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UNDER-18 SIX NATIONS FESTIVAL/Ireland 6 Wales 25: WALES DWARFED and dominated Ireland in all facets of the game in the under…

Thu Mar 27 2008 - 00:00

UNDER-18 SIX NATIONS FESTIVAL/Ireland 6 Wales 25:WALES DWARFED and dominated Ireland in all facets of the game in the under-18 tournament at Musgrave Park last night.

The Welsh scrum had Ireland in trouble from the start and outhalf Matthew Jarvis made it 3-0 from a penalty earned on the back of a shunt from his forwards before scrumhalf Rhys Downes grabbed a try, converted by Jarvis.

Fullback Noel Reid got Ireland's first score, a 19th-minute penalty.

The Wales tight-head prop Stewart Maguire is five kilos heavier than John Hayes and when the Irish loosehead Denis Buckley was pinged at a scrum Jarvis nailed the penalty before posting his third three-pointer near the half-hour.

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Reid scored his second penalty for 16-6 when the Welsh dived in at a ruck but Jarvis soon kicked his fourth penalty in reply.

Brian O'Hara was binned before Jarvis exacerbated the punishment with two further penalties.

IRELAND:Reid (St Michael's); C O'Hanlon (St Munchin's), M Allen (Methodist), D McCarthy (Castletroy), M Atkinson (Grosvenor Grammar); L Marshall (Ballymena), D O'Driscoll (PBC); D Buckley (Blackrock), N Annett (Methodist), J O'Connell (Clongowes), B Hayes (CBC Cork), B Marshall (St Andrew's), D Ryan (Gonzaga), B O'Hara (PBC, capt), D O'Callaghan (Midleton). Replacements: R Byrne (Terenure) for Annett, M Moore (Castleknock) for Buckley (both 47 mins); J Bloomfield (Coleraine AI) for O'Driscoll (58); B Cagney (PBC) for O'Connell, P Butler (Rockwell) for Marshall (both 60); M Kelleher (St Munchin's) for O'Hanlon (68); R Bent (St Mary's) for Ryan, J McKinney (Campbell) for Marshall (both 69); G Nugent (PBC) for Reid (70).

WALES:J Loxton; A Hughes, B John, A Beck, I Coombes; M Jarvis, R Downes; D Watchurst, R Williams (capt), S Maguire, T Crandon, J Galley, D Francis, R Jenkins, J Thomas. Replacements: J King for Galley (23); L Peers for Crandon (58); C Lewis-Pratt for Jarvis, L Powell for Coombes, M Allen for Francis (all 65); G Jenkins for Watchurst, J Davies for R Jenkins (both 68); C Davies for Williams (69).

Referee:R Kitt (England).