Captains Maro Itoje (England) & Handré Pollard (South Africa) holding the IRB Junior World Championship trophy
Dan Kriel will play on the right wing for the Junior Springboks in the IRB Junior World Championship final against England on Friday night at Eden Park in Auckland.
His inclusion in place of Lloyd Greeff is the only tweak to the team that beat New Zealand in a dramatic semi-final last Sunday in North Harbour.
The versatile Kriel, twin brother of outside centre Jesse Kriel, is preferred in the starting line-up because of his huge work rate on defence.
Amongst the replacements, big flanker Jean Luc du Preez was declared fit after completing his rehabilitation programme following a blow to the head against New Zealand in Albany during a pools match. He replaces Abongile Nonkontwana.
Junior Springbok skipper and pivot Handré Pollard is now playing in his third tournament so is under no illusion as to what will be key to more success at Eden Park.
“I think at the end of the day it is going to be the side that wants it the most that is going to win it,” admitted Pollard, who is the leading point scorer at both JWC 2014 and also in the competition’s history.
“Set piece is the biggest thing going into the final. I know how 2012 was won, we had 17 lineouts and we won all 17 of them. It is something you can’t go without in a final, the set piece. It is also the conversion rate you have, you have got to get down there and get points, whether it is three, five or seven – just get points whenever you go down to the opposition’s half.”
Junior Bok coach Dawie Theron said England will be a formidable opponent. “They are a good side and have progressed to the final without losing a match. It’s going to be a titanic battle on Friday,” according to Theron.
On Thursday evening SARU President Regan Hoskins visited the team at their Auckland hotel to wish them well for the final.
Hosts New Zealand will play Ireland in the third place play-off before the final.
The fifth place final between France and Australia will be the first contest of the day at Eden Park, and the other positional games will be played at QBE Stadium North Harbour.
Junior Springbok team:
15. Warrick Gelant
14. Dan Kriel
13. Jessie Kriel
12. Andre Esterhuizen
11. Sergeal Petersen
10. Handré Pollard (Captain)
9. JP Smith
8. Aidon Davis
7. Cyle Brink
6. Jacques Vermeulen
5. Nico Janse van Rensburg
4. JD Schickerling
3. Dayan van der Westhuizen
2. Corniel Els
1. Thomas du Toit
Replacements:
16. Joseph Dweba
17. Pierre Schoeman
18. Wilco Louw
19. Victor Sekekete
20. Jean Luc du Preez
21. Zee Mkhabela
22. Jean Luc du Preez
23. Duhan van der Merwe
Kick-Off: 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 08:35 BST, 07:35 GMT)
28 Pietman.Comment not directed at you.Merely used you as a post box.
Kind regards Rye
ek kyk die verkeerde game
Wales 10-3 Samoa
@ Pietman:
ryecatcher wrote:
saak is reg bru!
WAL 13-3 SAM
Morning all.
Is it safe to assume that the Bokkies might have a bit of trouble later?
Judging by the Ireland score, I think so. England absolutely smashed the Irish, and here they are leading against the AB’s, who we measured ourselves to.
superBul wrote:
Polla (Andre Pollard).
Was van die begin af saam met ons hier op RT, onthou hy het altyd gepraat van sy seun se krieket in die Paarl…. Handre was mos eintlik n krieketster in sy beginjare op hoerskool.
Klik daar by Gallery, foto’s van die ou manne…..
@ Pietman:36
Waar sien jy gallery?
nortierd wrote:
Jy is reg, ek is flokken benoud vir daai Pommies bru, ons sal hulle voor moet vasvat….
Ek sien Lloyd wat so kuk tekkel is darem uit,
@ Pietman:
nortierd wrote:
Hierbo, klik op About daar langs Home, en gaan in op die menu.
@ nortierd:
Sien jy vir Keith daar, oud-Griekwa vleuel?
Ek onthou nog hoe oorle Gerard Viviers geskreeu het “Sweeney, Sweeney….en hy druk hom!” Hol hy twee keer om Cheeky Watson teen OP, hehehe!
Daai ou was goed, later Wallaby reserwe gewees op die Britse toer na hy terug is Oz toe. Vir De Beers gespeel in Kimberley daai jare.
@ Pietman:40
Eers n paar keer by die Bic advertensie ingegaan 😀
scores?
nortierd wrote:
Lastig, daai advertensies, veral met die foon se klein keyboard….ek kry heeltyd daai Phoenix ad, en moet dan n moerse lang storie lees oor graphics en kek en herre voor ek terug is hier.
MacroBok wrote:
NZ 26-23 Ireland
Wales 13-3 Samoa
MacroBok wrote:
26-23 NZ voor @ Ire
5th Place play-off – France 27-34 Australia
9th Place play-off – Argentina 41-21 Scotland
11th Place play-off – Fiji 17-22 Italy – Fiji relegated to JWRT 2015
Ringrose is world class, the Irish center, could well be IRB player this year.
This is BOD reincarnated!
@ superBul:
What is this JWRT?
Rugby-Talk comp, surely not!
Yellow for Ireland now.
I like this mcKenzie fullback from the Ab’s
Reminds me a bit of Cullen in open play
@ Pietman:
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The International Rugby Board has announced that Portugal will be the host for next year’s IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, taking place across two venues in Lisbon.
Following what was a highly successful staging of the tournament in Hong Kong earlier this month, the popular Under 20 event will now return to the Europe region following an impressive bid by Federação Portuguesa de Rugby (FPR) to secure the hosting rights.
63 min
NZ 26-23 IRE
44 min
WAL 13-3 SAM
Lovely try AB’s
After shunning all those kickable penalties, they can thank their stars the eventually got the try
@MB
NZ 33-23 Ireland
NZ 33-23 IRE , 69 min
@ superBul:
So, JWRT is the 2nd Div of the WC tournament?
@ Pietman:
yep teams like Namibia take part
Ireland tried hard but their gas is out, ABs run them ragged now
Wayne Rooney has refused to write off Englands chances of going through to the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Mainly because he can’t write………..
NZ 40-23 IRE , 73 min
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