U20 Six Nations

[SelimNiai]

He's only 18, isn't he? Anyway, only ten minutes in, but there's been a couple of poor passes and a poor decision made on a break.

Mindyou, there's plenty of that from everyone. Plenty of good players, not much good performance...

Yeah, 19 in 2 weeks

Callum Braley joined Bristol Rugby from Hartpury College in the summer of 2012.

The highly-rated scrum half represented Bristol twice in the British & Irish Cup during 2011/12, featuring from the replacements bench against Cornish Pirates and Ayr.

Braley helped England U18s to the FIRA/AER European crown in Madrid in 2012 and was part of the Hartpury College side that beat Henley 34-21 to capture the AASE ***le at Twickenham.

 

[big ginger 8]

22-5 to Ireland in the 63rd minute. Fickou just got France's second yellow.

 

[Draggs]

Wales U20 win 42-17.
Poor call from the referee, two cards against us but none for Scotland.
Cory Allen SyG, with solid performances all around.
One more match boys.

 

[psychic duck]

Our scrum is dominant to say the least.
One penalty try and another try straight from a scrum.

Looks like Daniel "the Sausage" Suter could be rivalling Samson Lee as the next U20 star tighthead prop ...

 

[Draggs]

Looks like Daniel "the Sausage" Suter could be rivalling Samson Lee as the next U20 star tighthead prop ...

Only if he goes to the Scarlets.

 

[white bear]

Who is Oleg Ishchenko (France U20 , Montpelier) ?

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

How is Fabien Pelous rated as a coach in France? I ask because he u20 team looked disjointed and poorly prepared. The Ireland u20s are a very average team this year but by contrast they were well drilled by Mike Ruddock and despite a huge list of unavailable players, have shown signs of improvement since the competition began.

One thing that bothers me about Irish teams at all levels is the outside backs penchant for kicking the ball away. It seems this u20 team is no different. I'm guessing it's related to the influence of the GAA and just booting the ball as far as you can (I'm not a fan of Gaelic Football!).

 

[dullonien]

Big game tomorrow night, with Wales going for the grand slam. What are peoples predictions here? I've not seen any of England this championship, but they are always strong at this level. This Welsh squad is very, very good though.

There's a great set of forwards, particularly the front-row and backrow. I've been very impressed with the Welsh halfback pairing as well, they really do compliment each other. Allen and Dixon are two strong and exciting centres. There are also some exciting players out wide in Robinson and Williams.

Should be a cracking game.

 

[Draggs]

One laptop connected to the TV to stream, other for forums, etc.
Just need and iPad for the sake of it.
Kettle on, lovely.

 

[big ginger 8]

Ireland in the middle of a comeback against Italy; weird. Just got a crossfield kick for a try. Need the conversion to level it. Got it.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Thought I was gonna be stuck with Klingon commentary for a moment...

 

[McTallshort]

The Ref in the Wales England game is far better than most full internationals.

 

[Draggs]

Second time Davies has kicked it with advantage only to lose it while the ball is in midair.

Quit ****ing kicking dull ****ing twat.

 

[dullonien]

England too powerful (as they usually are at this level). Sam Davies had a very poor game outside of the place kicking, really didn't manage to get Wales the territory they needed to trouble England.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Looked pretty comfortable in the end.