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England U20s suffer a shock defeat to Georgia

(Photo by Geoff Caddick/AFP via Getty Images)

Recent England inconsistencies at U20s level continued on Thursday when they wrapped up their two-game tour of Georgia with a shock defeat in their second match in Tbilisi.

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The tourists had secured a hard-fought 41-36 victory in last Saturday’s opener but preparations for the upcoming Junior World Championship in South Africa came unstuck in their rematch against the eastern Europeans five days later.

The game turned on the yellow carding of Bristol’s Joe Jenkins, a sin-binning that was quickly followed by two tries – one converted – that put the Georgians 40-31 in front with six minutes remaining.

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    Restored to their full complement of players, England struck with a last-minute converted try from Exeter’s Greg Fisilau to cut the margin to two points.

    However, their attempt to attack from deep in their own half in the game’s final play ended with a decision that went against them at a breakdown near the halfway line and the final whistle sparked a pitch invasion from the celebrating Georgian fans.

    It was May 22 when Mark Mapletoft was appointed new England U20s head coach, the U18s assistant taking over from Alan Dickens who has since been confirmed as the new attack and backs coach at Dan McKeller’s Leicester.

    Dickens’ England finished in fourth place in this year’s Six Nations, winning three of their five matches. Having won all three of their February games, they lost in March to France and Grand Slam champions and finished behind the third-place Italy on points difference.

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    England are drawn in Pool B at this month’s World Championship, their campaign starting with a June 24 game in Paarl versus Ireland followed by a June 29 encounter with Fiji in Stellenbosch and then a July 4 contest against Australia in Cape Town.

    Georgia, who go into the tournament as the 10th-ranked team, are in Pool C which features the hosts South Africa, Argentina and Italy.

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    'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

    Do you hear yourself? Do you have any concept of world view? Have you tried looking into why people call Ireland ‘arrogant’? Obviously not.


    We started calling you arrogant when you called our captain a ‘shit Richie McCaw’. In New Zealand. On our turf. Don’t think that kind of behaviour really calls for respect, does it.


    NZ don’t really talk ourselves up, if anything the rugby does it for us. No kiwi goes in the media and says: ‘We are gonna win the RWC’. However, I have found many instance of IRISH media saying that the Irish should win, without a doubt. THAT is disrespectful.


    The All Blacks have played good rugby, even some of the best rugby ever, at many points in history, but I don’t think you could find a single instance of one of those players, or the NZ media, saying that they should whitewash their opponents. Ever.


    Now, onto your analysis. Ireland DID choke the QF. They beat the champions, they were ranked first coming into it, a lot of players at the peaks of their powers. Its hard to say that they didn’t choke. Obviously, their preparation was just not as good as NZ, and thats all there really is to it.


    If Ireland had repsected that ABs team and that QF more, maybe they would’ve prepared properly for it and won. But they didn’t.


    Maybe if Ireland had won their QF last RWC, they wouldn’t have to be in the same pool as SA and Scotland. I mean, its called a draw for a reason. NZ got third last RWC, so of course they should get a reasonable pool, and they were ranked pretty highly too. If you want to talk about easy pools, look no further than Pool 3 with England, Australia, Fiji, and Georgia I think?


    Now, obviously you don’t remember how that QF ended, so I’ll go ahead and rectify that. Ireland reclaimed the ball off kickoff and marched for 20ish phases into the opposition half. Savea then won a turnover, but the referee refused to give it, so play went on. Finally, at the NZ 22, after not giving up a single penatly in 25 phases of hard defense, Sam Whitelock, the most capped All Black of all time, wins the game with an incredible steal.


    Now, NZ players having a go at Ireland. Do you cry when you get hit after making the first swing? We all know Sexton is a prick on the field, its just the truth. And Ioane never backs down from a clash, so he thought he should humble a player who has never won an international knockout game who thought he was all that. Don’t really see the issue, its poetic justice really.

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