Ukraine U-20 loses to Lithuania in overtime

The final matches of the European U-20 rugby championship were played on 18 November. Having lost to Moldova in the semifinal, Ukraine faced Lithuania for third place. The first half ended with minimal advantage to the Lithuanians, 3-0, after flyhalf Mantautas Vilimavicius kicked a penalty. In the second half, Ukraine's Ruslan Bezuglyi evened out the score. After more grinding forward play for most of the match, the Lithuanians finally scored a converted try in the 72nd minute. But Ukraine quickly responded with a try of its own by Vitalii Krasnodemskyi, converted by Bezuglyi. The game went into overtime, and Lithuanians broke through the Ukrainian defense in the 92nd minute for an unconverted try. Ukraine was unable to stage a comeback unfortunately. Final score 10-15 to Lithuania. In the first-place match, Poland destroyed Moldova 68-5.

Source: Ukrainian Rugby Federation
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