Scotland Under-20s coach Carl Hogg said that his side’s thrilling 27-20 win over Wales last night was all that his team deserved for their hard work during the Championship.
His side went up early thanks to tries from skipper Connor Boyle and Robbie McCallum, before Rory McMichael and Jack Blain secured the bonus points for Scotland with another two scores.
Wales responded with a late rally as Will Griffiths and Sam Costelow put them within touching distance, but impressive defence from the home side ensured Scotland’s first win of the Championship.
Hogg’s side opened the tournament with two underwhelming losses to Italy and Ireland, but a battling performance last weekend ran France close before they succumbed to another defeat.
“We’ve seen glimpses of what they can achieve in recent games, but they’ve not been able to do it over an 80-minute timeline, but I thought for 75 minutes tonight, we were excellent,” he said.
“We always looked the dominant side and looked in control and we did the simple things very well.
“I’m just delighted for the players because it’s them who have put in the hard work over the last 5/6 weeks and they’ve got their just rewards.”
Meanwhile, Wales Under-20s manager Gareth Williams couldn’t hide his disappointment after the loss handed Ireland the title.
The Dragons would have still been in with a shout of Championship glory had they won, but Ireland’s dramatic win over France Under-20s leaves them eight points clear of Williams’ team.
“I thought Scotland were excellent but we prepared expecting that, they have grown through the Six Nations, but we didn’t match that and deserved to be on the wrong end of the score.” he said.
“It’s an ongoing process, we talk about development a lot but winning is a part of that process and that was a game which should have been much tighter but through our errors we didn’t allow that to happen and Scotland were superb in capitalising on our mistakes.”
Costelow’s second half try gave Wales a consolation bonus point, but the loss means they slip to fourth in the table with two games to go.
Williams added: “We showed great resolve to get a losing bonus point out of it because I don’t think we really deserved to get anything out of it.”
His team will host the champions next Friday with the hope of preventing Ireland achieving an elusive Grand Slam.
