{"id":8737,"date":"2019-04-27T05:59:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T05:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/roux-england-defeat-a-tough-lesson\/"},"modified":"2019-04-27T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T05:59:35","slug":"roux-england-defeat-a-tough-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8737","title":{"rendered":"Roux: England defeat a tough lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NewsGPepsiButhelezi\"Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux described his team\u2019s 35-8 defeat against England at the Butts Park Arena in Coventry on Friday as a tough lesson as they continued their preparations for the World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina in June.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Junior Springboks scored a try and a penalty goal in the match, while a late charge by England – in which they scored three tries in the dying minutes – saw them score five tries after holding a slender 14-8 lead at the break.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely was a tough and physical game,\u201d said Roux. \u201cWe were totally outplayed; they were the better side on the day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe will have played five matches such as this before the World Rugby U20 Championship. This was a tough lesson, but that is what the competition is about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Junior Springboks will face Wales in their last international friendly before the Argentina spectacle, which will be hosted at the Vale Resort outside Cardiff on Tuesday, 30 April, and Roux said it would be another challenging test.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWales is going to be a tough game as well,\u201d said the coach. \u201cThey beat England in the U20 Six Nations so we will need to be ready for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a physical encounter from the outset with England striking first in the opening minutes of the first half through Josh Hodge, who received the ball in space, and he slotted over the conversion to push them into a 7-0 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior Springbok prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye added the visitors\u2019 first try almost 20 minutes later as he forced his way over the chalk after some solid forward play, and the team followed this up with a penalty goal by scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse, which nudged them one point ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

The SAU20\u2019s lost winger Marnus Potgieter to a yellow card soon after, and the hosts took advantage of this with Olly Adkins adding their second try minutes before halftime to go 14-8 ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

The teams continued to run hard at one another in the third quarter \u2013 in which England was reduced to 14 men as Jon Kpoku was sent to the sin-bin – and they both created try-scoring chances but were denied by tenacious defence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hosts, however, managed to break through late in the match and finished strongly with Connor Doherty, Joel Kpoku and Izaiha Moore-Aiono scoring in quick succession to secure the 35-8 victory. <\/span><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Gerry O’Sullivan.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Scorers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

England 35 (14) \u2013<\/strong> Tries: Josh Hodge, Olly Adkins, Connor Doherty, Joel Kpoku, Izaiha Moore-Aiono. Conversions: Josh Hodge (5). <\/span>Junior Springboks 8 (8) \u2013<\/strong> Try: Asenathi Ntlabakanye. Penalty Goal: Jaden Hendrikse.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux described his team\u2019s 35-8 defeat against England at the Butts Park Arena in Coventry on Friday as a tough lesson as they continued their preparations for the World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina in June. The Junior Springboks scored a try and a penalty goal in the match, while a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}