Rd 2 U20s World Cup - Aust v Scotland Friday, 4 July @ Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana, 11.30pm AEST

[Rudderless]

Results from Rd 1

Pool A

England v Scotland 56-19
SA v Aust 73-17

Pool B

France v Spain 49-11
Argentina v Wales 34-27

Pool C

Ireland v Georgia 35-28
NZ v Italy 14-5

 

[Rudderless]

Six U20 Men team changes for Australia test - Scottish Rugby

Exeter Chiefs player Jed Findlay comes in at full-back, and will make his Scotland U20 debut. Freddy Douglas recovers from injury to come in at openside flanker, and will co-captain the side with Johnny Ventisei. Cameron van Wyk comes in on the right wing, and in doing so will earn a first...

scottishrugby.org

 

[hituplover]

Jack Hocking, 2 years of IGS first XV. Aussie born and bred

 

[Rudderless]

Australia U20 has suffered two injury setbacks with prop Nick Hill and centre Boston Fakafanua sidelined for the remainder of the tournament.

Jonah Rangiwai from the Queensland Reds has been flown in to replace Hill, while the replacement for Fakafanua will be confirmed in the coming days.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Martens should provide better service to the backs than Sharples did last game. Yet to be convinced Dillon is the answer at 10; bit of a slow tugboat and his kicks in general play have a low trajectory and are often charged down. Enasio should add some starch and go forward in the midfield but we'll still likely be hamstrung by our 13 and 15 being undersized.

Not sure if Tom Robinson was up to scratch last game too. Seemed to miss a few too many tackles especially for a No 7.