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England U18’s 2016 International U18’s Series

29th March - 6th April 2016

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England U18 beat Ireland in 5 Nations opener

24 March 2016, 15:18 • England beat Ireland 15-12 in Bristol • Second half Parton try hands England victory Tom Parton’s second half try helped England U18 beat Ireland 15-12 in the opening round of the 5 Nations Festival at SGS College, Bristol.

Full back Parton capitalised on a defensive mistake to gather up James Grayson’s kick and score the crucial try.

England got off to a flying start through centre Gabriel Ibitoye who finished off some some slick handling in midfield to score under the posts in the third minute of the game.

Ireland missed a couple of penalties from the halfway line but in the final play of the first half scored from a driving maul with the successful conversion levelling the scores at 7-7 at the break Despite an early penalty from Grayson it was the Irish who struck again to take the lead for the first time in the match through another well worked set piece move.

But when the Irish defence failed to gather a Grayson kick through, Parton pounced to ensure a winning start for England.

U18 5 Nations Festival: England run in 7 tries to beat Scotland U18

4th April 2016 England U18 made it two wins from two in the U18 Five Nations Festival as they beat Scotland U18 4524, condemning the Scots to a third loss from their three Festival games.

It followed England’s 15-12 over Ireland U18 on the

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opening day, with England’s third and final game set to come against Wales on Wednesday.

John Fletcher’s U18 side led 33-3 at the break thanks to tries from Tonbridge’s Ben Earl, Wellington College’s Ben Loader, Cranleigh’s Dino Lamb-Cona, and a brace from Trinity’s Gabriel Ibitoye, along with four conversions from Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth fly half Jacob Umaga, who moved from inside centre to fly half for this one.

Scotland improved vastly in the second half though, Ben Earl grabbed his second of the game to extend England’s lead to 38-3, but from there Scotland started to exert some real pressure of their own.

That pressure was quickly rewarded with a try for Scotland skipper and inside centre Cameron Hutchison, with winger Ben Appleson converting, to add to his first half penalty, making the scores 38-10.

Within ten minutes that score became 38-17 as Harry Warr strolled under the posts for Scotland, with Appleson again converting. However England were quickly back on the gas, scoring a try through Denstone College winger Levi Davis, with Moulton’s James Grayson converting for a 45-17 advantage.

Scotland had the final say of the game though, scoring a third try through Callum Cruikshank, with Appleson again converting to leave the final score at 45-24.

Speaking to www.scottishrugby.org after the game, Scotland U18 Head Coach Ally Donaldson said: “A lot of players have put their hands up to move on

further in the game in Scotland and they will all be a lot better for this experience. It’s the biggest learning experience these guys will have ever had. To play three games at that level, with such a short turnaround is hard going.”

“We scored three tries today and could possibly have scored one or two more. The effort from the boys was outstanding and we ended up winning the second-half. They have been an outstanding group to work with and have improved since we started working with them a few months ago and they can all be proud of their efforts.”

The other U18 5 Nations game of the day saw Ireland fall to a surprising defeat against Italy, 22-17.

Full Time: England U18 45-24 Scotland U18

U18 5 Nations Festival: England U18 storm past Wales to claim perfect Festival record

8th April 2016 England U18 put in a stunning performance to beat Wales 41-9, sealing the U18 5 Nations Festival on the final day.

The day did not start well for England, whose U18 ‘A’ side was beaten 17-5 by Italy but the senior U18 side recovered things brilliantly with a stunning win over their Welsh counterparts.

Both sides arrived in Swansea with two wins from their opening two games, Wales beating Scotland

and Italy, with England beating Scotland and Ireland, knowing that the winner would win the unofficial U18 5 Nations Festival crown.

England further in front, before Ibitoye showed his outstanding pace and balance to score England’s fourth.

Once you start chasing it gets a bit looser and it plays into their hands – that’s life, we’ll learn from it and move on.”

