An Ireland under-19 selection put up a spirited display before eventually conceding defeat 10-3 to their English counterparts at the ALSAA Sports Complex at Dublin Airport yesterday.
This was the second meeting of the weekend between the countries, the first having been won 36-8 by England on Saturday.
Bradley Davies put England in front yesterday with a penalty after five minutes but Anthony Downey soon levelled the match with a penalty from the 22. In the 60th minute England's Greg Setherton secured victory with a try.
In Saturday's game Ireland were outplayed at Anglesea Road. Spencer Davy opened the scoring for the visitors with a try after four minutes and Ben Russell and Magnus Lund added further tries before the break. Aidan Rees gave Ireland some hope with a penalty approaching half-time.
English left-wing Maurice Garvey and Michael Guess scored tries in the second half. The Irish finished strongly, however, and Edward Hoadly chipped through and followed up to score the last try of the match.
IRELAND (first match): J O'Reilly; D Quaid, G Doyle, J Hall, E Hoadly; L McCadden, A Rees; J Kilbane, K Murray, E Tennyson, M Travers, C O'Keefe, D Gannon, N Morris, D Hayes
ENGLAND: J Clarke; T Hurst, A Ray, S Davey, M Garvey; BJ Russell, C Stuart; A Croal, A Kyriacon, M Guess, J Pendlebury, C Day, A Roland, M Lund, B Russell
IRELAND (second match): A Finn; G Lidster, B Hastings, S Ward, A Downey; M Glavey, R Shaw; F Carthy, S Bennett, C Geoghan, D Fitzpatrick, S O'Connor, B O'Connor, R Simms, B Hartigan.
ENGLAND: E Burrill; J Rowley, G Setherton, H Barratt, A Ladhar; Bdavies, G Nicholls; C Gage, R Hawkins, M Pinnick, W Bowley, G Parling, J Astbury, J Hosking, B Skirving.
