Baby Bokkies (27) 42 / Ireland (19) 26 (Final Score)

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso

Scorers:

Bokkies: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties & 1 Drop Goal Johan Goosen, 2 Tries Francois Venter, 1 Try Eben Etzebeth, 1 Try Wandile Mjekevu, 1 Ty Arno Botha

Ireland: 4 Penalties & 2 Conversions James McKinney, 2 Tries Andrew Conway

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Teams:

South Africa: 15 Ulrich Beyers, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Bradley Moolman, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Wandile Mjekevu, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Lohan Jacobs, 8 Arno Botha (C), 7 Cornell du Preez, 6 Nizaam Carr, 5 Eben Etzebeth, 4 Ruan Venter, 3 John Roy Jenkinson, 2 Micheal van Vuuren, 1 Stephan Kotze.

Replacements: 16 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 17 Nic Schonert, 18 Jean Cook, 19 Siya Kolisi, 20 Pieter Rademan, 21 Johnny Welthagen, 22 Paul Jordaan.

Ireland: 15 Tiernan O’Halloran, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Brendan Macken, 12 JJ Hanrahan, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 James McKinney, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Eoin McKeon, 7 Aaron Conneely, 6 Jordi Murphy, 5 Daniel Qualter, 4 Michael Kearney, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Niall Annett (C), 1 James Tracy.

Replacements: 16 David Doyle, 17 Conor Carey, 18 Iain Henderson, 19 Dominic Gallagher, 20 Peter Du Toit, 21 Paddy Jackson, 22 Luke Marshall.

Jonathan White (New Zealand)

Ireland coach Mike Ruddock has largely kept faith with his starting XV from day one with only five changes, including James McKinney getting the nod at fly-half ahead of Paddy Jackson for the first ever meeting on the Junior World Championship stage between these nations.

“We have looked closely at South Africa and they present another massive challenge,” admitted Ruddock.

“Typically they are a big and very physical side. Combine that with a four day turnaround and it is important that we introduce some freshness into our team. The players coming in are all experienced age grade internationals and they will be keen to perform on the big stage.”

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