Three Try French - France U-20 24 v Ireland U-20 13
Much the same as the senior squad, Ireland under 20’s fell to three tries from France last night at the Stadium Jacques Fouroux.
TIME LINE: 14 minutes - France try: Thierry Lacrampe - 5-0; conversion: Mathieu Belie - 7-0; 18 mins - Ireland try: Chris Cochrane - 7-5; conversion: Martin Dufficy - 7-7; 24 mins - France try: Charles Gimenez - 12-7; conversion: Mathieu Belie - 14-7; 32 mins - Ireland penalty: Martin Dufficy - 14-10; Half-time - France 14 Ireland 10; 64 mins - France sin-binning - Nicolas Agnesi (fighting); 65 mins - Ireland penalty: Martin Dufficy - 14-13; 71 mins - France penalty: missed by Julien Dumora - 14-13; 74 mins - France penalty: Mathieu Belie - 17-13; 80 mins - France try: Wesley Fofana - 22-13; conversion: Mathieu Belie - 24-13; Full-time - France 24 Ireland 13
FRANCE U-20: Julien Dumora (Pau); Vincent Mehn (Colomiers), Charles Gimenez (Toulouse), Yann David (Bourgoin), Wesley Fofana (Clermont Auvergne); Mathieu Belie (Toulouse), Thierry Lacrampe (Tarbes); Nicolas Agnesi (Toulon), Clement Maynadier (Albi), Kevin Kervarec (Montpellier), Yohan Maestri (Toulon) (capt), Adam Jaulhac (Brive), Yohan Vivalda (Perpignan), Arthur Chollon (Bordeaux-Begles), Raphael Lakafia (Grenoble).
Replacements: Raphael Olive (Montpellier), Clement Ric (Clermont Auvergne), Jean-Baptiste Roidot (Biarritz), Antoine Loubiere (Perpignan), Adrien Tomas (Montpellier), Cedric Coll (Perpignan).
IRELAND U-20: Sean Scanlon (UCC/Munster); David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster), Eoin O’Malley (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Eamonn Sheridan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Chris Cochrane (Queen’s University/Ulster); Martin Dufficy (Dublin University/Leinster), David Moore (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster); Paul Karayiannis (Queen’s University/Ulster), Stephen Douglas (Ballymena/Ulster), Ben Barclay (UCD/Leinster), David Nolan (Galwegians/Connacht), Eoin Sheriff (Lansdowne/Leinster), Kieran Essex (UL Bohemians/Munster), Paul Ryan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster) (capt), Patrick Mallon (Lansdowne/Leinster).
Replacements used: James Sandford (Queen’s University/Ulster) for Nolan (half-time), Jason Harris-Wright (Greystones/Leinster) for Douglas (55 mins), Stephen Archer (UCC/Munster) for Barclay, Ian Nagle (UCC/Munster) for Sheriff, Conor Cleary (Greystones/Leinster) for Sheridan (all 75 mins). Not used: Kris Greene (St. Mary’s College RFC/Leinster), Ian Madigan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster).
Referee: Claudio Passacantando (Italy)