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Ireland U20 Edged Out In High Scoring Encounter With Italy

Under-20 Men's International, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 17/12/2022 Ireland U20’s vs Italy U20’s Ireland's Gus McCarthy makes a break on his way to scoring his side’s first try of the match Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Castle Avenue played host to a classic end to end game as the Ireland U-20s, sponsored by PwC, were edged out by their Italian counterparts as both sides build toward the Six Nations U20 Championship in February. Ireland lead 26-19 at half time but Italy fought back to take a 26-40 lead midway through the 2nd half.

Ireland levelled the game on 64 minutes but Italy edged ahead again and held off a late Ireland try to take the game. It finished Ireland 47 Italy 50.