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Live blog: World Rugby U20 Championship 2024 in Cape Town – Day Three

ATHLONE, SOUTH AFRICA – 9JULY, 2024: The French U20 team arrive before their match versus Wales (Photo by Carl Fourie/World Rugby)

It is match day three at the World Rugby U20 Championship and the inclement weather in the Cape Town region is reminiscent of the monsoon-like conditions that materialised for the opening round of the age-grade Rugby Championship on the Australian Gold Coast in May.

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While the schedule in South Africa is officially listed as the final round of the pool stage, it’s essentially the quarter-finals in some fixtures as Ireland versus Australia (2pm local time) and France against Wales (4:30pm) in Athlone are winner-takes-all knockout games.

The former will decide who qualifies for the semi-finals as the Pool B winner and the latter will determine who progresses as the sole best runner-up from across the three pools.

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    HITS, BUMPS AND HANDOFFS! | The biggest collisions from the U20s World Championships

    Unbeaten England versus struggling hosts South Africa (7pm) is the third match on the Athlone schedule. Meanwhile, over in Stellenbosch, the three-game programme is Argentina-Fiji (2pm), Georgia-Italy (4:30pm) and New Zealand-Spain (7pm).

    RugbyPass previewed all six matches on Monday, listing all the selected teams and hazarding a guess as the potential results – click here to read.

    We have also published a match day three talking points feature, which includes the Irish-Aussie rivalry, the French determination to retain their title despite their agonising loss to New Zealand, and the pressure that is on Junior Boks coach Bafana Nhleko – click here to read.

    All six matches will be streamed live and for free on RugbyPass TV in all countries that don’t have an exclusive local broadcaster deal – click here to sign up/log in.

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    We will also update this RugbyPass live blog throughout the day, bringing you exclusive post-match interviews and more…

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