Junior props look the part but lack basic technique

Monstered: France U20s pack dominated England in the Junior World Cup final

Anyone watching the U20 final last Sunday might have had a feeling of deja vu as the young England team contrived to lose a game they could have won, by giving away too many penalties. Many aspects of the U20 England game against France U20 was a mirror of how the senior side played with shadow runners in the backs and pop ups to forwards, but most striking was the breakdown and the scrum.
England conceded a total of 16 penalties to the French nine, many of which came from the same two areas as in the senior game...

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