Ireland U-20s lose out to France in Junior World Championship opener

The Ireland Under-20s fell agonisingly short of defeating Grand Slam champions France in their opening IRB Junior World Championship match in Auckland.

Mon, 02 Jun, 2014 - 11:08

IRB JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – POOL B:

FRANCE UNDER-20s 19 IRELAND UNDER-20s 13, QBE Stadium, Auckland

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: Auckland Place: QBE Stadium, Auckland Place: Pukekohe Place: QBE Stadium Person: Mike Ruddock Person: Brandon Fajardo Person: Ivan Roux Person: Baptiste Serin Person: Fajardo Person: Cian Kelleher Person: Ross Byrne Person: Byrne Person: Conor McKeon Person: Ciaran Gaffney Person: Dylan Donnellan Person: Darragh Moloney Person: Diarmaid Dee Person: Ryan Foley Person: Billy Dardis Person: Ruddock Person: Serin Person: Kelleher Person: Garry Ringrose Person: Dan Goggin Person: Kylan Hamdaoui Person: Peadar Timmins Person: Timmins Person: Goggin Person: Peter Dooley Person: Yacouba Camara Person: Oleg Ishchenko Person: Roux Person: James O'Donoghue Person: Max Abbott Event: Junior World Event: Grand Slam Event: IRB Junior World Championship Organisation: Ireland U-20s Organisation: France Organisation: Ireland Under-20s Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Irish Organisation: Wales Organisation: Welsh Organisation: Fiji

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