Preview: Junior World Cup, Day 3
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:00
They are virtual quarterfinals at Junior World Cup. In each of the four pools the two unbeaten sides meet. In each case the winner will progress to the semifinals. In each case the loser will be in the group trying to get to 5th place.
In each pool there are four teams. Not one of the bottom two teams in each pool has managed a single match point!
Those bottom teams have a battle of their own. The team ending 16th will be relegated to the Junior World Trophy next year when Uruguay joins the big league.
Fixtures:
Pool A at Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff
15:00: Ireland vs Tonga
17:00: New Zealand vs Argentina
In Pool A the decider is between Argentina and New Zealand.
Results so far:
Argentina vs Tonga, 30-10
Argentina vs Ireland, 17-9
New Zealand vs Tonga, 48-9
New Zealand vs Ireland,
65-10
New Zealand to win with a close encounter between Ireland and Tonga.
Pool B at The Racecourse Ground in Wrexham
15:00: Scotland vs USA
17:00: South Africa vs Samoa
The decider is between South Africa and Samoa.
South Africa and Scotland to win.
Results so far:
Samoa vs Scotland, 29-17
Samoa vs USA, 20-6
South Africa vs Scotland, 72-3
South Africa vs USA, 108-18
Pool C at Rodney Parade in Newport
14:30: Australia vs England
16:30: Fiji vs Canada
The big clash is between Australia and England who won the Six Nations Grand Slam this year.
Results so far:
Australia vs Fiji, 53-17
Australia vs Canada, 81-12
England vs Canada, 60-18
England vs Fiji,
41-17
Australia and Fiji to win.
Pool D at Liberty Stadium in Swansea
15:00: Japan vs Italy
17:00: Wales vs France
Wales vs France could be close.
France and Italy to win.
Previous Results:
France vs Italy, 32-14
France vs Japan, 53-17
Wales vs Japan, 33-10
Wales vs Italy, 29-10
Teams:
Argentina: 15 Luis Torres, 14 Belisario Agulla, 13 Juan Pablo Estelles, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Diego Palma, 10 Benjamín Madero, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Francisco Panessi, 7 Lisandro Ahualli de Chazal (c), 6 Guido Lofiego, 5 Guillermo Roan, 4 Santiago Guzmán, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Esteban Bustillo, 1 Mauricio Guidone,
Replacements: 16 Luciano Leibson, 17 Ignacio Di Santi, 18 Agustín Ellero, 19 Marcos Insúa, 20 Lucas Alcacer Makinlay, 21
Federico Sánchez, 22 Joaquín Tuculet
Canada: 15 Nathan Hirayama (c) 14 Jordan Wilson-ross, 13 Harry Jones, 12 Conor Trainor, 11 Ty Shannon, 10 Matt Evans, 9 Sean White, 8 Thyssen De Goede, 6 Ian Manly, 7 Keegan Selby, 5 Struan Robertson, 4 Mike Berg, 3 Mauro Perrizolo, 2 Ryan Hamilton, 1 Andrew Tiedemann,
Replacements: 16 Russ Meidinger, 17 Russell Ward, 18 Toni Wodzicki, 19 Sebastian Pearson, 20 Jamie Mackenzie, 21 Peter Jawl, 22 Kyle Buckley
Australia: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Blair Connor, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Junior Sovala, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock (captain), 6 Ben Coridas, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Daniel Palmer, 2 James Hanson, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Albert Anae, 18 Seilala Lam, 19 Sam Latinipulu, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Rowan Kellam, 22 Ratu
Nasiganiyavi.
