Ireland’s youngsters came away from Grenoble with a hard won 13 – 12 victory against their French counterparts yesterday afternoon in the U20 Six Nations Championship.
Munster youngster JJ Hanrahan showed great composure to land the winning penalty eight minutes from time in a match which featured strong performances from Ulster’s Iain Henderson, Chris Farrell and Kyle McCall.
With England’s clash against Italy called off the win see’s Ireland sitting at the top of the U20 Championship.
France (6) 12
PEN: Clement Otazo (4)
Ireland (3) 13
TRY: Foster Horan
CON: Paddy Jackson
PEN: Paddy Jackson, JJ Hanrahan
France edged the first half with two penalties from the boot of Clement Otazo putting the hosts into a 6 – 0 lead after ten minutes.
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