Junior Boks get England in Semis
The four Under-20 World Championship semifinalists are the three pool winners – New Zealand, England and France – and the best second-placed team, which is South Africa.
The semifinals on Tuesday are France vs New Zealand and England vs South Africa.
It may just have been a case of felix culpa, a happy fault, for South Africa to lose to France and play England instead of New Zealand!
All the scores and scorers!
New Zealand 27-18 Australia
This may just have been Australia’s best performance of the tournament but losing it put paid to any hope they may have had of making the semifinals of the championship. New Zealand had scored 16 tries in their first two matches, but only three in this one. In its first two matches New Zealand had conceded just one try, that against Wales, but Australia scored two tries in this match.
Besides the interest in Australia’s future in the tournament, it was a lively, energetic and entertaining match.
Scorers:
For New Zealand:
Tries: Flanders, Plummer, Spowart
Cons: Plummer 3
Pens: Plummer 2
For Australia:
Tries: Mcreight, Penalty Try (7 points)
Pens: Lucas 2
Teams:
New Zealand: 15 Vilimoni Koroi, 14 Bailyn Sullivan, 13 Billy Proctor, 12 Scott Gregory, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Harry Plummer, 9 Jay Renton, 8 Devan Flanders, 7 Tom Christie (captain), 6 Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, 5 John Akau’ola-Laula, 4 Laghlan McWannell, 3 Tevita Mafileo, 2 Flynn Thomas, 1 Rob Cobb.
Replacements: 16 Kaliopasi Uluilakepa, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Sione Asi, 19 Will Tucker, 20 Hoskins Sotutu, 21 Xavier Roe, 22 Kaleb Trask, 23 Jamie Spowart.
Australia: 15 Mack Hansen, 14 Matt McTaggert, 13 Semisi Tupou, 12 Isaac Lucas, 11 Jordan Petaia, 10 Hamish Stewart, 9 Tate McDermott (captain), 8 Josh Kemeny, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Michael Wood, 5 Harry Hockings, 4 Angus Blyth, 3 Tom Ross, 2 Efi Maafu, 1 Harry Hoopert.
Replacements: 16 Matt Faessler, 17 Sama Malolo, 18 George Francis, 19 Esei Ha’angana, 20 Patrick Tafa, 21 Ryan Lonergan, 22 Bayley Kuenzle, 23 Will Harrison.
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant referees: Egon Seconds (South Africa), Jonathan Gasnier (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Wales 18-17 Japan
Scorers:
For Wales:
Tries: Morgan, Cross
Con: Evans
Pens: Evans 2
For Japan:
Tries: Arai, Fifita, Vailea
Con: Mori
Teams:
Wales: 15 Cai Evans, 14 Corey Baldwin, 13 Ioan Nicholas, 12 Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler, 11 Dewi Cross, 10 Ben Jones, 9 Harri Morgan, 8 Taine Basham, 7 Lennon Greggains, 6 Tommy Reffell (captain), 5 Jack Pope, 4 Lewis Ellis-Jones, 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Rhys Davies.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Carre, 17 Iestyn Harris, 18 Rhys Henry, 19 Max Williams, 20 Ben Fry, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Ben Thomas, 23 Max Llewellyn.
Japan: 15 Kyohei Yamasawa, 14 Halatoa Vailea, 13 Sioeli Vakalahi, 12 Yuto Mori, 11 Siosaia Fifita, 10 Hiroto Mamada, 9 Shinobu Fujiwara, 8 Asipeli Moala, 7 Hisanobu Okayama (captain), 6 Kai Yamamoto, 5 Ryuga Hashimoto, 4 Kanji Shimokawa, 3 Rento Tsukayama, 2 Miyu Arai, 1 Gakuto Ishida.
Replacements: 16 Yuichiro Taniguchi, 17 Yusuke Yamada, 18 Shohei Oyama, 19 Aibe, 20 Shota Fukui, 21 Atora Hondo, 22 Itsuki Kodama, 23 Yu Saruta.
