Baby Boks falter, big trio triumph
4 Jun 2012
GARETH DUNCAN reports on the opening day of the Junior World Championship in Cape Town.
AUSTRALIA 62 (36) SCOTLAND 12 (5), BELLVILLE
It was a convincing showing from the Aussies, who thrived on attack against a fragile Scotland defence. The former exposed the latter thanks to their ability to offload in the tackle regularly and their effective set-piece play.
Australia ran in 11 tries in the 55-point drubbing, with flyhalf Hugh Roach and outside centre Chris Sautia grabbing a brace apiece.
Scotland managed consolation scores through wing Jamie Farndale and lock Andrew Redmayne.
Australia — Tries: Curtis Browning, James Dargaville, Nick Frisby, Jed Holloway, Silatolu Latu, Apo Latunipulu, Hugh Roach (2), Chris Sautia (2), Maile Ngauamo. Conversions: Kyle Godwin (4), UJ Seuteni (2)
Scotland — Tries: Jamie Farndale, Andrew Redmayne. Conversion: Harry Leonard.
Australia — 15 Nick Frisby, 14 James Dargaville, 13 Chris Sautia, 12 Apo Latunipulu, 11 Allan Faalavaau, 10 Kyle Godwin, 9 Matt Lucas, 8 Benn Melrose, 7 Liam Gill (c), 6 Curtis Browning, 5 Steven Cummins, 4 Jed Holloway, 3 Les Makin, 2 Hugh Roach, 1 Silatolu Latu.
Subs: 16 Maile Ngauamo, 17 Pettowa Paraka, 18 Sam Reiser, 19 Thomas Cusack, 20 Jock Merriman, 21 Con Foley. 22 UJ Seuteni, 23 Allan Alaalatoa.
Scotland — 15 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 14 Jamie Farndale, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Finn Russell, 11 Mike Crawley, 10 Harry Leonard (c), 9 Matt Torrance, 8 Andrew Nagle, 7 Will Bordill, 6 Jamie Swanson, 5 Andrew Redmayne, 4 Mitch Eadie, 3 Alex Allan, 2 Fergus Scott, 1 Robin Hislop.
Subs: 16 George Turner, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Gavin Robertson, 19 Adam Sinclair, 20 Alex Henderson, 21 Gary Graham, 22 Murray McConnell, 23 Tommy Allan.
WALES 44 (3), FIJI 18 (12), STELLENBOSCH
Wales delivered a strong second-half showing to record a 44-15 win over Fiji.
The Pacific Islanders led 12-5 at half-time as they physically dominated the European nation. The Kerevi brothers, wing Josua and inside centre Samu, crossed the chalk. Wales managed a penalty via flyhalf Sam Davies.
However, Wales played much better after the break as they ran in six unanswered tries in the final stanza to secure victory.
Wales — Tries: Cory Hill, Cory Allen, Darran Harris, Matthew Morgan, Daniel Thomas, Eli Walker. Conversions: Sam Davies, Morgan (3). Penalties: Davies (2).
Fiji — Tries: Josua Kerevi, Sam Kerevi. Conversion: Sakiusa Gavidi. Penalties: Tikilaci Vuibau (2).
Wales — 15 Ross Jones, 14 Eli Walker, 13 Jack Dixon, 12 Owen Williams, 11 Luke Morgan, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Jonathan Evans, 8 Dan Baker, 7 Daniel Thomas, 6 Luke Hamilton, 5 Matthew Screech, 4 Cory Hill (c), 3 Samson Lee, 2 Kirby Myhill, 1 Rob Evans.
Subs: 16 Darran Harris, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Will John, 19 Rhodri Hughes, 20 Ellis Jenkins, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Matthew Morgan, 23 Cory Allen.
Fiji — 15 Matayavusa Lea (c), 14 Josua Kerevi, 13 Sevanaia Galala, 12 Samu Kerevi, 11 Jimilai Rokoduru, 10 Michael Little, 9 Sakiusa Gavidi, Aca Simolo, 7 Ledua Ratumuri, 6 Joketani Raikabula, 5 Esikia Macu, 4 Temo Raibevu, 3 Alex Hodgman, 2 Jale Sassen, 1 Ratulame Lewanavanua.
16 Etuati Qadrodro, 17 Semi Keli, 18 Petero Tivitivi, 19 Sakeasi Kautoga, 20 Sitiveni Nawaqa, 21 Seru Cavuilati, 22 Timoci Seruwalu, 23 Tikilaci Vuibau.
ENGLAND 64 (24) ITALY 5 (5), BELLVILLE
U20 Six Nations champions England dominated European minnows Italy. They ran in nine tries via wing Josh Bassett, loosehead prop Luke Cowan-Dickie, scrumhalf Dan Robson, wing Marlande Yarde (2), reserve flyhalf Ryan Mills, replacement prop Kyle Sinckler, and centres Tom Heathecote and Sam Hill.
Italy grabbed a consolation try via wing Leonardo Sarto.
