U20 World Championship Highlights: Australia v France

It could not get any closer and with the game changing hands at least three times, in the end it was the experience of the French side that got the them over. The determination by the Wallabies to win their first final put them in the lead very early in the game and absolutely left the French shocked. However poor kicking by the Aussies, as they missed 10 points at goal, and a lack of execution slowly brought France into the game. They final score in the end was 24-23 and a Louis Carbonel kick in the 65th minute was the decisive one. Australia did have another opportunity to bring themselves back into the lead soon after but a miss by McDonald summed up the day for the Australian kickers. They will have to unfortunately wait another year to prove themselves again.