Ireland defeat Germany at Stadium

Ireland bounced back from Friday's 7-4 defeat to England to beat a talented German side 8-2 in their second Youth International Round Robin meeting at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.

Gary Molloy, Sean McComb and James Fryers raced Ireland into a 3-0 lead, McComb using his reach advantage to earn an
fine 7-1 victory over Koray Bedir.

Speaking after his second victory in 24 hours, Molloy said: 'I thought I deserved the win as I worked very hard for it. But fair play to my opponent, he boxed very well.'

But Germany pulled one back when Niklas Guler,who took two standing counts, edged out the unlucky Mark O'Hara by a two point margin.

Alexander Maurer then reduced the deficit to 3-2 with a narrow 2-1 over the hard working Jamie Kennedy.

However, Jason Quigley extended Ireland's lead to 4-2 with an impressive win over Marco Grund.

Quigley picked up the pace in the second round of this encounter to improve his first frame lead from 1-0 to 4-0. The Finn Valley clubman then added another two points to his total to earn a 6-0 decision.

Meanwhile, Conrad Cummins ensured that Ireland couldn't be beaten on the night with an excellent 17-4 win over Aduard Dause.

And Patrick Ward put Ireland into an unassailable 6-2 lead after coming from behind to force tall German light heavyweight Waldislaw Tepliakow into two standing counts en route to a 7-6 victory.

The German didn't do himself any favours when he received a public warning for holding in the final ten seconds of this encounter. However, Ward was a deserved winner on the night.

Ciaran O'Griofa and Sean Turner sealed the 8-2 win for the hosts with victories over Donat Avidinaj and Ali Krydin. O'Griofa
equalised with seven seconds remaining on the clock before taking a double count-back decision.

Turner meanwhile, held his composure in the face of a furious first round onslaught from Krydin to post a 14-4 victory.

Ireland have now recorded 12 wins ahead of Sunday's meeting with Italy.