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It was a tough day on Sunday for the Ireland U20s as they were beaten by their old foes England in the World Rugby U20 Championship semifinals in Cape Town Ireland U20s captain for the game Brian Gleeson spoke after the match about how proud he is in the team and everything they gave.
Ireland lost out by 31-20 and the Tipperary man said, "Look, we're very disappointed. We thought we had a good shot coming out. I'm extremely proud of my team, and the work we put ion all year, it's really tough
"It's fairly obvious they got on top of us in the set-piece but that's nothing against our lads, our lads gave it everything when they went there. Our lads gave it our best, especially in the scrums they gave it everything we could. They got on top of us but look there's nothing we can do we can only just review it and try to get better," he finished.
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