The inaugural Rugby Championship u20 competition will get underway on Thursday. The round one fixtures will be (a) New Zealand vs South Africa (b) Argentina vs Australia.
The matches are being played on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. The kick-off times in Argentina will be 4:00am and 6:00am respectively. Matches are being broadcast live on Star+ and ESPN Argentina.
NEW ZEALAND
1 Will Martin, 2 Vernon Bason (capt.), 3 Joshua Smith, 4 Tom Allen, 5 Liam Jack, 6, Andrew Smith, 7 Johnny Lee, 8 Malachi Wrampling, 9 Ben O’Donovan, 10 Cooper Grant, 11 Stanley Solomon, 12 Xavi Taele, 13 Aki Tuivailala, 14 Frank Vaenuku, 15 Isaac Hutchinson.
Replacements: 16 A-One Lolofie, 17 Senio Sanele, 18 Kurene Luamanuvae, 19 Cam Christie, 20 Mosese Bason, 21 Dylan Pledger, 22 Rico Simpson, 23 Josh Whaanga
SOUTH AFRICA
1 Ruan Swart, 2 Juan Smal, 3 Zachary Porturen, 4 Thomas Dyer, 5 Adam de Waal, 6 Sibablwe Mahashe, 7 Barthobele Hlekani, 8 Tiaan Jacobs, 9 Asad Moos, 10 Tyler Sefoor, 11 Litelihle Bester, 12 Bruce Sherwood, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 14 Joel Leotlele, 15 Michail Damon
Replacements: 16 Ethan Bester, 17 Mbasa Maqubela, 18 Reno Hirst, 19 JF van Heerden, 20 Thabang Mphafi, 21 Ezekiel Ngobeni, 22 Thurlon Williams, 23 Joshua Boulle
ARGENTINA
1 Diego Correa, 2 Juan Manuel Vivas, 3 Tomás Rapetti, 4 Álvaro García Iandolino, 5 Efraín Elías, 6 Juan Penoucos, 7 Santos Fernández de Oliveira, 8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 9 Tomás Di Biase, 10 Santino di Lucca, 11 Valentín Soler Filloy, 12 Tomás Bocco, 13 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 14 Franco Rossetto, 15 Benjamín Elizalde
Replacements: 16 Marcos Camerlincks, 17 Gonzalo Gargallo Bazán, 18 Gael Galván, 19 Luciano Asevedo, 20 Julián Rossi, 21 Genaro Podestá, 22 Mateo Fossati, 23 Timoteo Silva
AUSTRALIA
1 Jack Barrett, 2 Bryn Edwards, 3 Tevita Alatini, 4 Toby Macpherson, 5 Harvey Cordukes, 6 Aden Ekanayake, 7 Joe Liddy, 8 Jack Harley, 9 Doug Philipson, 10 Joey Fowler, 11 Xavier Rubens, 12 Ronan Leahy, 13 Jarrah McLeod, 14 Will McCulloch, 15 Shane Wilcox
Replacements: 16 Nathaniel Tiitii, 17 Tavi Tuipulotu, 18 Nick Bloomfield, 19 Ben Daniels, 20 Ben Di Staso, 21 Hwi Sharples, 22 Cullen Gray, 23 Angus Staniforth
ARGENTINA FIXTURES – U20 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
May 02 (6:00am) vs
May 07 (4:30am) vs
May 12 (12:30am) vs