Ireland U20: All you want to know about Ireland U20 v England U20

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We have an indepth look at the two teams ahead of tonight’s opening 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship. Kicks off 19:30 UK/IRE. 

The match should be streamed live here for those of us in the UK and will also be shown on EIR Sports. 

Why is this match important? 

The U20 Championship is such a tight competition that you literally cannot afford to lose a match if you want to qualify for the Championship Semi Finals and both these sides will be gunning for a top four finish. 

England won the championship in 2013, 2014 and 2016 and were runners up in 2017 and 2018. They will have a disaster of a tournament if the do not qualify for the semi finals. 

Ireland’s best finish was runners up in 2016 where they lost to England in the final. However, since then they have finished 9th and 11th in the 12 team competition. They desperately . . .

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