6N U20: Ireland Still Top

After the first two rounds of the Under-20 Six Nations this year, Ireland, with two bonus-point wins, top the log, while Wales languish at the bottom.

Ireland are in a strong position to repeat last season's Grand Slam.

This was the bad-weather weekend with storms battering Europe.

Round 2 Results

England vs Scotland, 21-17 in Edinburgh

Ireland vs Wales, 36-22 in Cork

France vs Italy, 31-19 in Aix-en-Provence

Round 1 Results

Ireland vs Scotland, 38-26 in Cork

Italy vs Wales, 17-7 in Colwyn Bay

England vs France, 29-24 in Grenoble

Log after Round 2

1. Ireland - 10 points

2. England - 9 points

3. France - 6 points

4. Italy - 4 point

5. Scotland - 2 point

6. Wales - 0 points

Round 2 Details

Scotland vs England

England had to fight every inch of the way for this win. At half-time the Scots led 17-14.

The scoring tells the fluctuating fortunes of the match. England's scores are first: 0-3; 7-3; 7-10; 14-10; 14-17; 21-17. The winning try, scored by outside centre Connor Docherty, came in the last 10 minutes of the match.

Scorers

For England:

Tries: Dan, Steward, Docherty

Cons: Vunipola 3

For Scotland:

Tries: Ashman, Penalty try

Con: Chamberlain

Pen: Chamberlain

Teams

Scotland: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Harry Paterson, 13 Matthew Currie, 12 Robbie McCallum, 11 Jacob Henry, 10 Nathan Chamberlain, 9 Roan Frostwick, 8 Rory Darge (captain), 7 Connor Boyle, 6 Jack Hill, 5 Cameron Henderson, 4 Kieran Watt, 3 Mak Wilson, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Thomas Lambert

Replacements: 16 Rory Jackson, 17 Alex Maxwell, 18 George Breese, 19 Jamie Campbell, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Kyle McGhie, 22 Cameron Scott, 23 Max Priestly

England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Tom Roebuck, 10 Manu Vunipola, 9 Sam Maunder (captain), 8 Rusi Tuima, 7 JJ Tonks (Northampton, 6 Richard Capstick, 5 Ben Donnell, 4 George Hammond, 3 Harvey Beaton, 2 Theo Dan, 1 James Whitcombe

Replacements: 16 Ben Atkins, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Luke Green, 19 Hugh Tizard, 20 Josh Gray, 21 Jack Van Poortvliet, 22 George Barton, 23 Ollie Sleightholme

Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)

Assistant referees: Jonathan Dufort (France), Cédric Marchat (France)

Timekeeper: Graeme Eastland (Scotland)

Assessor: Tony Spreadbury (England)

Ireland vs Wales

The match - and the bonus point - were done and dusted in the first half as Ireland romped to a 31-10, wind-assisted lead at half time.

It took the Irish just a minute to get on the board - a try by flank Mark Hernan. He charged down an attempted clearance by scrumhalf Dafydd Buckland and fell on the ball for his first try of the match.

Wales won the second half 17-5, which was not enough to make up for the first-half deficit.

Scorers

For Ireland:

Tries: Hernan 2, Kelly, Finlay, Smith

Cons: Crowley 4

Pen: Crowley

For Wales:

Tries: Knott 2, Penalty try

Con: Costelow

Pen: Costelow

Teams

Ireland: 15 Oran McNulty, 14 Ben Moxham, 13 Dan Kelly, 12 Hayden Hyde, 11 Andrew Smith, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Lewis Finlay, 8 David McCann (captain), 7 Mark Hernan, 6 Sean O’Brien, 5 Brian Deeny, 4 Thomas Ahern, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Tom Stewart, 1 Marcus Hanan

Replacements: 16 John McKee, 17 Harry Noonan, 18 Charlie Ward, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Cian Prendergast, 21 Ben Murphy, 22 Tim Corkery, 23 Luis Faria

Wales: 15 Ioan Lloyd, 14 Daniel John, 13 Osian Knott, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Ewan Rosser, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Dafydd Buckland, 8 Morgan Strong, 7 Jac Morgan (captain), 6 Ioan Davies, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Jac Price, 3 Ben Warren, 2 Will Griffiths, 1 Theo Bevacqua

Replacements: 16 Dom Booth, 17 Callum Williams, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 James Fender, 20 Gwilym Bradley, 21 Ellis Bevan, 22 Bradley Roderick, 23 Josh Thomas

Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Assistant referees: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia), Irakli Tchanukvadze (Georgia)

Television match official: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)

Assessor: Jérôme Garcès (France)

France vs Italy

France did not have it all their own way against the robust Italian pack. Italy actually led 19-14 at half-time but failed to score in the second half.

Scorers

For France:

Tries: Tiberghien, Farissier 2, Dumortier, Peysson

Cons: Debaes 4

Pen: Debaes

For Italy:

Tries: Lai, Drudi, Varney

Cons: Garbisi 2

Teams

France: 15 Cheikh Tiberghien, 14 Erwan Dridi, 13 Théo Costossèque, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Nathan Farissier, 10 Thomas Dolhagaray, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Jordan Joseph (captain), 7 Mattéo Le Corvec, 6 Gauthier Maravat, 5 Adrien Warion, 4 Guillard, 3 Aselo Ikahehegi, 2 Guillaume Cramont, 1 Andy Bordelai

Replacements: 16 Loris Zarantonello, 17 Sacha Lotrian, 18 Régis Montagne, 19 Fabien Witz, 20 Yann Peysson, 21 Kévin Viallard, 22 Thibault Debaes, 23 Ethan Dumortier

Italy: 15 Jacopo Trulla, 14 Cristian Lai, 13 Federico Mori, 12 Giulio Bertaccini, 11 Michel Mba, 10 Paolo Garbisi (captain), 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Angelo Maurizi, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Riccardo Favretto, 3 Ion Neculai, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Matteo Drudi

Replacements: 16 Matteo Baldelli, 17 Lorenzo Michelini, 18 Muhamed Hasa, 19 Nathanel Panozzo, 20 Luca Andreani, 21 Manfredi Albanes, 22 Mattia Ferrarin, 23 Luca Borin

Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Assistant referees: Finlay Brown (Scotland) Ruairidh Campbell (Scotland)

Television match official: Neil Patterson (Scotland)

Timekeeper: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat (France)

Assessor: Joël Jutge (France)