Stunning comeback for Ireland U20s

Italy 25 Ireland 36, Stadio Santa Colomba, Benevento

Ireland's Under-20s produced a stunning comeback in Benevento as they clinched an unprecedented Grand Slam and Six Nations championship double.

Eric Elwood's side came from 20-7 down to beat Italy's U-21 side and lift the title.

Italy's pack set up early tries for Paul Derbyshire and Natale Duca. Centre Davide Duca kicked ten points.

However, the Irish, who had Thomas Anderson and Conor McInerney sin-binned in either half, bounced back before half-time when full-back Felix Jones dotted down.

Second half tries from Darren Cave, Ian Keatley and Conor O'Donohoe, adding to Cian Healy's 16th-minute score, eased the Irish to victory.

Scorers: Italy: Tries: Paul Derbyshire, Natale Duca 2; Cons: Davide Duca 2; Pens: Davide Duca 2

Ireland: Tries: Cian Healy, Felix Jones, Darren Cave, Ian Keatley, Conor O'Donohoe; Cons: Keatley 4; Pen: Keatley

ITALY U-21: Giulio Rubini (Overmach Cariparma); Michele Sepe (AlmavivA UR Capitolina), Alberto Sgarbi (Benetton Treviso), Davide Duca (Consiag I Cavalieri Prato), Gilberto Pavan (Overmach Cariparma); Paolo Buso (Cammi Calvisano), Fabio Semenzato (Benetton Treviso); Plinio Sciamanna (Arix Viadana), Davide Giazzon (Marchiol San Marco), Alberto De Marchi (Overmach Cariparma), Alberto Saccardo (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Luca Beccaris (Cammi Calvisano), Natale Duca (Arix Viadana), Filippo Cristiano (Cammi Calvisano), Paul Derbyshire (Rolly Gran Parma) (capt).

Replacements used: Francesco Minto (Overmach Cariparma) for Derbyshire (28-30 mins, blood sub), Lorenzo Giovanchelli (Carrera Petrarca Padova) for Giazzon (50), Tito Tebaldi (Rolly Gran Parma) for Pavan (54), Minto for Beccaris (58), Nicola Gatto (Carrera Petrarca Padova) for De Marchi (62), Enrico Ceccato II (Benetton Treviso) for Sciamanna (66), Riccardo Pavan (Overmach Cariparma) for Sepe, Fabio Flammini (Mantovani Pol. Lazio 1927) for Saccardo (both 71).

IRELAND U-20: Felix Jones (Seapoint/Leinster); Shane Monahan (Dublin University/Leinster), Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Aidan Wynne (Buccaneers/Connacht), Keith Earls (Thomond/Munster); Ian Keatley (UCD/Leinster), Paul O'Donohoe (UCD/Leinster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Richard Sweeney (St. Mary's College/Leinster), Jamie Hagan (Greystones/Leinster), Conor McInerney (UCD/Leinster), Andrew Browne (Galwegians/Connacht), Thomas Anderson (Dungannon/Ulster), Kevin Sheahan (UCD/Leinster), David Pollock (QUB/Ulster) (capt).

Replacements used: Neilus Keogh (UCC/Munster) for Browne (55 mins), Ruaidhri Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster) for Healy (56), David Drake (Ballymena/Ulster) for O'Donohoe (70), Ger Slattery (Young Munster/Munster) for Sweeney, Niall O'Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) for Keatley (both 77). Not used: Eoghan Grace (Shannon/Munster), Kyle Tonetti (Blackrock College/Leinster).

Referee: David Rosich (France)