England defeat Ireland 31-20 in a thrilling World Rugby Under-20 Championship semi-final in Cape Town.
Oliver Coffey and Bryn Ward scored first-half tries for Ireland but Craig Wright, Ollie Allan and Sean Kerr hit back for England, who led 22-20 at the break.
Ireland, who missed out on reaching back-to-back deciders, will face the loser of the second semi-final in the battle for third.Ireland and England played out a thrilling 32-32 draw in the Under-20 Six Nations earlier in the year and many anticipated another tight encounter in South Africa. England were dominating the scrums but after Kerr sent the resulting penalty wide, they eventually broke down the Irish defence on 25 minutes.
Ioan Jones broke through and he put a try on a plate for Allan to cross under the posts. Kerr added the simple conversion. Kerr grabbed the first points after the restart with a well-taken penalty, while Murphy pushed an effort of his own wide.
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