The Ireland Men’s Under-19’s come away with a 2-2 draw against France in their second of three UEFA European Men’s Under-19 Championship Round 2 Qualifiers in Stade de Roudourou.

Ireland got off to a flying start thanks to a goal from Vincent Leonard in the 7^th minute and held onto this lead until France got two quick goals midway through the first half.

The Boys in Green retaliated in the second half with another goal from Vincent Leonard and this secured them a well-earned point after a competitive 90 minutes in Stade de Roudourou.

This result puts Ireland level on points with France at the top of Group A1, leaving it all to play for against Norway in their final fixture of the Round 2 Qualifiers on Tuesday at 14:00.

Ireland: Alex Noonan (C); Josh Cullen, Vincent Leonard, Sean Murphy, Ademide Solanke (Billy Hayes 84); Gavin McAteer, Rafe McCormack, Muhammad Oladiti (Goodness Ogbonna 59), Charles Akinrintoyo (Finn Sherlock 59); Billy O’Neill (Maxim Kovalevskis 59), Michael Noonan (Oisin McDonagh 84)

Goalscorer: Vincent Leonard 7, 64

International Lead Coach: Noel Hunt

UEFA European MU19 Championship Round 2 Qualifiers – Group A1

Wednesday, November 11th | Ireland MU19 2-0 Greece MU19

Saturday, November 14th | France MU19 2-2 Ireland MU19

Tuesday, November 17th | Norway MU19 v Ireland MU19 | Espace Oceane, Plaintel | KO 14:00