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Eyewitness News
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Eyewitness News
Junior Boks take on New Zealand in World Rugby U20 Championship final on Saturday
The much-anticipated showdown revives memories of the 2012 final, when the Junior Springboks edged the Baby Blacks to lift their first and only U20 title on home soil. On Monday, 14 July, fans at Stadio Luigi Zaffanella witnessed two thrilling semi-finals. The action began with a rematch of the 2024 encounter between France and New Zealand, a high-scoring affair previously won 55-31 by Les Bleuets in South Africa. This time, however, the Junior All Blacks had the last word, securing their place in the final and ending France's hopes of a three-peat. South Africa, meanwhile, made a blistering start in their semi-final against Argentina. Centre Albie Bester opened the scoring in the ninth minute, and moments later, scrum-half Hassiem Pead finished a sweeping move straight from the restart. ALSO READ: Springboks tactics: 'The law is clear. You may NOT deliberately infringe' - Craig Ray, rugby analyst With a 28-3 lead inside 25 minutes, the Junior Boks looked set to cruise, but Argentina hit back just before halftime through number eight Agustín Garcia Campos Fiszman. Timoteo Silva's second-half try narrowed the gap to 11 points, but South Africa responded with composure. Vusi Moyo added two penalties before Bester raced in for his second try, securing a 48-24 win and their first final appearance in over a decade. Earlier in the day, Wales looked to repeat their U20 Six Nations triumph over England and led 13-12 at the break thanks to Sion Davies' try. However, England stormed back with three tries in an eight-minute burst around the hour mark to claim a dominant 51-13 victory, securing a top-six finish in the 2025 Championship. Watch the Junior Boks take on New Zealand live on SuperSport, Saturday, 19 July at 8.30 pm.
RTÉ News
04-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Ireland fall to Italian defeat at U-20s World Championships
Italy U-20s 18-16 Ireland U-20s Ireland fell to a narrow defeat to hosts Italy at the World Rugby U-20 Championships in Viadana today. In stifling conditions, Ireland nearly came away with a draw when replacement flanker Oisín Minogue crossed the tryline in the 82nd minute, but out-half Sam Wisniewski was unable to land his conversion from the right with the final act of an ill-disciplined game. The defeat, following the 35-28 opening-round victory over Georgia, means Ireland must beat New Zealand in their third and final game of Pool C next Wednesday and hope other results go their way to be in with a chance of a semi-final. Italy, who also got the better of Ireland in this year's U20 Six Nations campaign, took the lead in the 12th minute through Italian No 8 Nelson Casartelli. Temperatures reached 33 degrees at Stadio Luigi Zaffanella where Ireland out-half Tom Wood and Italian full-back Edoardo Todaro traded penalties to ensure Italy led 8-3 at the break. Piero Gritti's try just short of the hour mark appeared to send the hosts well on their way, but the visitors responded four minutes later when replacement hooker Mikey Yarr touched down in the corner with the Italians temporarily down to 14 after the sin-binning of Casartelli for a high tackle on full-back Charlie Molony. Irish lock Billy Corrigan soon followed to the sin-bin with Italy adding another penalty to make it 18-11 with nine minutes remaining. Ireland fought to the end and got over with the clock in the red, but Minogue's miss ensured a home win. Italy: E Todaro; A Drago (R Ioannucci 62), F Zanandea, R Casarin, J Ducros (G Pietramala 68); R Fasti, N Beni (M Bellotto 74); S Pelliccioli (S Mistrulli 54), N Corvasce (A Caiolo-Serra 54), N Bolognini (L Trevisan 53); M Midena (E Opoku Gyamfi 53), P Gritti; G Milano, C Bianchi (A Miranda 57), N Casartelli. Ireland: C Molony; P Farrell, C Mangan, E Smyth, D Moloney; T Wood (S Wisniewski 60), W Wootton (C Logan 64); A Usanov (B Bohan 53), H Walker (M Yarr 53-78), A Mullan (T McAllister 53) M Ronan (C Kennelly 48), B Corrigan; E McCarthy, B Power (O Minogue 62), L Murphy.
