Ireland U20s hang on to beat Fiji at Junior World Championships
The Ireland U20 rugby team secured a narrow victory against Fiji at the Junior World Championships in Georgia. Despite a challenging match with multiple yellow cards and difficult weather conditions, Ireland managed to win and will now face Italy.
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THE IRISH U20s20s had to survive a hectic finish to prevent a shock first-ever loss to Fiji at the Junior World Championships.
In the end Andrew Browne’s men did enough to claim their second win of the tournament and set up a clash with Italy next Saturday to see which side finishes ninth.
But having defeated the Fijians by an average of 34 points in their three previous encounters, they had to dig deep in a game where five players were binned, two of them Irish.
Ireland were forced into a late change when captain Sami Bishti pulled up in the warm-up, with Ulster’s Blake McClean replacing him at tighthead and flanker Josh Neill taking over as skipper.
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