Wales pip Ireland whose fate sealed by missed place kicks

Wales U-21 20 Ireland U-21 19

The Irish drew first blood when a rolling maul moved to the shadow of the goalposts. Slick handling put John Hearty in possession and the wing dived over in the corner for an unconverted try. The game had reached the end of the first quarter before the Welsh were able to reply, their hooker, Huw Bennett scoring for Nick Robinson to convert.

Kieran Potts, Niall Ronan and Stephen Keogh were everywhere in defence for Ireland. Winning an equal share of the ball up-front, Ireland elected at this stage for more of a kicking game from outside half, David McAllister. But, he was unable to land a couple of reasonable penalty