Ireland Under-20s beat Scotland to win Triple Crown
Ireland picked up the Triple Crown with their win over Scotland
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Men's Under-20s Six Nations
Ireland (28) 47
Tries: Maguire, Moloney, Carney, Blaney, Barrett, O'Sullivan Foley Cons: Wood 6
Scotland (0) 14
Tries: McAughtrie, Widdowson Cons: MacArthur 2
It's two Triple Crown wins in two days for Ireland, as the Under-20s beat Scotland 47-14 at Virgin Media Park in the final round of the Under-20 Six Nations Championship but they fell short of the title following France's win over England.
Despite Scotland making a bright start and putting early pressure on Ireland, Andrew Browne's side ran out convincing winners, with four tries in the first half laying the foundations for victory.
It was Ireland who got over for the first score of the match just seven minutes in as Duinn Maguire grounded the ball.
Rob Carney then thought he had scored Ireland's second try on 15 minutes, but it was chalked off by the TMO.
A second would soon arrive however as Tom Wood sent the ball out to Derry Moloney on the wing, who got over in the corner and Rob Carney then did similar for their third try.
The bonus point was secured before the break as Ben Blaney burst over to give Ireland a commanding half-time lead.
Ireland's first score of the second half came from Johnny O'Sullivan after he was set up by Charlie O'Shea.
Scotland then scored two quick tries of their own as Jamie McAughtrie broke from the maul to get over the line before Henry Widdowson chased down a chip and grounded the ball.
Christopher Barrett, who had been shifted from scrum-half to the left wing, got his fifth try of the campaign as he went storming towards the try line.
With a chance to finish on a high in the last play of the game, Ireland got their seventh try of the match as Christian Foley crossed to seal a fourth consecutive win in the championship.
Ireland did their part to keep their title hopes alive but they were soon quashed by France's 31-28 win over England later on Sunday as Les Bleus won a first Grand Slam since 2014.
Line-ups
Ireland: Byrne; Moloney, Carney, O'Leary, Ryan; Wood, Barrett; Doyle, Maguire, Bishti (capt), Finn, McGuire, Neill, Blaney, O'Connell.
Replacements: Fitzpatrick, Foley, Murtagh, McNeice, Hayes, O'Dwyer, O'Shea, O'Sullivan.
Scotland: Widdowson; Moncrieff, Waugh, Clark, McHaffie; Dalziel, McKenzie; McKenna, Roberts (capt), Stewart, Blackett, Halkon, Appleby, Utterson, Purvis.
Replacement: McAughtrie, Pearce, Rennie, Ronnie, Lindsay, Preston, MacArthur, Armstrong.
Referee: David Vosalevu (FRU)
TMO: Giuseppe Vivarini (FIR)