Under 20 6N - 2018

[ratsapprentice]

England U20s

15.James Grayson (Northampton Saints)

14.Gabriel Ibitoye (Harlequins)

13.Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)

12.Cameron Redpath (Sale Sharks)

11. Jordan Olowofela (Leicester Tigers)

10.Tom Hardwick (Leicester Tigers)

9.Ben White (Leicester Tigers)

1.Toby Trinder (Northampton Saints)

2.Henry Walker (Gloucester Rugby)

3.Marcus Street (Exeter Chiefs)

4.Dino Lamb (Harlequins)

5.Sam Lewis (Leicester Tigers)

6.Josh Basham (London Irish)

7.Ben Earl (capt) (Saracens)

8.Sam Moore (Sale Sharks)

Replacements

16: Gabriel Oghre (Wasps)

17: Alex Seville (Gloucester Rugby)

18: Ehren Painter (Northampton Saints)

19: James Scott (Worcester Warriors)

20: Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors)

21: Rory Brand (London Irish)

22: Will Butler (Worcester Warriors)

23: Tom Seabrook (Gloucester Rugby)

 

[curtbob7]

presuming Joe Heyes is injured.

 

[MikeTheNative]

With only Scarlets playing this weekend Wales name a stronger side than they did last time out in Ireland.

15 Cai Evans (Ospreys) 14 Joe Goodchild (Dragons) 13 Corey Baldwin (Scarlets) 12 Callum Carson (Ospreys) 11 Tommy Rogers (Scarlets) 10 Ben Jones (Cardiff Blues) 9 Harri Morgan (Ospreys) 1 Rhys Carre (Cardiff Blues) 2 Dewi Lake (Ospreys) 3 Kemsley Mathias (Scarlets) 4 Owen Lloyd (Cardiff Blues) 5 Max Williams (Dragons) 6 James Botham (Cardiff Blues) 7 Will Jones (c) (Ospreys) 8 Taine Basham (Dragons) Replacements: 16 Iestyn Harris (Cardiff Blues) 17 Jordan Walters* (Ospreys) 18 Rhys Henry (Ospreys) 19 Alun Lawrence* (Cardiff Blues) 20 Lennon Greggains* (Dragons) 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams (Ospreys) 22 Max Llewellyn (Cardiff Blues) 23 Rio Dyer (Dragons)

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Ireland team to face Scotland:
15. Michael Silvester (Dublin University/Leinster)
14. Angus Kernohan (Ballymena/Ulster)
13. Tommy O'Brien (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12. Angus Curtis (Queen's University/Ulster)
11. Mark Keane (Queen's University/Ulster)
10. Harry Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
9. Hugh O'Sullivan (Clontarf/Leinster)
1. James French (UCC RFC/Munster)
2. Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)
3. Tom O'Toole (Banbridge/Ulster)
4. Matthew Dalton (Malone/Ulster)
5. Jack Dunne (Dublin University/Leinster)
6. Joe Dunleavy (Malone/Ulster)
7. Matthew Agnew (Ballymena/Ulster)
8. Jack O'Sullivan (UCC/Munster)

Replacements:

16. AN Other
17. Jordan Duggan (Naas/Leinster)
18. Jack Aungier (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
19. Charlie Ryan (UCD/Leinster)
20. Ronan Foley (UCD/Leinster)
21. Jonny Stewart (Queen's University/Ulster)
22. Conor Dean (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
23. James Hume (Banbridge/Ulster)

 

[ratsapprentice]

Eng/France game being shown on France 4 tv.

Good quality stream available.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Eng/France game being shown on France 4 tv.

Good quality stream available.

PM?

My usual go-to sites don't have a working stream

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Aha that was crazy,
someone kicks a ball onto the pitch as they throw the lineout, when a ruck is formed the English 9 sees the other ball and thinks it's squirted out the ruck and picks and goes, while the two packs are still fighting over the one in the middle of the pile of bodies
Took the ref a few seconds to realise what was happening, he called a knockon at first

 

[Groundhog]

If Harry Byrne is the best 10 of his age in Ireland it's a grim state of affairs he is a poor poor player.
Jack O'Sullivan looks a right beast for us in the future anyway.

