![]() ![]() Next up for Ireland is France on Tuesday in the last of their Six Nations fixtures. Ireland are now in 1st place in the standings, however joint leaders England are still to play their Round 4 fixture against Wales. ![]() ![]() Kendellen inspired Ireland but scrum half Nathan Doak was also hugely influential and his kicking unlocked plenty of opportunities for the Irish in the second half.Īs the game ran on, the Italians looked spent and Ireland were able to hold out, with a Nathan Doak penalty in the 80th minute rubberstamping the win. Ireland came out far stronger in the second half and sustained pressure on the Italian rearguard resulted in two tries for the impressive Alex Kendellen, who was later named Man of the Match. Ireland had Jude Postlethwaite sent to the sin bin for a high challenge after just 10 minutes and they seemed to lose some rhythm that was present in the opening exchanges which saw Eoin de Buitléar and George Saunderson go over for tries. Richie Murphy's men didn't have it all their own way and found themselves 11 points down at the break after a blistering start to the game saw Italy run over three tries in the first 19 minutes of play. Scotland and Italy are hoping to get off the mark for the competition in the opener and there are a variety of ways for fans in the UK and Ireland to follow the action across all 240 high-octane minutes of rugby. Ireland moved joint top of the U20 Six Nations Championship table after emerging victorious against Italy in Cardiff on Wednesday afternoon.
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