Full-Time: France U-20s 20 Ireland U-20s 15
France held on for a nail-biting win over Ireland in tonight’s RBS Under-20 6 Nations encounter in snowy Mazamet. Out-half James McKinney and his replacement Brian Kingston kicked five penalties between them.
RBS UNDER-20 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Friday, February 12
FRANCE U-20s 20 IRELAND U-20s 15, Stade de la Chevaliere, Mazamet (HT: 8-12)
Scorers: France: Try: Mathieu Lamoulie; Pens: Gilles Bosch 5
Ireland: Pens: James McKinney 4, Brian Kingston
FRANCE U-20: Julien Fritz (Lyon OU); Jérémy Sinzelle (RC Toulon), Mathieu Lamoulie (SU Agen), Romain Barthélémy (RC Toulon), Clément Lagain (Bayonne); Gilles Bosch (USA Perpignan), Alexi Bales (SU Agen); Benjamin Geledan (Biarritz Olympique), Mickaël Ivaldi (RC Toulon), Gwendal Lamache (RC Toulon), Georges Souvent (Stade Rochelais), Jean Sousa (Lyon OU), Jocelyn Grange (Lyon OU), Tanguy Molcard (Biarritz Olympique) (capt), Antoine Erbani (SU Agen).
Replacements: Eddy Ben Arous (Racing-Metro), Mathieu Giudicelli (Montpellier), Mickaël Blandin (CS Bourgoin-Jallieu), Kevin Gourdon (AS Clermont Auvergne), Guillaume Lafforgue (Bordeaux Begles), Alexandre Hubert (Limoges), Brice Dulin (SU Agen).
IRELAND U-20: Andrew Conway (Blackrock College/Leinster); Darren Hudson (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Brendan Macken (Blackrock/Leinster), Nevin Spence (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster); James McKinney (Queen’s University/Ulster), John Cooney (UCD /Leinster); Bryan Cagney (UCC/Munster), Niall Annett (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Jack O’Connell (Lansdowne/Leinster), David O’Callaghan (UCC/Munster), Ben Marshall (UCD/Leinster), Rhys Ruddock (UCD/Leinster) (capt), Dominic Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Patrick Butler (Shannon/Munster).
Replacements: David Doyle (UCD/Leinster), Stewart Maguire (Old Belvedere/ Leinster), Brian Hayes (Cork Constitution/Munster), Robin O’Sullivan (Bective Rangers/Leinster), Michael Heaney (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Brian Kingston (Blackrock/Leinster), Eoin Griffin (Corinthians/Connacht).
Referee: Greg Garner (England)