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World Rugby Junior World Championship

Live blog: Junior World Championship in South Africa – day two


Ireland celebrate a try in Paarl versus Australia (Photo by World Rugby via Getty Images)
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It’s day two at the 2023 Junior World Championship and another cracking fixtures list is in store with six more matches set to be played across two venues in South Africa.

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Rugby fans in Paarl will be especially spoiled by what is in store at the local school ground as Thursday’s schedule kicks off with the mouth-watering meeting of Ireland, the current U20s Six Nations champions, versus Australia.

Next on the list is the clash of France, the title holders from 2019, and New Zealand, the tournament’s most frequent title winners, and the feast of Paarl action concludes with the hosts South Africa tackling Italy.

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Meanwhile, down the road in Stellenbosch, the activity begins with Wales taking on Japan followed by Argentina against Georgia and round two will then be concluded by England facing Fiji.

It’s a bumper programme of age-grade entertainment and you can follow how it all unfolds on the RugbyPass live blog:

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cnw 14 minutes ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

Yea agree re Stormers - a real contest. Hope Bulls the same.

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GM 19 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Don’t think the problems for the ABs will come on De Groot’s side, particularly if his Highlanders mate Holland is pushing on his side (DG had Koch in trouble against the Sharks). The TH side is likely to be more of a problem, particularly since Lomax is likely to be under-done. Newell is a big drop off from Lomax at his best. I do think Tosi was a bit naive and hard done-by against the Stormers, whose LH hinged twice before getting penalised for losing his bind. Another ref might have asked for a reset on those first 2 scrums. I do think Tosi will be #2 by the RWC.

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Rugby3 20 minutes ago
Seven clips the Wallabies will be analysing after another tight win over Japan

Excuse number 1032 and counting ….

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Jay 20 minutes ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

The Greatest rivalry was Spouted By the South Africans and now there whinging because Rassi won’t let anyone play in them and he is saying his players are short of match fitness!!!

Maybe he’s stuffed it up, Not So Smart After All.



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Drew 28 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

The SA v Argentina game had more than 40min ball in play, so if thats the metric SA are doing pretty well. I take issue with all of the people who claim that Kiwi style “attacking rugby” is the only way forward and that refs must be harsh on slowing the ball down. Do you mean to suggest that the ABs don’t try to slow opposition ball down at ruck time? Of course they do. All teams do. Do you think South Africa really wants slow rucks? No we dont. We also know that quick ball creates openings. Its rugby 101. We just think that fast rucks is not the single and only important aspect of rugby and that if the ruck is already slow theres nothing wrong with taking a few extra seconds to setup for a good tactical kick or exit. There are also scrums, mauls, lineouts, tactical kicking, side steps and passing etc that are important. We also like to attack whether we have the ball or dont have the ball. Does that make us negative? I don’t think so. Our fast line speed and aggressive defence is a great weapon and a great thing to watch. It actually creates opportunities for high skill teams like NZ which makes for an intriguing contest. Its also funny that the people who call SA rugby negative and want us penalized for competing in the air, saying we are not really trying to catch it, and who want us to not get penalties from collapsed scrums, are the same people who complained that if we maul it over the line and its held up they should get a “get out of jail” dropout instead of having to go to another “boring” defensive scrum, the same people that complained that just because they were going backwards in the maul, if it collapsed and the ball doesn’t come out they should get the put in, the same people who complained that we shouldn’t be allowed to scrum from a free kick, and that failed attempted intercepts should be yellow cards. You are the people that are responsible for some of the most ridiculous laws in our game and the hours of TMO time wasted reviewing whether a knock on was “deliberate”, something that is impossible to impartially determine unless you can read minds. So before you complain about some aspect of the game in which you are inferior, rethink what you are wishing for, because it might just turn rugby union into rugby league. Honestly I think Dave Rennie would like that. The All Black style seems to be a lot like league.

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GM 30 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Agreed, Toko - let’s embrace the clash of styles, and may the best team win. BUT that contest has to play out in a fair way without contrived stoppages, otherwise we could get to the stage where we have gridiron monsters who can go full tit for about 5 seconds max. Rugby’s best athletes have to combine power, strength AND STAMINA.

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Drew 34 minutes ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

I agree the Sharks turnout was pathetic, and SA rugby need to do something about the culture of not supporting your team when they are not doing well. But the ABs have to warm up against someone. Thats how tours work. I think the Stormers game was awesome and the atmosphere was great. The Bulls are playing on the weekend and the weather will be better so hope for a better turnout then

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RugCs 34 minutes ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

The NH season ends then URC players get their 8 weeks off, then pre-season while the Currie Cup played now is mostly u23 players and some 2nd tier URC players after URC ends. Ackermann is saying it as it is. I would not have bothered with 4 warm up matches, maybe one warmup match then straight into test matches.

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JW 37 minutes ago
'Vulnerable': Steve Hansen warns Springboks over risky bench tactic

True 😅 brain must have been tricked by the idea Hansen reckons everyone needs more 9’s on the bench lol

I actually thought they went typical when I asked that, but I knew they went in with 6-2 remember now..



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cnw 52 minutes ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

Nah - but limit them to tests not games where no one turns up, including the best available players.

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Bruiser 1 hour ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

The NZ sides wont be complaining when its their turn, when the next chapter rolls around in NZ

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frandinand 1 hour ago
Why Rassie will be happier than Rennie with early omens of Greatest Rivalry tour

Wash your mouth out. My wife loves my nose.

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OtagomanII 1 hour ago
Why Rassie will be happier than Rennie with early omens of Greatest Rivalry tour

Of course I want a Super title like I want a series win in SA but for a wishlist I want a npc title first. I know it’s a step below but I have a deeper connection to the provincial side.

I suspect STT is going to the Blues.



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Chiefs Mana 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Yes that’s a very fair argument - my point remains that certain teams scrum FOR penalties with no real ambition to clear it.

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Drew 1 hour ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

I think the ABs have 44 and the Boks 41 or 42.

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Drew 1 hour ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

Yeah tours to SA suck. Lets stop them. 🙄

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B 1 hour ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

Josh Jacomb at first five, Beauden Barrett to fullback marking Willy le Roux…

For mine, these are the players that won't be selected for Bulls match…



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Blackmania 1 hour ago
Dave Rennie not satisfied with All Blacks' first half as discipline issues persist

When I say “English style,” it’s a reference to the past, when the All Blacks had some difficult matches under the whistle of a certain Wayne Barnes. And Carley and Dickson seem to be following the same path.

When an All Black’s arm is held up in the air, nothing is called; when a ball is knocked down to prevent a try, nothing is called; penalties are simply invented (Tuipulotu in Game 1). Yet these referees are extremely meticulous when it comes to judging the height of tackles by NZ players, the position of the props in scrums, etc., etc.



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Itsallacademic 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Or a Saffa with a half French grandfather.

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Tah Man Too 1 hour ago
One thing Les Kiss will like about his first Wallabies win - and three he won’t

“out Japan Japan…” that was one of the most frustrating things about last weeks performance. We had the license to play from Les, but that doesn't mean we had to up tempo everything. We would have been better off with a little more route 1, set piece control to ice the game first, then let lose. I hope this week we can play early with same forward focus we had against Italy, and lay the foundations before anything else.

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