Defending champions France will play New Zealand subsequent Sunday in the semi-finals of the World Rugby U20 Championship simply 10 days after they dramatically misplaced a pool match to the Child Blacks with the final kick. In the meantime, England will tackle Eire within the different semi-final following the result of match day three on the event in South Africa.
The French, who wish to win their fourth World Championship in succession, knew {that a} bonus-point win over Wales could be sufficient to qualify them for the last-four as the only finest runner-up from the three event swimming pools. They duly delivered within the 4:30pm Athlone kick-off, defeating Wales 29-11 in a Pool A match the place that they had the four-try bonus level within the bag with a Forty fourth-minute rating from No8 Mathis Castro-Ferreira.
That left them ready on the result of the 7pm kick-offs to study who they’d play within the semi-finals and it turned out to be their pool rivals New Zealand, who final week beat them 27-26 with an Eightieth-minute Rico Simpson penalty kick in Stellenbosch.
HITS, BUMPS AND HANDOFFS! | The most important collisions from the U20s World Championships
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The Kiwis had the four-try bonus level registered as early because the Twentieth-minute towards Spain. The match was deserted at half-time with the rating at 52-12, leaving New Zealand to safe the Pool A high spot and likewise earn the No1 semi-final seeding as England’s late, late win over the Junior Boks got here with out a four-try bonus.
England’s match in Athlone was set to finish in a draw, which might nonetheless have been sufficient for them to complete as Pool C winners, however they confirmed unbelievable persistence to attain an 86th-minute strive by sub James Isaacs to seize the 17-12 win that left them seeded second for the semi-finals.
They may now tackle third seed Eire, who had been confirmed as Pool B winners with out having to kick a ball. Their scheduled 2pm match versus top-spot rivals Australia was cancelled as a result of pitch being declared unplayable at the moment following a horrible morning of winter climate within the Cape City area.
With the sport off, each groups had been awarded two match factors every and that left Eire on high of the pool with 11 factors and the Australians ending second with eight. Tuesday’s different Pool B end result was Georgia 28 Italy 17, whereas the remaining sport in Pool C ended Argentina 52 Fiji 12.
World Rugby U20 Championship match day 4 schedule – Sunday, June 14
Championship semi-finals: New Zealand (1) vs France (4) – Cape City Stadium, 7pm; England (2) vs Eire (3) – Cape City Stadium, 4:30pm;
Fifth to eighth place semi-finals: Argentina (5) vs South Africa (8) – Cape City Stadium, 2pm; Australia (6) vs Wales (7) – Stellenbosch, 7pm;
Ninth to twelfth place semi-finals: Georgia (9) vs Fiji (12) – Stellenbosch, 4:30pm; Italy (10) vs Spain (11) – Stellenbosch, 2pm.
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