Any word on the Academy?

[kingofthehill]

McNamee isnt u19. McNabney is.

Wilson is and he was very very good.

Wilson’s the one I’m excited about.


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Wilson that is.


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[ljsulster]

Any of the other lads impress you KOTH?

[Bayern]

Wilson most impressive ulster player, then Crothers and McCormick.
McNabney looked a bit raw but not surprising given youth and inexperience.

[Neill_M]

IRELAND UNDER-20 Team & Replacements (v France Under-20s, 2022 U-20 Six Nations Championship, Stade Maurice David, Friday, February 11, kick-off 8pm): TV - BBC Sport Website & iPlayer (UK) & Virgin Media Two (Ireland)

15. Patrick Campbell (Young Munster RFC/Munster)
14. Aitzol King (Clontarf FC/Leinster)
13. Ben Brownlee (UCD RFC/Leinster)
12. Daniel Hawkshaw (Clontarf FC/Leinster)
11. Shane Mallon (UCD RFC/Leinster)
10. Charlie Tector (Lansdowne FC/Leinster)
9. Ethan Coughlan (Shannon RFC/Munster)
1. Jack Boyle (UCD RFC/Leinster)
2. James McCormick (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)
3. Rory McGuire (UCD/Leinster)
4. Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD RFC/Leinster)
5. Mark Morrissey (UCD RFC/Leinster)
6. James McNabney (Ballymena RFC/Ulster)
7. Reuben Crothers (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster) (capt)
8. James Culhane (UCD RFC/Leinster)

Replacements:

16. Josh Hanlon (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)
17. Oisin Michel (Lansdowne FC/Leinster)
18. Darragh McSweeney (Shannon RFC/Munster)
19. Adam McNamee (Malone RFC/Ulster)
20. Conor Moloney (Young Munster RFC/Munster)
21. Matthew Devine (Corinthians RFC/Connacht)
22. Tony Butler (Garryowen FC/Munster)
23. Dylan O’Grady (UCD RFC/Leinster).

[Setanta]

Not being argumentative here; genuinely interested. If Wilson was the most impressive player how come he has been dropped for McGuire?

[Kanbei]

Not being argumentative here; genuinely interested. If Wilson was the most impressive player how come he has been dropped for McGuire?

Rumours of a small covid outbreak in the under 20s.

[Setanta]

Thanks, bad cess for him.

[UlsterNo9]

What an opening 15 minutes of the U20 game, it's fierce.

The French pack is HUGE

France 3 Ireland 0
15 minutes

Ireland maul try disallowed

[UlsterNo9]

Half Time and what a game of rugby it has been fantastic to watch

France 10 Ireland 7

In other U20 news......
Italy 6 England 0 Full Time

[Cap'n Grumpy]

16-17 final score.

Ireland score try and convert in last minute to win

[waggonsroll]

Half Time and what a game of rugby it has been fantastic to watch

France 10 Ireland 7

In other U20 news......
Italy 6 England 0 Full Time

Great match. Ireland managed a converted try at the depth to win 17. 16. Much better than the turgid fare on offer in Glasgow

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[UlsterNo9]

Great win, well worth the watch on Iplayer catch up if you missed it

Ulster players did well. Crothers again had a massive game carried and poached, his leadership and Irelands game management / decision making from penalties was spot on.

[solidarity]

Great match, great watch in the last ten minutes, great calm application right at the end, great result.

[ljsulster]

Crothers and Mccormick will both play for ulster

[Deraless]

France certainly had their pockets picked. Ireland did well to scramble and desperately hang in there as France were on the front foot for long periods. Couple of missed kicks and wayward final passes did for them. France will probably feel they didn't get the homer ref decisions but then Ireland had a try chalked off too.

Crothers made a few crucial interventions. Was all over the pitch.

When their big sub prop came on in the second half the Ireland scrum creaked and got marched back a couple of times they just about stuck in there.

Is it just me or were the Ireland team mouthy as anything? Every breakdown they were claiming for something. I thought the ref would have been well within her rights to tell them to button it but maybe I'm old fashioned!