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WALES V FRANCE | CYMRU V FFRAINC Rhys Barrett TRUE GRIT WALES HEAD COACH BYRON HAYWARD WILL BE LOOKING FOR A REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF TRUE GRIT AND DETERMINATION WITNESSED IN THE DEFEAT TO ENGLAND WHEN HIS YOUNG SIDE HOST FRANCE IN THE PENULTIMATE ROUND OF THE U20 SIX NATIONS THIS EVENING AT PARC EIRIAS. 4THURSDAY 10 MARCH 2022 | UNDER-20 SIX NATIONS Wales ran themselves into the ground after seeing talismanic captain Alex Mann sent off in the 28th minute in Doncaster. In the modern age you must be whiter than white, and Wales found that to their cost against England. What at the time looked like a perfectly well timed tackle by Mann in the 28th minute, was then dissected by the TMO and deemed to be a shoulder to the head of Emeka Ilione. A promising opening quarter which saw Wales take the game to their hosts and visibly unsettled them, was then turned on its head with Mann seeing red to leave his side a man down for the rest of the match. Welsh heads could so easily have dropped, but they battled away feverishly and made England work hard for their tries. The final score-line of 43- 14 belied the herculean effort the young men in red put in as England cut loose and clinically made sure the extra man counted. “The boys gave everything - in terms of work rate and effort I couldn’t have asked any more of the boys, they gave everything they could,” said Hayward. “The scoreboard doesn't do justice with the effort the boys put in and I know if you look at the first 25 minutes of that game, I thought we were more than competitive and we certainly would have made a good game of it if we had 15 for the entire match.” “Ultimately the extra man obviously did the damage, and it took its toll in the last 20 minutes. We just ran out of gas; we were trying to use the bench and they were doing as much as they could. I couldn’t ask anymore at the end of day because at this level it does take its toll. “The fact is I guess if it's the last 10 to 15 minutes of a game you can manage at 14 but when it happens with less than 30 minutes gone and you lose someone that early it takes its toll in the last 10-15 minutes, which it did.” Thank you for your support | Diolch am eich cefnogaeth
THURSDAY 10 MARCH 2022 | UNDER-20 SIX NATIONS Joe Hawkins Harri Houston Even in defeat, Hayward said his side would have learned from the experience and will look forward to their next challenge against France. “We started really well and scored a good try against England. We took the game to them. We made a lot of individual errors which you have at this level, but I thought we went out and showed a lot of positive intent. “We will take our learnings from it and have prepared for a very tough game against the French. We are here to win games of rugby, we're doing everything we can to take a proud Welsh team back to Colwyn Bay and show the fans what we are capable of doing.” Wales centre Joe Hawkins was also encouraged with the effort his side put in against England in demanding circumstances and believes his side can upset France tonight if they can put an 80-minute display together. “The first 20 minutes against England really showed what we are capable of,” he recalled. “We were more than capable of going to Doncaster and coming away with a result. We had a purple patch right at the start where we went over early, but I think a couple of penalty decisions we should have possibly gone for the posts and Thank you for your support | Diolch am eich cefnogaeth Iestyn Hopkins kept the scoreboard ticking over but we backed ourselves to get another try on the board and you can’t blame us for that. “Obviously the red card didn’t help but that is something you have to deal with sometimes in rugby. Going down to 14 men is always hard to adapt but the boys stuck at it pretty well. “There’s nothing better than playing in front of a home crowd and we witnessed that against Scotland where we had some great support so it would be nice to go back up to North Wales and put in a good performance against France.” WALES V FRANCE | CYMRU V FFRAINC 5
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