{"id":785560,"date":"2026-07-07T21:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/785560\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:12:16","slug":"usa-fall-to-ireland-at-junior-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/785560\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Fall to Ireland at Junior World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland out on an outstanding performance against the USA at the Junior World Championship in Georgia on Tuesday. The men in green were 73-22 winners in the final pool fixture for both teams. The USA ran in three tries with Finnian Love, Joseph Sarkees, and Leo Keesler-Venables claiming one each.<\/p>\n

The big Irish win went some way to make-up for the two earlier results in the pool. Ireland were beaten by England and Argentina in their prior matches<\/a>. The USA also fell to the same two teams. This set-up a battle to finish third in the group.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s win over the USA came with Christopher Barrett and Charlie O\u2019Shea running play well. Both players crossed for early tries which helped build a large leading margin that was 45-3 at the close of the first-half.<\/p>\n

On the plus side for the winning team there were a total of eleven tries scored by the Irish. Not all was well tough as Ireland finished a player down after Charlie Molony was red carded by virtue or picking-up a second yellow card in the match.<\/p>\n

The outcome of the match means Ireland will be competing for a 9th Place Finish while the USA be in in a four-way-battle to finish 13th and avoid bottom spot of 16th.<\/p>\n

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IRELAND U20 (73)
TRY \u2013 C Barrett, C O\u2019Shea (3), S Walsh (3), R Carney, A Cooper, D Ryan, J Deegan
CON \u2013 D Green (9)<\/p>\n

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USA U20 (22)
TRY \u2013 F Love, J Sarkees, L Keesler-Venables
CON \u2013 J Firebrace (2)
PEN \u2013 D Cadden<\/p>\n

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IRELAND U20
1 Adam Cooper, 2 Duinn Maguire, 3 Blake McClean, 4 Se\u00e1n Walsh, 5 Joe Finn, 6 Charlie Keane, 7 Ben Blaney (capt.), 8 Alex Lautsou, 9 Christopher Barrett, 10 Charlie O\u2019Shea, 11 Johnny O\u2019Sullivan, 12 Se\u00e1n Walsh, 13 Rob Carney, 14 Charlie Molony, 15 Daniel Green<\/p>\n

Replacements: 16 Luke McLaughlin, 17 Jamie Conway, 18 Max Doyle, 19 Paddy Woods, 20 Diarmaid O\u2019Connell, 21 Luke Coffey, 22 Daniel Ryan, 23 Jack Deegan<\/p>\n

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USA U20
1 Colin Donnelly, 2 Aidan Stewart, 3 Tyler Trower, 4 Lyndon Bailey, 5 Tanielu Talaepa, 6 Liam Hill, 7 Harrison Cluff, 8 Frank Finicle, 9 Joseph Sarkees, 10 Declan Cadden, 11 Finnian Love, 12 Leo Keesler-Venables, 13 William Darbishire (captain.), 14 Sialeafuhia Ofa, 15 Blake Miller<\/p>\n

Replacements: 16 Salesi Kafovalu, 17 Sawyer Troupe, 18 Alfie Booth, 19 Pierce Kelly, 20 Jayden Williams, 21 Yiannis Efthymiopoulos, 22 Jack Firebrace, 23 Dane Mitchell<\/p>\n

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