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Egon Seconds (South Africa), Jonathan Gasnier (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
England 35-10 Scotland
Scorers:
For England:
Tries: Ibitoye 2, Scott, Williams, Cutting, K’poku
Con: Hardwick
Pen: Hardwick
For Scotland:
Try: Rowe
Con: Thompson
Pen: Thompson
Teams:
England: 15 James Grayson, 14 Gabriel Ibitoye, 13 Jordan Olowofela, 12 Will Butler, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Tom Hardwick, 9 Ben White (captain), 8 Tom Willis, 7 Aaron Hinkley, 6 Ted Hill, 5 James Scott, 4 Joel Kpoku, 3 Ehren Painter, 2 Beck Cutting, 1 Ciaran Knight.
Replacements: 16 Gabriel Oghre, 17 Alex Sevill, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Josh Basham, 20 Ben Curry, 21 Rory Brand, 22 Matt Williams, 23 Tom Parton.
Scotland: 15 Logan Trotter, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Patrick Anderson, 12 Fraser Strachan, 11 Sam Yawayawa, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Charlie Gowling, 8 James Miller, 7 Guy Graham, 6 Marshall Sykes, 5 Charlie Jupp, 4 Ewan Johnson, 3 Finlay Richardson, 2 Robbie Smith(captain), 1 Ross Dunbar.
Replacements: 16 Finlay Scott, 17 Finn Hobbis, 18 Murphy Walker, 19 Martin Hughes, 20 Devante Onojaife, 21 Charlie Chapman, 22 Callum McLelland, 23 Stafford McDowall.
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
Assistant referees: Ludovic Cayre (France), Mathieu Noirot (France)
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure (France)
Italy 30-26 Argentina
Scorers:
For Italy:
Tries: D’onofrio, Manni, Mazza 2
Cons: Di Marco 2
Pens: Rizzi, Di Marco
For Argentina:
Tries: Carreras, Carreras, Mendy, Herrera Rezzonico
Cons: Daireaux, De La Vega Mendia 2
Teams
Italy: 15 Alessandro Fusco, 14 Andrea De Masi, 13 Matteo Moscardi, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Giovanni D’Onofrio, 10 Filippo di Marco, 9 Nicolò Casilio, 8 Lodovico Manni, 7 Michele Lamaro (captain), 6 Jacopo Bianchi, 5 Matteo Canali, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Michele Mancini Parri, 2 Matteo Luccardi, 1 Danilo Fischetti.
Replacements: 16 Niccolò Taddia, 17 Guido Romano, 18 Matteo Nocera, 19 Davide Ruggeri, 20 Antoine Koffi, 21 Luca Crosato, 22 Antonio Rizzi, 23 Albert Einstein Batista.
Argentina: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Leopoldo Herrera, 13 Juan Pablo Castro, 12 Santiago Chocolates, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Juan Bautista Daireaux, 9 Gonzalo García, 8 Bautista Piedmont, 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Joaquín de la Vega (captain), 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Salvador Ochoa, 3 Mayco Vivas, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 1 Rodrigo Martínez.
Replacements: 16 Agustín Milet, 17 Gonzalo Hughes, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Santiago Ruiz, 20 Juan Ignacio Molina, 21 Manuel Nogués, 22 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía, 23 Ignacio Mendy.
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Ludovic Cayre (France), Luc Ramos (France)
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure (France)
Georgia 24-20 Ireland
You feel sorry for Ireland – just lost to France, just lost to South Africa, just lost to Georgia – just lost all three of their matches . It’s almost true except that they were well beaten by the determined Georgians. The score looks better because Ireland scored 12 points in the last three minutes.
Before that Georgia had ruled, leading from start to finish. They had two important strings to their bow – adamantine defence and taking chances on offer.
When the Irish bashed their goal-line, the Georgians defended like Horatio of old. If Ireland set about spreading the ball, the Georgian defenders rushed at them, using a duo of tacklers per ball-carrier. Often the first tackler would take the opponent by the ankles.
Georgia suffered a yellow card for a high tackle, but when Sandro Mamamtavrishvili was away Georgia scored seven points, Ireland five.
There was a startling intercept when centre Giorgi Tsiklauri caught an Irish pass and ran 83 metres down the middle of the field to score under the posts.
