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Ireland's Sam Wisniewski fends off Nic Allison of England. Ben Brady/INPHO
Rugby
Experienced England prove too strong for Ireland in U20 Six Nations curtain-raiser
Mark Mapletoft’s champions took a 19-3 victory away from Leeside.
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IRELAND’S U20 SIX Nations campaign began in defeat to champions England in a drudging curtain-raiser at Virgin Media Park, Cork.
On a rainy, windy night on Leeside, England’s suffocative defence weathered a series of Irish storms and the pinpoint boot of Ben Coen did the rest of the damage as the visitors made a deserved winning start to their title defence.
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