Fly half James Grayson, of Moulton College, scored 21 points, though a stunning performance from Trinity’s Gabriel Ibitoye, who has captained England in this series, saw the winger claim the BMW Man of the Match medal, of who England Head Coach John Fletcher said:

There was still plenty of time for England to find a fifth score, and it was worth the wait when it came as a sizzling move saw Leicester Grammar School scrum half Ben White go strolling over the Welsh line to leave the final score at 41-9.

“In the end it was like hitting your head against a brick wall where we lost a bit of composure and shape. The boys will take a lot out of this and hopefully it will inspire them to keep working hard for their future development.”

Speaking after the game, John Fletcher said:

Full Time: England U18 41-9 Wales U18

“The intent to look and find different opportunities to score was the most pleasing thing and then from a defensive point of view their decision making, this helped free defenders up and it’s something we’ve been working hard on in training.”

U18 5 Nations Festival Results: England 15-12 Ireland Wales 31-30 Scotland Ireland 43-0 Scotland Wales 24-9 Italy Italy 21-17 Ireland England 45-24 Scotland England A 5-17 Italy Wales 9-41 England Unofficial U18 5 Nations Festival Final Table Pos Team P W D L Points 1 England 3 3 0 0 6 2 Italy 3 2 0 1 4 3 Wales 3 2 0 1 4 4 Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 5 Scotland 3 0 0 3 0

“Gabbs played last year for England U18s and played 16s before that and has played for Harlequins so he’s been demonstrating that form ever since he started playing, he’s one of a number of exciting players in the squad, he had some strong moments in the game last night and he’s captained the team well throughout the games.”

Wales opened the scoring through a Ben Jones penalty, but England hit back as New Hall centre Oli Morris scored the first of a brace of tries, though this first came with a fair dose of luck attached as a Grayson’s chip hit the corner flag and bounced up for Morris to score. Grayson’s conversion gave England a 7-3 lead.

Jones landed another penalty for the Welsh, but once again Morris struck back, this time in a more conventional manner, with Grayson once again bisecting the uprights despite a tough angle. He later added a penalty, with Jones also landing one for Wales, leaving the half time score at 17-9 in England’s favour.

Shortly after the break Grayson turned try-scorer as well as kicker. Converting his own try he pushed

“It didn’t surprise me to be honest, that’s how they train every day and the team has got a lot of strengths so it’s not a surprise that they scored lots of good tries.”

Wales’ Head Coach Geraint Lewis was naturally disappointed with the result, but was impressed with his side’s play for much of the tournament, saying: “The final result is a disappointing way to finish the tournament but it doesn’t take away a lot of the good things the boys have done throughout the series. We came up against a very good England side – things didn’t really go our way from the start,”

*England U18 A played one game, losing 17-5 to Italy. The result has been included in Italy’s tally, but England U18 A have not been included in the table.

“I didn’t think there was much in it at halftime – they had a fortuitous try and scored right on the stroke of halftime – but they are a very difficult team to chase as they have so many dangerous runners.

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Back row: Joseph Morris (KES Aston), James Grayson (Moulton College), Jarod Leat (St Paul’s Catholic College), Ben Loader (Wellington College), Dino Lamb-Cona (Cranleigh), Nick Isiekwe (Haileybury), Sam Lewis (Denstone College), Tom Curry (Oundle), Ben Curry (Oundle), Ciaran Knight (St Peter’s, Gloucester), Alex Seville (Hartpury College) Front row: Sam Yawayawa (Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College) , Ben White (Leicester Grammar School), Oli Morris (New Hall), Ben Earl (Tonbridge), Alex Rayment (Royal Hospital School), Levi Davis (Denstone College), Gabriel Ibitoye (Trinity), Henry Walker (Bromsgrove), Rory Brand (Wellington College), Tom Parton (Wellington College), Beck Cutting (Bromsgrove), Jacob Umaga (Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College), Josh WIlliams (Hartlepool)

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