Ruddock’s men have no answer to French power

A MASSIVE French pack brought Ireland’s winning start to the Under 20 Six Nations to an abrupt end at Dubarry Park last night.

Sat, 12 Feb, 2011 - 00:00

The visitors ran in for six tries as Ireland fell to only their second defeat in 14 U20 internationals at the well-attended Athlone venue.

Ireland were forced to make eight changes from the side which defeated Italy last week, due to injuries and Magners League commitments

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Courts Rugby Place: Dubarry Park Place: Athlone Place: France Place: Scotland Place: Biarritz Place: Toulon Place: Italy Person: Ruddock Person: Paddy Jackson Person: Yann Lesgourgues Person: Pierre Berard Person: Jackson Person: Marvin O’Connor Person: Jean-Marc Doussain Person: Romain Colliat Person: Niall Annett Person: Finlay Bealham Person: Giuseppe Vivarini Person: Jules Plisson Person: Mike Ruddock Person: P Jackson Person: Y Lesgourgues Person: G Palis Person: P Berard Person: M O’Connor Person: R Colliat Person: J Plisson Person: M Doussain Person: M Sherlock Person: T O’Halloran Person: A Kelly Person: N McDonald Person: A Boyle Person: B McIlroy Person: J Tracy Person: C Carey Person: D O’Mahony Person: D Qualter Person: D Heffernan Person: A Conneely Person: J Murphy Person: F Bealham Person: Carey Person: I Henderson Person: O’Mahony Person: JJ Hanrahan Person: O’Halloran Person: S Buckley Person: Heffernan Person: Du Toit Person: McIroy Person: J McKinney Person: Boyle Person: JP Barraque Person: S Taoffenua Person: R Collait Person: W Desmaison Person: W Demotte Person: S Vahaamahina Person: K Gimeno Person: J Come Person: G Galan Person: C Bourgeois Person: Colliat Person: V Delmas Person: M Marie Person: J Buttin Person: O’Connor Person: L Magnaval Person: Yann Person: P Julien Person: Gimeno Person: T Visensang Person: Taoffenua Person: Stefano Traversi Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Italy Organisation: Magners League Organisation: Ulster Organisation: France Organisation: Leinster Organisation: Connacht Organisation: Coventry Organisation: Munster Organisation: SC Albis Organisation: Montpellier Organisation: Biarritz Organisation: Stade Francais Organisation: FC Grenoble Organisation: Toulouse Organisation: Perpignan Organisation: Castres Organisation: Avoron Bayonnais Organisation: Clermont Organisation: Brive Organisation: Racing Metro Organisation: Section Paloise Organisation: Colomiers Organisation: Vahaamahina Organisation: Aviron Bayonnais

<p>REBUILD: Head coach Andy Farrell during an Ireland Rugby media conference at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile</p>

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