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Ireland's hopes of retaining the Under-20 championship are over after they were beaten 11-6 by Wales. Two penalty kicks from Martin Dufficy in the first half were all Ireland could mange, while Wales scored an unconverted try through Lloyd Philips allowing Ireland to go in a point a head at half
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
The under 20's struggled to put one over the Italians in difficult conditions - thankfully two penalties by Martin Dufficy separated the teams. IRELAND UNDER-20s: Niall Morris (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster); David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster), Eoin O'Malley (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Eamonn Sher
