised and had good skillsets.

homewardbound11

Thought the ref was fine . The last 5 minutes of the match was an accumulation of French indiscipline building up and probably they should have been punished earlier for that.

I give up on understanding the off side . I thought France we offside most of the time and got away with it .

I think the French cutting loose was never really going to happen as structurally we were well setup to stop the les blue. Credit to management.

db

Every side pushes the outside line as much as they are allowed. I think the ARs should be more active in enforcing it.

Lsdrugbyfan

Coaches obviously rate Tector highly, no hope of him coming off last night for Butler who is highly thought of.

FrancieBrady

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118619567#Comment_118619567

I keep looking at the final pass for the try..if he'd gotten it a millimeter wrong it was game over. Super cahonas!

Dubinusa

I just saw the highlights. This was a great victory! These boys went very well. Going to be a tough outing v Italy!