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‘A’ loss to the Saxons – England Saxons 31 – 13 Ireland ‘A’
With a two point half time lead Ireland ‘A’ looked secure, but three second-half tries meant England Saxons won 31-13 at the friendly at Welford Road.
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ENGLAND SAXONS 31 IRELAND ‘A’ 13, Welford Road (Att: 10,749)
Scorers: England Saxons: Tries: Delon Armitage, Tom Varndell 2, David Paice; Con: Delon Armitage; Pens: Ryan Lamb, Delon Armitage 2
Ireland ‘A’: Try; Tommy Bowe; Con: Andrew Dunne; Pens: Andrew Dunne 2
ENGLAND SAXONS: Nick Abendanon (Bath); Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers), Ollie Smith (Leicester Tigers), Shane Geraghty (London Irish), Delon Armitage (London Irish); Ryan Lamb (Gloucester), Lee Dickson (Newcastle Falcons); Nick Wood (Gloucester), David Paice (London Irish), Jason Hobson (Bristol), Tom Palmer (London Wasps), Nick Kennedy (London Irish), Phil Dowson (Newcastle Falcons), Ben Woods (Newcastle Falcons), Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers) (capt).
Replacements used: Anthony Allen (Gloucester) for Lamb (17 mins), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) for Paice (50), George Skivington (Wasps) for Palmer, David Wilson (Newcastle Falcons) for Hobson (both 60), Mike Brown (Harlequins) for Varndell (77), James Grindal (Newcastle Falcons) for Dickson (78), Will Skinner (Harlequins) for Woods (79).
IRELAND ‘A’: Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht); Johne Murphy (Leicester Tigers), Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster), Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster) (capt), Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster); Andrew Dunne (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster), Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Leinster), Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster), Stephen Keogh (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College /Leinster), Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster).
Replacements used: Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) for Young, Niall O’Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) for Dunne (both 59 mins), Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) for Horgan (62), Daniel Riordan (Buccaneers/Connacht) for Murphy, Chris Keane (Old Belvedere/Leinster) for Boss (both 74), Adrian Flavin (Buccaneers/Connacht) for Sheahan, David Pollock (Queen’s University/Ulster) for Keogh (both 79).
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)