Scorers:
For Georgia:
Tries: Machaladze, Abzhandadze, Svanidze
Cons: Aprasidze 3
Pen: Aprasidze
For Ireland:
Tries: Dean, Daly, Wojtkowicz
Con: Byrne
Pen: Dean
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Peter Silvester, 14 Peter Sullivan, 13 Tommy O’Brien, 12 James Hume, 11 Sean O’Brien, 10 Conor Dean, 9 Hugh O’Sullivan, 8 Caelan Doris (captain), 7 Jack Daly, 6 Aaron Hall, 5 Jack Dunne, 4 Matthew Dalton, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Jordan Duggan.
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Bryan O’Connor, 18 Jakub Wojtkowicz, 19 Cormac Daly, 20 Matthew Agnew, 21 Jonny Stewart, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 James McCarthy.
Georgia: 15 Beka Mamukashvili, 14 Deme Tapladze, 13 Giorgi Tsiklauri, 12 Sandro Svanidze, 11 Otar Dzagnidze, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 Gela Aprasidze, 8 Tornike Jalaghonia, 7 Archil Abesadze, 6 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili, 5 Arsen Machaladze, 4 Beka Saghinadze (captain), 3 Luka Japaridze, 2 Levan Papidze, 1 Guram Gogichashvili.
Replacements: 16 Tengiz Zamtaradze, 17 Giorgi Nutsubidze, 18 Gia Kharaishvili, 19 Lasha Jaiani, 20 Tengiz Gigolashvi, 21 Luka Dvalishvili, 22 Lasha Lomidze, 23 Kote Marjanishvili.
Referee: Jamie Nutbrown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Pali Deluca (Argentina), Flavien Hourquet (France)
TMO: Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
France 46-29 South Africa
It was a weird match. After half an hour, France led 36-0 against the seemingly bewildered South Africans. Then the young southern men said Basta! Enough. They then outscored the French 29-10 in the rest of the match as the young South Africans took the ball on the French up front.
The five tries the South Africans scored were enough for the bonus point that ensured then four place in the semis.
Scorers:
For France:
Tries: Ntamack, Barassi, Carbonel, Gros, Joseph 2
Cons: Ntamack 2, Carbonel 3
Pens: Carbonel 2
For South Africa:
Tries: Simelane, Erasmus, Sandi, Tshakweni, Van der Merwe
Cons: Lombard, Dobela
Teams
South Africa: 15 Gianni Lombard, 14 Tyrone Green, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Lyle Hendricks, 11 Wandisile Simelane, 10 Lubabalo Dobela, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Muller Uys, 7 PJ Steenkamp, 6 Dian Schoonees, 5 Ruan Vermaak, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Schalk Erasmus, 1 Nathan McBeth.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan van der Merwe, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Ruan Nortjé, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon, 21 Rewan Kruger, 22 David Coetzer, 23 Sihle Njezula.
France: 15 Clément Laporte, 14 Lucas Tauzin, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Romain N’Tamack, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Louis Carbonel, 9 Arthur Coville (captain), 8 Jordan Joseph, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Antonin Berruyer, 5 Kilian Geraci, 4 Thomas Lavault, 3 Demba Bamba, 2 Guillaume Marchand, 1 Hassane Kolingar.
Replacements: 16 Maxime Lamothe, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Daniel Brennan, 19 Pierre-Henri Azagoh, 20 Charlie Francoz, 21 Jules Gimbert, 22 Adrien Seguret, 23 Iban Etcheverry.
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Pali Deluca (Argentina), Vincent Blasco Baque (France)
TMO: Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
Standings after Three Pool Matches
Pool A
1 New Zealand – 14
2 Wales – 8
3 Australia – 6
4 Japan – 1
Pool B
1 England – 15
2 Italy – 10
3 Argentina – 7
4 Scotland – 1
Pool C
1 France – 14
2 South Africa – 11
3 Georgia – 5
4 Ireland – 2
Play-offs
Championship Semifinals
England vs South Africa (Stade d’Honneur du Parc des sports et de l’Amitie, Narbonne)
NZ vs France (Stade Aime-Giral, Perpignan)
Fifth-Eighth Place
Wales vs Argentina (Stade d’Honneur du Parc des sports et de l’Amitie, Narbonne)
Italy vs Australia (Stade d’Honneur du Parc des sports et de l’Amitie, Narbonne)
Ninth-12th Place
Ireland vs Scotland (Stade Aime-Giral, Perpignan)
Georgia vs Japan (Stade Aime-Giral, Perpignan)
