The Ireland Men’s U20 team, including Corinthians’ duo Daniel Ryan and Diarmuid O’Connell and Buccaneers’ Adam Cooper, suffered a second defeat in the Junior World Championship yesterday, losing 62-40 to Argentina. The result ends Ireland’s hopes of making the cup semi-finals. Argentina overpowered Ireland in the first half with four converted tries and and a penalty giving them a 31-7 lead. Ireland’s try came from Rian Handley. Ireland worked hard in the second half, scoring five tries, but it wasn’t enough as the junior Pumas continued to add to their tally.<\/p>\n
Ireland Scorers – Tries: Rian Handley (20′), Charlie O’Shea (49′, 67′), Jack Deegan (55′), Blake McClean (60′), Josh Neill (80′); Con: Charlie O’Shea (21′, 49′, 55′, 60′, 68′)<\/p>\n
Ireland play their last pool game against the USA on Tuesday mornning at 10am Irish time in Tbilisi.<\/p>\n
IRELAND:\u00a0Noah Byrne (Dublin University); Charlie Molony (UCD), Jack Deegan (Blackrock), James O\u2019Leary (UCC), Daniel Ryan (Corinthians); Tom Wood (Garryowen), Christopher Barrett (UCC); Max Doyle (UCD), Rian Handley (Old Wesley), Sami Bishti (UCD, capt); Joe Finn (Garryowen), Donnacha McGuire (UCD); Josh Neill (Old Wesley), Alex Lautsou (Shannon), Diarmaid O\u2019Connell (Corinthians).<\/p>\n
Replacements:\u00a0Charlie O\u2019Shea (UCC) for Wood (10 mins); Duinn Maguire (UCD) for Handley, Ben Blaney (Terenure) for Lautsou (both 47); James O\u2019Dwyer (Old Belvedere) for Barrett (47-51); Adam Cooper (Buccaneers) for Doyle, Blake McClean (Instonians) for Bishti, Dylan McNeice (UCD) for McGuire (all 53); Rob Carney (Cashel) for O\u2019Dwyer (68).<\/p>\n
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