Wales win U/19 Triple Crown
Easy win for England
Following their victories over England and Scotland Wales have become the Under-19 Triple Crown winners with their big victory over Ireland in Ireland.
England also had an easy win over Scotland.
Wales now have Italy and France to play.
Wales vs Ireland at Blackrock College, Dublin, on 25 February 2006
Wales scored five tries to nil in beating Ireland 31-6/ But at half-time the match was close at just 7-6 for the boys from the other side of the Irish Sea.
Centre Ashley Smith scored Wales's first-half try which Rhys Jones converted.
In the second half Wales scored four tries, 24 unanswered points.
Wales coach Justin Burnell said: “We are obviously hugely delighted with the win, especially to outscore Ireland five tries to nil in Dublin. That’s a big achievement. Out aim now has to be the Grand-Slam."
Scorers:
For Wales:
Tries: Smith, Jenkins, Maule, Martyn Thomas, Larsen
Cons: Rhys Jones 3
For Ireland:
Pens: tbc
Teams:
Wales Under-19: Martyn Thomas, Alec Jenkins, Gareth Maule, Ashley Smith, James Lewis, Rhys Jones, Robert Lewis, Nicholas Eaves, Marc Breeze (Ospreys), Jamie Corsi, Bradley Davies (captain), Lou Reed, Joshua Turnbull, Daniel Franks, Lewis Evans
Replacements: Keiron Jenkins, Kenneth Owens, Matthew Larsen, Hugh Gustafson, Jonathan Davies, Rhys Priestland, Darren Allinson
Ireland Under-19: 15 Michael Skelton, 14 Stuart Morrow, 13 Kyle Tonnetti, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Michael Barker, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Stephen Cranley, 8 Kevin Sheahan, 7 David Pollock, 6 Thomas Anderson, 5 Conor McInerney (captain), 4 Andrew Browne, 3 Royce Burke-Flynn, 2 Andrew O'Driscoll, 1 Richard Sweeney
Replacements: 16 Neil Simpson, 17 David Millard, 18 James Gethings, 19 Tom Walsh, 20 Shane O’Sullivan, 21 David Drake, 22 Niall O’Connor, 23 Stephen Verso
Referee: Dean Richards (England)
England vs Scotland at the Twickenham Stoop, London, on 24 February 2006
England had little difficulty in beating their Scottish guests 36-5. They scored five tries to one.
Danny Care and Andrew Saull each scored two tries, Oliver Dodge, son of England player Paul Dodge, the fifth.
Danny Cipriani was the play-maker as scrumhalf Care and flank Saull scored therir tries in the first half as England built up a handsome 29-0 lead by half-time.
Wing David McCall scored Scotland's try.
England coach Nigel Redman said afterwards: “For 20 minutes our performance went some way to being what we expect from this group of players. However, we have to raise the standard as we go on to face France and Ireland so we show higher levels of consistency.
“I was pleased with the tries we scored and with the opportunity to see some of the new players. We expect our players to work hard and improve our performances over the 70 minutes before we get to the World Championships in Dubai in April.”
Sciorers:
For England:
Tries: Care 2, Saull 2, Dodge
Cons: Cipriani 4
Pen: Cipriani.
For Scotland:
Try: McCall
Teams:
England Under-19: 15 David Doherty, 14 Jordan Turner-Hall, 13 Tom Youngs, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Oliver Dodge, 10 Daniel Cipriani, 9 Danny Care, 8 David Tait, 7 Andrew Saull, 6 Alex Shaw, 5 Simon Pitfield, 4 Sam McDonald, 3 Daniel Cole, 2 Jordan Page, 1 Charlie Beech
Replacements: 16 Ross McMillan (Nottingham), 17 Matthew Mullan, 18 Tom Mercey, 19 Matthew Cox, 20 Joseph Simpson, 21 Adam Greendale ( ), 22 Chris Pennell, 23 Iain Grieve
Scotland Under-19: 15 Colin Goudie, 14 David McCall, 13 Jack Cuthbert, 12 Alex Grove, 11 Calum Anderson, 10 Cameron Ferguson (captain), 9 Murray Bringhurst, 8 David Lambert, 7 Daniel Levison, 6 Graeme McGilchrist, 5 Steven Turnbull, 4 Richard Vernon, 3 Ross McCallum, 2 Frazer Wilford, 1 Alan Dymock
Replacements: 16 Patrick McArthur, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Nick Hart, 19 Ross McDonald, 20 Jamie Hunter, 21 Ross Curle, 22 Richard Mill, 23 Graham Hogg
Referee: Matthew Aplin (Wales)
Touch judges: Stuart Terheege, Paul Emerson
Assessor: Paul Bridgman