Joeys edge 13-man Baby Boks
ROUND TWO WRAP: New Zealand raced clear in the inaugural Under-20 Rugby Championship, following another day of monsoon-like conditions on Australia’s Sunshine Coast.
The Baby Blacks is the only unbeaten team – having beaten Argentina 43-20 on Tuesday, a result that saw them displace Los Pumitas at the top of the tournament standings.
In the late match in Round Two the Australians beat a South African team – reduced to 13 players for the last 10 minutes – 24-19.
The Baby Boks played with 14 men for an hour, with prop Mbasa Maqubela red-carded midway through the first half for a dangerous clear-out at a ruck.
He was joined in the sin bin by lock Bathobele Hlekani with just under 10 minutes remaining – the South African yellow-carded for a cynical foul, collapsing the maul near his tryline.
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All Round Two’s scores and scorers follow below …
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New Zealand 43-20 Argentina
The scorers
For New Zealand
Tries: O’Donova, Pledger 2, Smith, Wrampling-Alec 2
Cons: Simpson 5
Pen: Simpson
For Argentina
Tries: Torrado, Manuel, Elias
Con: Di
Pen: Fossati
Teams:
New Zealand: 15 Sam Coles, 14 King Maxwell, 13 Xavi Taele, 12 Tofuka Paongo, 11 Frank Vaenuku, 10 Rico Simpson, 9 Dylan Pledger, 8 Malachi Wrampling, 7 Matt Lowe, 6 Andrew Smith, 5 Liam Jack, 4 Cam Christie, 3 Joshua Smith, 2 Vernon Bason (captain), 1 Will Martin.
Replacements: 16 Manumaua Letiu, 17 Sika Pole, 18 Kurene Luamanuvae, 19 Tom Allen, 20 Johnny Lee, 21 Ben O’Donovan, 22 Cooper Grant, 23 Josh Whaanga.
Argentina: 15 Benjamin Elizade, 14 Gregorio Perez Pardo, 13 Tomas Bocco, 12 Tomas Medina, 11 Timoteo Silva, 10 Mateo Fossati, 9 Tomas Di Biase, 8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 7 Agustin Sarelli, 6 Julian Rossi, 5 Luciano Asevedo, 4 Efrain Elias (captain), 3 Gael Galvan, 2 Juan Manual Vivas, 1 Estanislao Rodriguez.
Replacements: 16 Marcos Camerlinckx, 17 Diego Correa, 18 Tomas Rapetti, 19 Michael Alejandro Barrios, 20 Ignacio Torrado, 21 Facundo Rodriguez, 22 Santino Di Lucca, 23 Franco Rossetto.
Referee: George Myers
Assistant referees: Griffen Colby, Jeremy Markey
TMO: Brett Cronan
Australia 24-19 South Africa
The scorers
For Australia
Tries: Wilcox 2, Penalty try
Cons: Wilcox, Fowler, penalty try does not require a conversion
Pen: Gray
For South Africa
Tries: Van Heerden, Bester 2
Cons: Williams 2
Red card: Mbasa Maqubela (South Africa, 21 – foul play, dangerous clear-out at ruck)
Yellow card: Bathobele Hlekani (South Africa, 73 – cynical foul, collapsing the maul)
Teams:
Australia: 15 Shane Wilcox, 14 Kauri Tipene-Grace, 13 Frankie Goldsbrough, 12 Ronan Leahy, 11 Angus Staniforth, 10 Cullen Gray, 9 Hwi Sharples, 8 Jack Harley, 7 Dan Sawers, 6 Ben Di Staso, 5 Oliver McRea, 4 Toby Macpherson (captain), 3 Nick Bloomfield, 2 Otavio Tuipulotu, 1 Jack Barrett.
Replacements: 16 Lington Ieli, 17 Bryn Edwards, 18 Tevita Alatini, 19 Harvey Cordukes, 20 Joe Liddy, 21 Doug Philipson, 22 Joey Fowler, 23 David Palu.
South Africa: 15 Michail Damon, 14 Joshua Boulle, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Philip-Albert van Niekerk, 11 Litelihle Bester, 10 Thurlon Williams, 9 Asad Moos, 8 Tiaan Jacobs, 7 Keanu Coetzee, 6 Divan Fuller, 5 JF van Heerden (captain), 4 Bathobele Hlekani, 3 Reno Hirst, 2 Ethan Bester, 1 Mbasa Maqubela.
Replacements: 16 CJ Erasmus, 17 Liyema Ntshanga, 18 Casper Badenhorst, 19 Adam de Waal, 20 Thabang Mphafi, 21 Hassiem Pead, 22 Bruce Sherwood, 23 JC Mars.
Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina), James Palmer (Australia)
TMO: Brett Cronan (Australia)
