Ireland u20 2016 6Nations/Junior World Cup

The Lost Sheep

Ireland U20 side v France U20.
15. Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)
14. Matthew Byrne (Terenure/Leinster)
13. Shane Daly (Cork Con/Munster)
12. Jimmy O’Brien (UCD/Leinster)
11. Conor O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
10. Johnny McPhillips (QUB/Ulster)
9. John Poland (Cork Con/Munster)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)
2. Adam McBurney (Ballymena/Ulster)
3. Conor Kenny (Buccaneers/Connacht)
4. Peter Claffey (Galwegians/Connacht)
5. James Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
6. Cillian Gallagher (Sligo/Connacht)
7. Dan Walsh (Cork Con/Munster)
8. Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Replacements
16. Shane Fenton (Young Munster/Munster)
17. James Bollard (Dublin University/Leinster)
18. Conán O’Donnell (Sligo/Connacht)
19. Sean O’Connor (Cashel/Munster)
20. Kelvin Brown (Shannon/Munster)
21. Stephen Kerins (Sligo/Connacht)
22. Brett Connon (Newcastle Falcons)
23. Terry Kennedy (St.Mary’s/Leinster)

Not Considered
Jack Power (UCD/Leinster) – injured
Will Connors (UCD/Leinster) – injured
Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster) – involved with Ulster (Pro 12)
Robert Lyttle (Queens University / Ulster) – involved with Ulster (Pro 12)

wp_rathead

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

10. Johnny McPhillips (QUB/Ulster)

Can't say I was too impressed with him against the Welsh - hopefully he has a better game Friday

Legalfarmer89

Are France any Good? From what I saw last week wales were tough and had a bit more than our lads, regardless of whether the yellow card should have stood or not. I see Scotland gave England a beating in this competition. A badly needed renaissance of Scottish rugby perhaps?

FrannoFan

The winger who dropped a couple of clangers moved to fullback? Poor lad had a pretty off-day. Assume he is better than what he showed.

Lack of set piece could be pretty costly vs french

FrannoFan

The winger who dropped a couple of clangers moved to fullback? Poor lad had a pretty off-day. Assume he is better than what he showed.

Lack of set piece could be pretty costly vs french

RedemptionZ

wp_rathead wrote: »

Can't say I was too impressed with him against the Welsh - hopefully he has a better game Friday

Left a lot of be desired defensively. Maybe it was just an off day, we all have them.

RobbieRuns

They must not have a great deal of faith in the Falcons lad Connon, I thought that he would get in. Italian game I would presume or indeed the England game which is being played on his club pitch.

rughug

RobbieRuns wrote: »

They must not have a great deal of faith in the Falcons lad Connon, I thought that he would get in. Italian game I would presume or indeed the England game which is being played on his club pitch.

Let's hope Mc Phillips can stand up to the French physique this evening because he certainly didn't look up to much last week.

shrapnel222

will any channels be showing this game tonight?

The Lost Sheep

shrapnel222 wrote: »

will any channels be showing this game tonight?

RTE2

wp_rathead

Conan O'Donnell giving it socks at the anthem

Dave_The_Sheep

From the wide view, the Irish lads look noticeably smaller than their counterparts.

dublinman1990

Great kick from McPhillips after the French boos.

wp_rathead

Been good start from the Irish

wp_rathead

McPhillips looks very good ball in hand I gotta say

edit: and he kicks it away for no reason..

Utopia Parkway

McPhillips really has tunnel vision.

dublinman1990

wp_rathead wrote: »

McPhillips looks very good ball in hand I gotta say

edit: and he kicks it away for no reason..

Yeah I agree with you on the confusion. We could have been potentially up 10 points to nil if we hadn't kicked it away.

Big difference in the scoreboard now; Ireland 3 France 3 with the French there nearly back to score a try with their good break after scoring the penalty.

Ireland just needs to keep away from making sloppy decisions and the ball in hand more often so as to not giving away potential points.

wp_rathead

Great try by Claffery!!
Hon ta feck!

wp_rathead

Great try by Claffery!!
Hon ta feck!

Dave_The_Sheep

Quality defense to keep that off the ground. Butchered it though.

wp_rathead

holy sh!t what a tackle!! looks like he held it up

French player celebrated early and then got mauled trying to get the ball down!

wp_rathead

This James Ryan seems the real deal gotta say

dublinman1990

That was eventually unlucky for Ireland though with the French getting a penalty try.

Oh....Ireland now just scored a try by James Ryan. Classy work there.

wp_rathead

that was coming but thought he had done enough to hold them off until HT

wp_rathead

that was coming but thought e had done enough to hold them off until HT

wp_rathead

that was coming but thought we had done enough to hold them off until HT

specttator

Tough having to listen to such a s**te commentary

The Pheasant2

Some poor enough defence here. Gaps left all over the shop

Dave_The_Sheep

That's it. We apparently have to start fights now to try win the game. Good lads on the commentary team.