England Under-18s thrash France

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:58:00 +0200

England's Under-18s followed up their 35-10 victory over the Namibia XV in East London on Friday with a 66-19 hammering of France at Outeniqua Park in warm George on Tuesday.

In all, England scored 10 tries. An obviously satisfied coach John Fletcher said: "In the first half we were good and played with lots of tempo and pace, caused France problems and moved the ball well.

"The second was a bit patchy and we made a few unforced errors but fair play to France, they made us work hard and were dangerous when they had the ball.

"Overall, I'm really pleased with the performance though and we'll have to step it up again when we face South Africa on Friday."

The scorers:

For England:
Tries: Joel Hodgson 3, Tom Jubb, Henry Slade, George Merrick, Nathan Moris, Ben Ransom, Charlie Walker, Sam Northcote-Green
Cons: Tommy Bell 3, Henry Slade 2, Elliott Daly

For France: Unknown.

The teams:

England Under-18: 15 Ben Ransom, 14 Mark Jennings, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Tommy Bell, 11 Charlie Walker, 10 Joel Hodgson, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Billy Vunipola (vice-captain), 7 Chris Walker (captain), 6 Will Skuse, 5 Tom Jubb, 4 George Merrick, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Nathan Moris, 1 Luke Cowan-Dickie.
Replacements (from): 16 Koree Britton, 17 Nick Auterac, 18 Anthony Brennan, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Sam Northcote-Green, 21 Henry Slade, 22 Sam Hill, 23 Anthony Watson, 24 Dominic Barrow.

France Under-18: 15 Julien Farnoux, 14 Maxime Wieprecht, 13 Mathieu Guillomot-Bonnefon, 12 Florian Vialelle, 11 Joris Fusier, 10 Enzo Selponi, 9 Bastien Duhalde, 8 Marco Tauleigne, 7 Alban Placine (captain), 6 John Laugel, 5 Steevy Cerqueira, 4 Julien Nibert, 3 Alexandre Dardet, 2 Alexis Valette, 1 Jean-Baptiste Custoja.
Replacements (from): Christopher Tolofua, Anthony Etrillard, Pascal Cotet, Paul Jedresiak, Clément Vernezoul, Freddy Cabantous, Loris Tolot, Vincent Mallet, Kévin Etcheverry, Leo Bastien, Eric Dos Santos.

Referee: Rasta Rashivenga (South Africa)