{"id":9226,"date":"2020-01-14T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/junior-springboks-draw-announced-for-u20-championship\/"},"modified":"2020-01-14T15:00:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:00:53","slug":"junior-springboks-draw-announced-for-u20-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=9226","title":{"rendered":"Junior Springboks\u2019 draw announced for u20 Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuniorSpringboks\"The Junior Springboks will face England, Fiji, and hosts, Italy, in Pool C of the 2020 World Rugby U20 Championship, which will be hosted across four Italian cities \u2013 Verona, Viadana, Calvisano, and Parma \u2013 from Sunday, 28 June, to Saturday, 18 July.<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux\u2019s charges will have the honour of kicking off the international showpiece against Italy at Verona\u2019s brand new Payanini Center on Sunday, 28 June, and they will remain in the city for their second pool match against Fiji on Friday, 3 July, before wrapping up the league stages against England at Stadio Sergio Zaffanella in Viadana.<\/span><\/p>\n

The semi-finals \u2013 which will feature the three pool winners and the next best-placed team among the 12 participants \u2013 will be hosted at the Peroni Stadium in Calvisano on Monday, 13 July, while the Final will play out in Parma on Saturday, 18 July.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Verona will host matches for the first time, Viadana, Parma, and Calvisano hosted World Rugby U20 Championship action in 2015. This year\u2019s event will be the third time the competition is hosted in Italy, as they also hosted the spectacle featuring the best U20 players on the planet in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defending champions, France, will line up against Argentina, Ireland and Japan in Pool A, while 2019 runners up, Australia, will meet Wales, New Zealand and Georgia in Pool B.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Junior Springboks won the bronze medal in the last three World Rugby U20 Championship tournaments \u2013 the last of which was hosted in Argentina.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roux spoke highly of their opposition and said: \u201cWe are preparing for another challenging World Rugby U20 Championship, and it will be that way from the outset, as the home crowd will be fully behind their team in the opening game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cItaly and England are both U20 Six Nations regulars, while the Fijians are a physical bunch that always play with passion and grit.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the small margins in this competition it will be important to win every game to advance to the semi-final, so we know what we are in for and we will prepare accordingly,\u201d Roux added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Commenting on the tournament and Italy as the hosts, World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont said: \u201cEvery year the World Rugby U20 Championship showcases the most promising young rugby players and we see year after year graduates from the competition succeeding at the highest level.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRugby World Cup 2019 in Japan featured 228 players who initially represented their country in this tournament, and I invite all rugby fans to follow matches closely for the next rugby stars of tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cItaly has proved incredible hosts in the past and we are confident rugby strongholds like Viadana, Calvisano, Verona, and Parma will deliver the best possible stage for the tournament.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Issued by SA Rugby Communications<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Junior Springboks will face England, Fiji, and hosts, Italy, in Pool C of the 2020 World Rugby U20 Championship, which will be hosted across four Italian cities \u2013 Verona, Viadana, Calvisano, and Parma \u2013 from Sunday, 28 June, to Saturday, 18 July. Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux\u2019s charges will have the honour of kicking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9226","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\/9226","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=9226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}