WC U20 - France to play South Africa

The match will be played at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, on May 31.

The manager of the side, Thomas Lièvremont, said that  the squad had had a long time to get to know each other and that they had bonded really well.

He was expecting a tough physical encounter in the South African match.

France Under-20: 15 Romain Buros (Pau), 14 Lucas Tauzin (Toulouse), 13 Nathan Decron (Agen), 12 Pablo Uberti(Bordeaux-Bègles), 11 Faraj Fartass (Stade Francais), 10 Romain Ntamack (Toulouse), 9 Baptiste Couilloud (Lyon) 8 Charlie Francoz (La Rochelle), 7 Baptiste Pesenti (Pau), 6 Dylan Cretin (Lyon), 5 Mickaël Capelli (Grenoble), 4 Florian Verhaeghe (Toulkouse) (captain), 3 Zakaria El Fakir (Beziers), 2 Florian Dufour (Agen), 1 Hassane Kolingar (Racing).

Replacements: 16 Ugo Boniface Bayonne), 17 Mauvaka, 18 Daniel Brennan (Toulouse), 19 Alexandre Roumat (Toulouse), 20 Ibrahim Diallo (Racing), 21 Arthur Coville Stade Francais), Mathieu Jalibert (Bordeaux-Bègles), Geoffrey Cros (Bordeaux-Bègles).

The fathers of  Ntamack and Roumat were famous French players.