Extra.ie
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Extra.ie
How to watch Ireland U20s vs Italy in World Championships
After a pulsating 35-28 win over Georgia, Irelands U20s get a chance to continue their winning ways in the World U20s Championships, as they face hosts Italy. The win over Georgia saw Ireland run in 5 tries, in what was a positive performance, and put on a much better attacking display than they did during the U20 Six Nations. They'll be out for revenge too as Italy inflicted Neil Doak's side a gutting 15-12 defeat during the final round of this year's U20 Six Nations. Charlie Molony of Ireland on his way to scoring a try during World Rugby U20 Championship 2025 Pic: Roberto Bregani/Sportsfile Ireland U20s face Italy on Friday 4 July in the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella in Viadana. Kick off is at 7:35pm Irish time. The game will be streamed live on RugbyPassTV. It is a free service and all you have to do is create an account to watch. The broadcasts usually begin around five to ten minutes before kick off. Luke Murphy of Ireland in action against Giorgi Spanderashvili of Georgia Pic:Roberto Bregani/Sportsfile There are only two changes to the starting lineup for Ireland as loosehead Alex Usanov comes into the starting team in place of Billy Bohan and Will Wooton starts at scrum-half instead of Clark Logan. Usanov recently signed a pro contract with Leinster despite not making his debut for the province yet, such is the high regard he is held in. The side are captained again by Corkonian and Connacht academy player Eanna McCarthy at openside flanker meanwhile Tom Wood gets the nod at 10 yet again. Here's the Ireland Men's U20 side for the second game of the @WorldRugby U20 World Championship. Watch live📺 on RugbyPass TV #futureisgreen
RTÉ News
27-06-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Neil Doak named Ireland team for for U20 Championship opener
Ireland Under-20 head coach Neil Doak has named his squad, for Sunday's opening game in the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship. Ireland face Georgia's U20 side on Sunday 29 June 2 at 5pm (Irish time) in Calvisano, Italy. Connacht's Éanna McCarthy captains the side after leading the team all through the recent U20 Six Nations. Charlie Molony, Paidi Farrell and Derry Moloney start in Ireland's back three, with Eoghan Smyth and Ciarán Mangan making up the midfield pairing. Tom Wood is at out-half and is joined in the half-backs by Clark Logan. In the pack, Billy Bohan, Henry Walker and Alex Mullan are in the front row, Mahon Ronan and Billy Corrigan in the engine room and Luke Murphy joins Michael Foy and McCarthy in the back row. Mikey Yarr, Alex Usanov, Tom McAllister, Conor Kennelly and Bobby Power are the forwards available to Doak and his Coaching Team on the bench, with backs Will Wootton, Sam Wisniewski and Daniel Green completing Ireland's 23.
Scotsman
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Good and bad news for Scotland U20 ahead of World Championships amid Freddy Douglas blow
Murray challenges team to give a better account of themselves in England opener Sign up to our Rugby Union newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... There was good and bad news for Scotland Under-20s ahead of their World Rugby U20 Championship opener against England in Italy. On the plus side, the spectre of relegation has been removed because the tournament is expanding from 12 to 16 teams next year. The young Scots have worked hard to return to the top-tier tournament so knowing they are going to remain there comes as a relief. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad On the debit side, they will go into the England match without Freddy Douglas, their talismanic co-captain who has suffered a concussion. Scotland U20s' Oliver Duncan (L) and Jack Brown. | SNS Group / SRU Douglas, 20, is already a full Scotland international and made a big impact on Kenny Murray's under-20 side when he returned from injury midway through the U20 Six Nations, scoring three tries in the Scots' final three matches. The hope is that the openside flanker will be available for Scotland's second game at the World Championship, against Australia next Friday. In the meantime, Edinburgh's Oliver Duncan moves over from six to seven to cover Douglas' absence and Montpellier's Charlie Moss comes in to the side at six. Coping without Freddy Douglas 'Freddy took a wee bit of a bang in a maul in training,' explained Murray. 'Following the return-to-play protocols and all things going well, he'll be available for game two. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'We were probably going to start Freddy at seven but it doesn't really weaken us too much. Charlie and Oliver Duncan are both good sixes. It gives us a bit more size as well which, against England, is obviously something you want to have.' Scotland U20 head coach Kenny Murray. | SNS Group / SRU As well as England and Australia, Scotland will also face South Africa in Pool A. It is a daunting draw and there will be two play-off classification games which follow the group stage to decide the final positions. In previous tournaments, the 12th team were demoted to the second-tier World Rugby U20 Trophy competition, a fate which befell Scotland in 2019. A combination of Covid and failure to win promotion in 2023 meant they have remained out of the elite for six years but victory in the Trophy last summer secured their return and the absence of relegation this time has been welcomed by Murray. 'It took a wee while, but we always knew there was a possibility that it might happen this year,' said the coach. 'They were looking to extend it to 16 teams, so it takes a bit of pressure off in terms of not having to worry about relegation and going into game four and five. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Atoning for heavy Six Nations defeat 'Not a lot of changes, we still want to perform well and win our games and give a good account of ourselves but we can now try to do that without the added pressure of relegation.' England defeated Scotland 57-13 in the U20 Six Nations and are the defending world champions at this level and Murray has urged his team to give a better account of themselves in Verona on Sunday than they did in Newcastle in February. 'The England game in the Six Nations was probably our worst performance of the tournament,' he said. 'I don't think we gave a good account of ourselves in that game and nothing really went for us. We want to go out there on Sunday and have a much better performance and have a real crack at them.' Conditions will be tough, with temperatures in northern Italy above 30 degrees. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Scotland U20 (v England U20, Payanini Center, Verona, Sunday, 2.30pm BST, live on RugbyPassTV 15. Jack Brown (Edinburgh); 14. Nairn Moncrieff (Edinburgh); 13. Johnny Ventisei (Glasgow; capt), 12. Kerr Yule (Glasgow), 11. Fergus Watson (Glasgow); 10. Matthew Urwin (Glasgow), 9. Noah Cowan (Brunel University/Ealing Trailfinders); 1. Jake Shearer (Glasgow), 2. Joe Roberts (Glasgow), 3. Ollie Blyth-Lafferty (Edinburgh). 4. Bart Godsell (Loughborough Univ), 5. Dan Halkon (Glasgow), 6. Charlie Moss (Montpellier), 7. Oliver Duncan (Edinburgh), 8. Reuben Logan (Northampton).
