England’s power show ends Ireland’s World Cup dream

IRELAND’S U20s could do little to stop an English side boosting their World Championship credentials in Rosario as their hopes of claiming a semi-final spot were blown away.

Thu, 10 Jun, 2010 - 01:00
Ireland 21 England 36 Ruaidhri O’Connor in Rosario.

Mark Mapletoft’s English side produced a performance based on pure, brute strength that the Six Nations champions failed to deal with.

Allen Clarke’s men now go into Saturday’s final Pool B game against Argentina looking for a win to put them into the play-off for fifth.

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