WR U20 Championship 2025

[Bovidae]

No Mathis or Oudenryn.

[OomPB]

Jul 6

Biyela to lead strong Junior Bok team against Scotland

Loose forward Thando Biyela will lead the Junior Springboks in their third and final Pool A match at the World Rugby U20 Championship against Scotland, which kicks off at 15h30 on Wednesday at the Stadio San Michele in Calvisano.

[Kiwidom]

@Fredsaua12 Riley Tofilau must be injured as he was in the RC squad and Mafi now picked over him

[Bovidae]

A big game for both teams, especially England.

Nathan Williamson  /  Jul 7

Ekanayake to start for Australia U20s in must-win England match

[SouthernMann]

Highlanders have posted Josh Tengblad is back with the squad in Italy.

[cgrant]

This is good news as the current locks in the squad are not very tall but I must admit that the lineout functioned rather well. The main problems are a very weak scrum, lack of comitment in the rucks which leads to numerous turnovers and losses of continuity in attack.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bovidae said in WR U20 Championship 2025:

No Mathis or Oudenryn.

What am I missing with the plethora of vice captains?

[Bovidae]

@ACT-Crusader said in WR U20 Championship 2025:

What am I missing with the plethora of vice captains?

More VCs?

There were different VCs in the Georgia game.

[OomPB]

Bokkies thrash Scotland and should get the loser of France vs Argentina. Both need 1 point to qualify. If not it will probably England.

[Kiwidom]

Halftime NZ 31 Ireland 15 . Winner goes through to semi final

[JayCee]

Cole has some good distance in his kicks.

[sparky]

It finished 69-22 to New Zealand Under 20s so they advance to the Semi Finals.

[kiwiinmelb]

Watched highlights of our games but not much of the other teams,

How do we look overall in comparison to other sides, are we a genuine chance to win this ?

[sparky]

@kiwiinmelb South Africa and France look different gravy. NZ is likely to finish 3rd behind those two.

[Steven Harris]

@sparky Does the South African team that played in the Rugby championship have the same personnel that have rocked up for this tournament?
Been some turn around if that’s the case

[Daffy Jaffy]

If you can, watch the last 10 mins of Italy v Georgia. Rugby drama, heroics and madness of the highest order. Georgia's captain was sent off in the 12th min, then they played with 12 players for 10 mins after 2 yellow's.

[Kiwidom]

The semis on Sunday are : :
South Africa (1st) v Argentina (4th)
France (2nd) v New Zealand (3rd)

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Daffy Jaffy]

@Steven-Harris For comparison - mostly positional changes -

Junior Springbok team to face England in Rovigo:

15 Gilermo Mentoe
14 Cheswill Jooste
13 Gino Cupido
12 Albie Bester
11 Siyabonga Ndlozi
10 Vusi Moyo
9 Haashim Pead

8 Wandile Mlaba
7 Bathobele Hlekani
6 Xola Nyali
5 JJ Theron
4 Riley Norton (captain)
3 Herman Lubbe
2 Siphosethu Mnebelele
1 Simphiwe Ngobese

Replacements:

16 Jaundré Schoeman
17 Oliver Reid
18 Jean Erasmus
19 Jaco Grobbelaar
20 Matt Romao
21 Ceano Everson
22 Dominic Malgas
23 Jaco Williams

[cgrant]

At last we've seen the ABs U20 commit more players in the rucks. The backline is starting to gain some cohesion. This Irish team is very weak but the improvement was noticeable, even at scrumtime which had been a worry since then. Playing the Frenchies in the semi will be a tough, that's for sure. The latter play with a lot of confidence and they have a mercurial backline.