 

[munstermuffin]

If Harry Byrne is the best 10 of his age in Ireland it's a grim state of affairs he is a poor poor player.
Jack O'Sullivan looks a right beast for us in the future anyway.

This 20s team are not a great bunh but all you want is 3 or 4 every year

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

This 20s team are not a great bunh but all you want is 3 or 4 every year

This is it in a nutshell.

Four games in, I'd say Jack O'Sullivan is the pick of Ireland's players by a long way. Ronan Kelleher and Tommy O'Brien are next up. Angus Curtis has lots of talent but is he too small? Caelan Doris is injured but very highly rated. Hugh O'Sullivan and Jack Aungier are really highly thought of by Leinster and Tom O'Toole by Ulster. Jonny Stewart has played for Ulster already. If this age group provides those listed above as pro players, it's not a bad haul.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I'd like to give a big fair focks to Italy u20.

 

[big ginger 8]

Didn't see tonight's game but Byrne is an u19.

Hasn't had some nice moments in other games as well as some **** ones.

 

[munstermuffin]

This is it in a nutshell.

Four games in, I'd say Jack O'Sullivan is the pick of Ireland's players by a long way. Ronan Kelleher and Tommy O'Brien are next up. Angus Curtis has lots of talent but is he too small? Caelan Doris is injured but very highly rated. Hugh O'Sullivan and Jack Aungier are really highly thought of by Leinster and Tom O'Toole by Ulster. Jonny Stewart has played for Ulster already. If this age group provides those listed above as pro players, it's not a bad haul.

The thing is too you usually get 1 who is a fringe squad player at this level who will develop in to a provincal starter. And then you get a guy like JJ Hanrahan. A worldclass U20 10 who lost his way and now is a squad player.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

That attempt at clearing out the English 13 by the 2 French players was disgusting, lucky they didn't cause a serious injury with that. Wtf were they thinking? One could argue that was intent to injure as both went in the same way, lifted the guy together, turned him over and dropped him on his head.

 

[Ainsthrilln]

I just watched the U20 Wales-Italy.

Horrible game for Wales, impresive defense of Italy.

It is true that the weather conditions in Wales ironically benefited the Italian game, but the Welsh were out of the match for really long periods, and had too many unforced errors (they actually looked like the average Italian team ).

In attack Italy didn't have to do too much, but almost everything they tried they did it right. It was refreshing to see again an Italian dominant tight five, after a few years with problems at the prop and especially lock positions. They even pushed the Welsh scrum a couple times when they were missing a back rower...

But the man of the match was Rizzi, and it was really deserved. He is a great player, and yesterday controlled the tempo and pace of the game for most of the match. His open field kicking was outstanding, gaining lots of territory in a match that didn't allow the wings to run carrying the ball.

I wonder if he could get the 10 in Italy's main squad at some point (though Allan is playing OK), but also fs he would be able to play 12 at top level.

In any case, this is a good Italian generation despite the huge loss against France. They were pretty competitive against England, and not for the red card at the begining of the match, they could have beaten Ireland.

Let's hope their level keep improving.

 

[Hap]

Our young lads aren't bad at all, as I wrote here in the past. Rizzi is going to play for Treviso next year and I think he'll be Italian number 10 for the future.
It's really heartwarming to see our scrum destroying the welsh even down in 7, impressive, Fischetti, Cannone and Lamaro will have a future and we'll see them as well in Pro14 next year.
Nothing special in attack, but given that weather it's understandable, great defence instead.
Really can't wait Scotland match next week.

 

[profitius]

Well done young Italians.

This 20s team are not a great bunh but all you want is 3 or 4 every year

They're a good bunch this season, they just need to cut out the mistakes. For example they've messed up about 8 restarts in the last 2 games.

 

[munstermuffin]

Well done young Italians.





They're a good bunch this season, they just need to cut out the mistakes. For example they've messed up about 8 restarts in the last 2 games.

Not really. They were always poor at this level up through the years and never expected to challenge

 

[munstermuffin]

Odds on Stockdale being record try scorer for Ireland in few years

 

[curtbob7]

Just caught the highlights. Does the English 1 kill the ball in the lead up to the only try of the game? Last ruck before try is scored..