Ireland Under-20s squad?

[Lamb of BOD]

Super break up the middle by that English no. 8 for that try

[Donny B.]

Super try by England, some pace on their number eight.

State of the hair on their hooker though, pure white trash chic!

[Lamb of BOD]

State of the hair on their hooker though, pure white trash chic!

I;m sure he just took a bite from some roadkill before that last line-out

[Lamb of BOD]

5-9 now, apparently

[cormac]

Dooley stretchered off in first half

[Donny B.]

Dooley stretchered off in first half

When the team was announced I wondered if he was over-playing the kid, especially with an alternative like Ed Byrne.

[Lamb of BOD]

The second semi could be over as a contest by half time

[Donny B.]

England deservedly with a big lead now. I felt when we played them that this isn't a vintage Baby Blacks team. Feck that yellow card anyway.

In fairness would be great to see an all European final for the first time in this tournament.

[Lamb of BOD]

It's England's to lose now. Totally agree with you about the BBs - they're getting totally outplayed here and I thought if we'd had 5 more mins at them the other night we'd have won

[ceemec]

Hmmm, probably can't base too much on this one tournament but I'm feeling happy enough we didn't go with Chris Boyd for our head coach.

[Donny B.]

Hell of a kick there for Simon Keogh for NZ.

20 minutes for Ireland to pull this match around.

[Lamb of BOD]

8-9 now. Around 15 mins left by my reckoning

[Donny B.]

Must be over at this stage?

[ceemec]

France missed pen with 4 minutes left. That was 5 minutes ago.

[Lamb of BOD]

Hope that conversion they stole from us doesn't prove crucial

[ceemec]

Scannell misses penalty with last kick of the game. F*ck sake.

[Donny B.]

Scannell misses penalty with last kick of the game. F*ck sake.

Balls! So a rematch with the Aussies for 7th/8th. Bit of an anti-climax eh?

[Twist]

From the twitter

@irbjuniors: FT: France 9-8 @irfurugby. A good show from the French who kept IRE out at the end after massive pressure. #JWC2013 #JWC

[PCASEY]

From the twitter

@irbjuniors: FT: France 9-8 @irfurugby. A good show from the French who kept IRE out at the end after massive pressure. #JWC2013 #JWC

Third tier again next year then?

[Donny B.]

England - NZ going down to the wire. I might have spoken too soon about the BBs. England seem to have totally lost it since they had that big lead