England: 15 Noah Cato, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 Luke Eves, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Miles Benjamin, 10 Alex Goode, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Hugo Ellis (captain), 7 Calum Clark, 6 Jon Fisher, 5 Gregor Gillanders, 4 Scott Hobson, 3 Alex Corbisiero, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Nathan Catt
Replacements: 16 Scott Freer, 17 Billy Moss, 18 Ben Thomas, 19 Matthew Cox, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Rob Miller, 22 Alex Tait
France: 15 Julien Dumora, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Yann David, 12 Henry Chavancy, 11 Guillaume Namy, 10 Mathieu Belie, 9 Thierry Lacrampe, 8 Raphaël Lakafia, 7 Louis Madaule, 6 Jeremy Braille, 5 Adam Jaulhac, 4 Yoann Maestri (captain), 3 Kevin Kervarec, 2 Clement Maynadier, 1 Nicolas Agnesi
Replacement: 16 Marc Antoine Rallier, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 19 Arthur Chollon, 20 Yann Brethous, 21 Tomas, 22 Alexandre Dumoulin
Ireland: 15 Niall Morris, 14 David
Kearney, 13 Eoin O'Malley, 12 Conor Cleary, 11 Chris Cochrane, 10 Martin Dufficy, 9 Ian Porter, 8 Patrick Mallon, 7 Paul Ryan(capt)6 Kieran Essex, 5 Eoin Sheriff, 4 Ian Nagle, 3 Ben Barclay, 2 Jason Harris-Wright, 1 Paul Karayiannis,
Replacements: 16 Stephen Douglas, 17 Stephen Archer, 18 James Sandford, 19 Michael Entwistle, 20 David Moore, 21 Ian Madigan, 22 Eamonn Sheridan
Italy: 15 Andrea Pratichetti, 14 Andrea Bacchetti, 13 Roberto Quartaroli, 12 Alberto Chiesa, – Capitano11 Edoardo Rotella, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Carlo Vannini, 8 Luca Petillo, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Filippo Giusti, 5 Alberto Cazzola, 4 Emiliano Caffini, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Gabriele Morelli, 1 Andrea De Marchi
Replacements: 16 Lorenzo Sebastiani, 17 Luca Zara, 18 Joshua Furno, 19 Giacomo Bernini, 20 Rudolf Mernone, 21 Giuseppe Sapuppo, 22 Alessandro Castagnoli
New Zealand: 15 Trent Renata, 14 Joe Hill, 13
Kade Poki, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 9 Grayson Hart, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 Hugh Reed, 6 Mathew Luamanu, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Chris Smith (captain), 3 Ben Afeaki, 2 Ash Dixon, 1 Paea Fa'anunu.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Rodney Ah You, 18 Josh Townsend, 19 Peter Saili, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Jackson Willison, 22 Zac Guildford.
Scotland: 15 Peter Horne, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Paul Loudon, 12 Stevie McColl, 11 Chris Kinloch, 10 Ruaridh Jackson (captain), 9 Peter Jericevich,8 Craig Simmonds, 7 Andrew Rose, 6 Steven Burton, 5 Josh Brown, 4 Fraser McKenzie, 3 David Morton, 2 Adrian Duncan, 1 Gary Strain,
Replacements: Niall Shannon, Gavin Cameron, Neale Patrick, Lewis Calder, Ross Samson, James Murray, Murray Allan
South Africa: 15 Wilton Pietersen, 14 Stephan Dippenaar, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Omphile Seabela, 10 Francois
Brummer, 9 Dewaldt Duvenhage, 8 Gerrit Jan van Velze (captain), 7 Nick Koster, 6 Thiliphaut Marole, 5 Cornell Hess, 4 Martin Muller, 3 Frikkie Kirsten, 2 Pieter Janse van Vuuren, 1 Corne Fourie.
Replacements: 16 Henry Bantjes, 17 Jean Jacques Rosouw, 18 Sabelo Nhlapo, 19 Lusaseni Luvuyiso, 20 Sias Ebersohn, 21 Vainon Willis, 22 Cecil Afrika.
Wales: 15 Daniel Evans, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Rhys Williams, 11 Jason Tovey, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Sam Warburton (captain), 7 Dan Franks, 6 Josh Turnbull, 5 Jevon Groves, 4 Haydn Pugh, 3 Scott Andrews, 2 Rhys Lawrence, 1 Ryan Bevington
Replacements: 16 Ryan Prosser, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Patrick Palmer, 19 Lloyd Phillips, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Gareth Williams, 22 Luke Ford
USA: 15 Tim Moxness, 14 Adam Ducoing, 13 Thretton Palamo, 12 Jack Tracy, 11 Nate Ebner, 10 Hamish Roberts, 9 Sean Treacy, 8 Taylor Mokate, 7 Barry Sheehan,
6 Liam Murphy, 5 Scott Lavalla (captain), 4 Teddy Barron, 3 Shawn Pittman, 2 Bill Wynne, 1 Stevie Johnston.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Fitcher, 17 Ryan Mctiernan, 18 Max Paganini, 19 Scott Metcalf, 20 Kevin Erskine, 21 Steven Sablan, 22 Zach Test.
Match Officials:
Pool A in Cardiff
Ireland vs Tonga
Referee: Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe (England), David Jones (Wales)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)
New Zealand vs Argentina
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe (England), David Jones (Wales)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)
Pool B in Wrexham
Scotland vs USA
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Touch judges: David Bodilly (Wales), Andrea Pasquin (Italy)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)
South Africa vs Samoa
Referee: James Bolabiu (Fiji)
Touch judges: David Bodilly (Wales), Andrea Pasquin (Italy)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)
Pool C in Newport
Australia vs England
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judges: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan), Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (IRB)/Les Peard (Wales)
Fiji vs Canada
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan), Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (IRB)/Les Peard (Wales)
Pool D in Swansea
Japan vs Italy
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)/Jim Bailey (Wales)
Wales vs France
Referee: James Leckie (Australia)
Touch judges: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch
(Ireland)/Jim Bailey (Wales)
