Ireland Under-20s will use painful lessons from Perpignan as they look for bounce back against Italy

Under-20 Six Nations: Ireland v Italy, Virgin Media Park, Friday, 7.45pm – Live on RTÉ 2 While there were some painful lessons in Perpignan last week, elements of Ireland’s performance in a 50-21 defeat to France augur well for the weeks ahead, starting with the visit of Italy to Cork on Friday evening. Discipline and Ireland’s aerial fragility were two aspects that caused self-inflicted woes, shortcomings that have been addressed during the week. “Discipline was a massive one,” admitted Irish head coach Andrew Browne, outlining how almost half were for offside, a transgression that was eminently avoidable. [ Ireland Under-20s pay a heavy price for indiscipline as France run in 50...