England beat France to win Under-20 Six Nations

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England come from behind to beat France with a bonus point and clinch the Under-20 Six Nations title despite Ireland's earlier win over Scotland.

Henry Pollock was named man of the match for his influential try-scoring performance in England's win over France to claim the Under-20 Six Nations titleEngland came from behind to beat France with a bonus point and clinch the Under-20 Six Nations title despite Ireland's earlier win over Scotland.

Inside his own 22, Hugo Reus kicked wide for Theo Attissogbe to pluck out of the sky and cleverly grubber the ball a few yards beyond his opposite man Redshaw before reclaiming it and feeding a pass inside for Carbonneau to run clear.England trailed 21-5 when James Isaacs powered over from a rolling maul to reduce the deficit to nine points at the break, before the hooker claimed the first score after the interval from an identical line-out routine.

Henry Pollock dived over after a break close to the breakdown as George Makepeace-Cubitt's conversion drew the visitors level. A penalty try handed England the lead before Jimmy Halliwell scored from close range to seal victory. "Last year we were too easy to score against and this year we wanted to be harder to play against and score against. We had to hang in there and thought we could hurt them around the fringes as the game went on and we finally clicked."Oliver, Kirk, Halliwell, Sodeke, James, Douglas, Bellamy, Spencer.Really impressed by the standard played across this 6Ns especially by England, France and Ireland. Hopefully we'll see these players for many years to come.

 

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