England lay down their omens

Ireland U19 3 England U19 12

The fussy Scot was indecisive and inconsistent and these stars of the future were frustrated by his constant interventions.

England were delighted with the win, their third of five while Ireland will, at least be happy that they matched a bigger side only to fall on the penalty count. It wasn’t quite the inspirational send off Ireland were looking for ahead of next month’s FIRA World Cup in France, but there was positives too.