| Semi Finals | ||||
| Date | Team A | Score | Team B | Venue |
| 17 June 2010 | Australia | 28-16 | England | Estadio El Coloso del Parque, Rosario |
| 17 June 2010 | New Zealand | 36-7 | South Africa | Estadio El Coloso del Parque, Rosario |
The SA Under-20s will be focused on booking their place in a first ever IRB Junior World Championship final when they take on the Baby Blacks in the second semi-final on Thursday which will be played in Rosario at 21:30 SA time.
New Zealand are the reigning Under-20 champions and recorded their second title in Japan last year following their 44-28 victory over England. They won the 2008 World Championship in Wales. The Baby Boks on the other hand conceded two semi-final defeats in those tournaments, both against England.
“A South African side has never played in an Under-20 World Championship final and that should be enough motivation for the boys,” said SA Under-20 vice-captain and scrumhalf Louis Schreuder.
“The guys were disappointed with the defeat against Australia, but we’re a close group of guys who believe we can turn things around in the semi-finals.
“It’s going to be a huge game on Thursday, as New Zealand ended the Pool phase of the tournament as the leading team in the competition. With that in mind, we don’t need any further reminding of how big this game is going to be.
“New Zealand are a classy side, but we going to focus on our things and how we want to play the game. We were guilty of making a couple of errors in the Australia game, but our intentions are to play and to stick to our systems and structures that successfully saw us defeat Scotland (73-0) and Tonga (40-14).”
The Baby Boks arrived in the Argentinean city of Rosario on Monday evening and will start their on-field training for Thursday’s semi-final on Tuesday. South Africa lost 42-35 to Australia in their final Pool C game in Sante Fe on Sunday.
Only SA Under-20 captain CJ Stander, Sampie Mastriet and Kene Okafor have previously competed in an IRB Junior World Championship semi-final. All three players though were part of the Baby Boks’ 41-20 defeat to England in Tokyo last year. In that particular game, Stander was one of South Africa’s try-scorers.
“This is definitely the biggest game I have ever been involved in and I am seriously looking forward to the challenge of playing against New Zealand. It’s a big game for us.” said Schreuder.
“As a rugby player, you want to test yourself against the best, and New Zealand must have done a few good things to be in a position of where they are at the moment. But it’s a playoff game and anything could happen on the day.
“We just have to ensure that we cut out those match day mistakes and take our opportunities against the Baby Blacks. There won’t be many, so we’ll have to be sharp and ready when they avail themselves.”
The SA Under-20 team to play the Baby Blacks will be named later.
please do winnie , will be good to have to guys there
gimme a shout sometime
glad you got work mate , its tough our there right now
4man wrote:
that is the only way i see him too. Please dont let Gio and JdeV go somewhere else, they take a gap brilliantly, i wish them many more Springbok tries. FS can stay where he is.
@ sharky_forever:
Hey sharky we must get that big Bulls celebration bash at your place on track.
We had a lowof 8 degrees this morning , hell this place is freezing over 😆
Rather give me 40+, we are used to that.
dag outop super hehehe
yeah we must , would a be a good bash
@ sharky_forever:
Hey laaitie wies jou outop? 😆
Last night w were joking about Pumas line problems with Telkom, just after the game my own internet was gone, untill midday today.
For sure Sharky,will pull in. Super and Sharky,we need to make this get together happen,reckon you should put a thread up about it and make a concrete arrangement 🙂
@ Winston:
Agree we can all sleep over at GBS, but wait till this cold is gone, he would give us place in stoepkakkertjies dog box only.
Lol,for sure. But it would be nice to meet the guys and gals,its true what you said the other day.
Hellooooooooooooo
Eishhhhh, what did we have before gas and candles….. electricity!!
I thought tonight we would go to bed in the dark AND in the cold!
This cold with no power is not funny,luckily we had no power interruptions these past few weeks..
lol
damn gas heater is working overtime
I need to buy a gas heater,pay day cant come fast enough 🙂
lol winnie i even bought a damn hot blanket today , something i aint crazy about , just to damn cold up here in vaalieland
Yeah,I think I’m going to get you one of those this weekend,but yesterday morning was the worst 🙂
67 minutes
AUS 20-11 England
71 min.
Aus 23-11 England
From rugby to football. So far all good. 0/0 from France and Mexico. Just must stay that way. Hoping like crazy keeping fingers crossed.
Otherwise gooooooooooooooooooooo Baby Bokke. Will change over channels once they play.
Australia wins
AUS 28-16
@ sharky_forever:45
Sharky……hehehehehe. Just have to come back and live in the warm climate of Durbs…..LOL. Though tonight colder than normal but only have one heater on and that is it the whole house feels fine with one small heater. In Joburg I would probably have my underfloor heating on and my aircons turned to heater mode and a oil heater on somewhere in the passage. Huge difference here in the sub-tropical East Coast. Eat your hearts out boys………hehehehehehehehehe. I am here now for good… heeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
@ superBul:50
Super, So Oz wins. Now how our baby Boks beat the baby Ab’s.
Goooooooooooooooooo Bokke.
@ Puma:52 – LOL. You can see I am back…hehehe. All the typos are back too 😯
how = hope
Going to watch the football now until our baby Boks play.
Back later.
Fark, sorry I’m buggering up SuperBul’s blogging a bit… busy using remote control to update certain things on his PC at the moment.
We should be finished in a few minutes though.
OK, so what time does the match start?
SuperBul’s PC is updated.
Must by 21:30
How did 4man manage to overtake me in the comments thingie….?
I was beating him a few days ago!!
Ahhhh, the teams are lining up for the anthems.
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