Ireland U20s put to the sword despite dream start against New Zealand

“There are a lot of learnings to take from that,” said captain Éanna McCarthy.

Ireland's Billy Corrigan on the ball supported by Eanna McCarthy. Pic: ©INPHO/Sebastiano Pessina.

New Zealand 69 Ireland 22

Ireland captain Éanna McCarthy said they paid a big price for not building on a dream start in this final pool game of the World Rugby U20 Championship which they had to win if they were to advance to the semi-finals of the competition for the third year in a row.