Baby Boks miss JWC semifinals
The South African Under-20 side missed out on a semifinal berth at the IRB Junior World Championships being played in Northern Italy.
The semifinalists are the three pool winners – New Zealand, France and England and the best of the rest, which in this case is Australia.
South Africa and Australia both won two matches and lost one in their pools and ended with 11 log points each but Australia had the better points difference – 66-43.
Australia’s opponents were France, Fiji and Tonga. South Africa’s opponents were England, Scotland and Ireland.
South Africa will now play off with Wales, Ireland and Fiji for fifth place.
Play-offs, 22 June 2011:
Semifinals
England vs France at Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
New Zealand vs Australia at Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
5th Place Play-off
Wales vs Fiji at Stadio Plebiscito, Padova
South Africa vs Ireland at Stadio Plebiscito, Padova
9th Place Play-off
Scotland vs Tonga at Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
Argentina vs Italy at Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
Results by Pool:
Pool A
Wales vs Argentina, 34-8
New Zealand vs Italy, 64-7
New Zealand vs Wales, 92-0
Argentina vs Italy, 27-3
Wales vs Italy, 56-6
New Zealand vs Argentina, 48-15
Pool B
Australia vs Tonga, 54-7
France vs Fiji, 24-12
Australia vs Fiji, 50-25
France vs Tonga, 27-14
Fiji vs Tonga, 36-18
France vs Australia, 25-31
Pool C
England vs Ireland, 33-25
South Africa vs Scotland, 33-0
England vs Scotland, 39-18
South Africa vs Ireland, 26-42
England vs South Africa, 26-20
Ireland vs Scotland, 30-13
