England Youth secured a 2-0 series victory after defeating France under-17 at Hull and Wakefield last week.
The first fixture, held at Hull’s KCOM Craven Park, saw England triumph 36-12.
It was a fiery encounter, with France being reduced to 11 players and England to 12 after a scuffle shortly before half time.
In the following 10 minutes after the break, England crossed for three tries and shot out to a 24-2 lead, in which France were not able to recover from.
England five-eighth Will Pryce, son of former England and Great Britain international Leon Pryce, scored a try and kicked four goals in the win.
In the second game, which took place at Wakefield’s Mobile Rocket Stadium, was a much closer contest, with England winning 24-16 after France led 8-6 at half time.
The scores were locked at 16-all going into the final portion of the match before two late tries to the home side saw them seal the victory and the series win.
Centre Leon Stewart, who plays for the City of Hull Academy, scored a hat trick, which included the try to put England ahead late.
Game 1
England 36 (Logan Astley, Luke Broadbent, Jacob Hookem, Taylor Pemberton, Will Pryce, Joel Speed, Leon Stewart tries; Will Pryce 4 goals) def. France 12 (Cesar Rogue, Elie Sastre tries; Vincent Calvayrac 2 goals) at KCOM Craven Park. Half time: England 8-2.
England Youth: 1 Bailey Hodgson (Castleford), 2 Joel Speed (City of Hull Academy), 3 Leon Stewart (City of Hull Academy), 4 Alex Sutton (Wigan), 5 Luke Broadbent (Warrington), 6 Will Pryce (Huddersfield), 7 Logan Astley (Wigan), 8 Femi Sanya (London), 9 Tayler Pemberton (St Helens), 10 Jake Anderson (Newcastle), 11 Archie Fletcher (Castleford), 12 Matty Nicholson (Wigan), 13 Tom Whitehead (Warrington). Int: 14 Ajahni Wallace (Leeds), 15 Fenton Rogers (Huddersfield), 16 Reece Sumner (St Helens), 17 Jacob Hookem (City of Hull Academy). Coach: Danny Wilson.
France under-17: 1 Quentin Crunel, 2 Thomas Valls, 3 Thibault Marty, 4 Tanguy Zenon, 5 Elie Sastre, 6 Tom Vergniol 7 Cesar Rogue (c), 8 Gauthier Berto, 9 Vincent Calvayrac, 10 Mathias Formosa, 11 Arthur Salles, 12 Yannis Belmaaziz, 13 Enzo Deltheil. Int: 14 Anthony Barjou, 15 Hakim Belhadri, 16 Jordan Delcluze, 17 Davy Escoder.
Game 2
England 24 (Leon Stewart 3, Logan Astley, Luke Broadbent tries; Jacob Hookem 2 goals) def. France 16 (Quentin Crunel, Lucas Rodriguez, Elie Sastre, Thomas Valls tries) at Mobile Rocket Stadium. Half time: France 8-6.
England Youth: 1 Bailey Hodgson (Castleford), 2 Owen Blackwood (St Helens), 3 Leon Stewart (City of Hull Academy), 4 Alex Sutton (Wigan), 5 Luke Broadbent (Warrington), 6 Jacob Hookem (City of Hull Academy), 7 Logan Astley (Wigan), 8 Femi Sanya (London), 9 Tayler Pemberton (St Helens), 10 Fenton Rogers (Huddersfield), 11 Archie Fletcher (Castleford), 12 Matty Nicholson (Wigan), 13 Tom Whitehead (Warrington). Int: 14 Cain Robb (Castleford), 15 Isaac Shaw (Wakefield), 16 Reece Sumner (St Helens), 17 Kieran Rennox (Warrington). Coach: Danny Wilson.
France under-17: 1 Thomas Monclus, 2 Quentin Crunel, 3 Thomas Valls, 4 Thibault Marty, 5 Elie Sastre, 6 Tom Vergniol 7 Cesar Rogue (c), 8 Mathias Formosa, 9 Vincent Calvayrac, 10 Gauthier Berto, 11 Arthur Salles, 12 Yannis Belmaaziz, 13 Enzo Deltheil. Int: 14 Wail Skoundri, 15 Hakim Belhadri, 16 Jordan Delcluze, 17 Lucas Rodriguez.
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