Under Milk Wood Part 1: Wales U20 26 Ireland U20 26

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A last minute try from David Doyle helped Ireland snatch a draw in this enjoyable romp against Wales, however it was a game that Ireland’s youngsters should have had wrapped up in the first half. Full report on IRFU site here.

Wales (17) 26

TRY: Adam Warren, Owen Williams

CON: Matthew Morgan (2)

PEN: Matthew Morgan (4)

Ireland (18) 26

TRY: Martin Moore, Craig Gilroy, David Doyle

CON: Paddy Jackson

PEN: Paddy Jackson (3)

Ireland dominated three quarters of this game but mistakes kept the hosts in the hunt and a rousing last quarter from the Welsh side looked to have snatched the win with Wales leading 26 – 21 with the clock on the 80 minute mark. Ireland produced a composed finish and drove a series of penalties up the field for Doyle to barge over the line for the equalising score.

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2 responses to “Under Milk Wood Part 1: Wales U20 26 Ireland U20 26”

  1. Ballpark

    McIlroy is small Paul no. 2 with those wild passes.

    What was totally disheartening was the Welsh players being coached in the Ospreys style of wandering around offside at rucks and failing to get out of the way, deliberately so in my opinion. This went unpuinished most of the time.

    The ref told the Welsh too many penalties being given away and then failed conspicuously to punish with a yellow card.

    As with the senior team yesterday Ireland were the architects of their own misfortuneby and large with for example young Jackson trying to pick up the ball on the run instead diving on it which led to the first Welsh try.

    PS:Gilroy impressed even the Welsh pundits on Scrum V which is a seismic acheivement.

  2. Raging Raven

    I watched the match last night and was appalled at the standard of refereeing from the Italian ref and his two assistants they where an embarrassment. The young men on both sides are the cream of the crop in their age groups and deserve the best. I am all for developing the standard of referees in Italy, or anywhere else for that matter, but they were hopelessly out of their depth.

    Final note as one who as been to Pac y Scarlets many a time, the crowd, don’t you just love them, one of the most unsporting you will come across, probably the nearest you will get to football fans. I wonder why the stadium is always less than half full?

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