England – Tries: Josh Bassett, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Dan Robson, Marlande Yarde (2), Ryan Mills, Kyle Sinckler, Tom Heathecote, Sam Hill. Conversions: Henry Slade (4), Heathcote (4). Penalty: Slade.
Italy – Try: Leonardo Sarto.
England — 15 Charlie Walker, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Sam Hill, 12 Tom Heathcote, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Henry Slade, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Walker (c), 6 Dave Sisi, 5 Dom Barrow, 4 Sam Twomey, 3 Ross Harrison, 2 Nathan Morris, 1 Luke Cowan-Dickie.
Subs: 16 Max Crumpton, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 George Merrick, 20 Jack Clifford, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Ryan Mills, 23 Ben Ransom.
Italy — 15 Filippo Guarducci, 14 Alex Morsellino, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Andrea Bettin, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Edoardo Padovani, 9 Guido Calabrese, 8 Vittoria Marazzi, 7 Federico Conforti, 6 Ruben Riccioli, 5 Alfio Luca Mammana, 4 Matteo Ferro, 3 Leonardo Bortoletti, 2 Giovanni Maistri (c), 1 Sami Panico.
Subs: 16 Giovanni Scalvi, 17 Luca Scarsini, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Marco Bellucci, 20 Jacopo Salvetti, 21 Marcello Violi, 22 John Apperley, 23 Giulio Bisegni.
NEW ZEALAND 63 (36) SAMOA 0 (0), STELLENBOSCH
Four-time champions New Zealand kicked off their title-defending campaign in fine fashion. They scored 10 tries in a strong attacking display, while they also restricted their Oceania neighbours Samoa to a scoreless tally.
Wing Milford Keresoma was the star of the show as grabbed a hat-trick, while speedster Ambrose Curtis and fullback Martin McKenzie also completed a brace each.
New Zealand committed several errors as they delivered an expansive game plan, but when they got things right, they looked very good with ball in hand.
New Zealand — Tries: Ambrose Curtis (2), Milford Keresoma (3), Rhys Marshall, Martin McKenzie (2), Nick Ross, Nathan Harris. Conversions: Ihaia West (4), Scott Eade. Penalty: West.
Samoa — none.
New Zealand — 15 Martin McKenzie, 14 Ambrose Curtis, 13 Jason Emery, 12 Pita Ahki, 11 Milford Keresoma, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Bryn Hall (c), 8 Jordan Taufua, 7 Jake Heenan, 6 Jimmy Tupou, 5 Joe Latta, 4 Nick Ross, 3 Fraser Armstrong, 2 Rhys Marshall, 1 Tuki Raimona
Subs: 16 Nathan Harris, 17 Eric Sione, 18 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 19 Glenn Preston, 20 Hugh Blake, 21 Jono Kitto, 22 Scott Eade, 23 Marnus Hanley.
Samoa — 15 Fomai Ah Ki, 14 Fale Iosefa, 13 Toetu David, 12 Lomitusi Ulu, 11 Jason Tagiilina, 10 Potoae Sasagi, 9 Faatafa Maiava, 8 Elekana Laupola, 7 Elia Togitele, 6 Risati Faamatuainu, 5 Tumama Tu’ulua, 4 Tofatuimoana Solia, 3 Andrew Broomhall, 2 Ropeti Lafo (c), 1 Aniseto Sio.
Subs: 16 Raymond Salu, 17 Petelo Masei, 18 Alex Iosefa, 19 Airi Hunt, 20 Oneone Fa’afou, 21 Vavao Afemai, 22 Utu Poliko, 23 Peter Schuster.
FRANCE 15 ARGENTINA 18, BELLVILLE
Argentina produced the second big comeback win of the day.
After trailing 15-5 at the break, the Pumitas scored two tries via inside centre Juan Cappiello and Leandro Ramella, while flyhalf Sebastian Poet added two penalties and a conversion. This was enough for the three-point win.
France scored all their points through the boot of scrumhalf Eric Escande.
Argentina — Tries: Juan Cappiello, Leandro Ramella. Conversion: Sebastian Poet. Penalties: Poet (2).
France — Penalties: Eric Escande (5).
France — 15 Theo Platon, 14 Yohann Artru, 13 Jimmy Yobo, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Bastien Fuster, 10 Enzo Selponi, 9 Eric Escande, 8 Karl Chateau (c), 7 Kelian Galletier, 6 Alexandre Derrien, 5 Paul Jedrasiak, 4 Bastien Chalureau, 3 Pascal Cotet, 2 Raphael Carbou, 1 Sebastien Taofifenua.
Subs: 16 Jean Charles Fidinde, 17 Florian Fresia, 18 Jefferson Poirot, 19 Pierre Gayraud, 20 Jonathan Laugel, 21 Etienne Quiniou, 22 Clement Otazo, 23 Vincent Martin.
Argentina — 15 Satiago Cordero, 14 Felipe Nougues, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Juan Cappiello, 11 Ramiro Finco, 10 Sebastian Poet (c), 9 Felipe Ezcurra, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Pable Matera, 6 Gaspar Oberti, 5 Juan Cruz Guillemain, 4 Leandro Ramella, 3 Matias Diaz, 2 Santiago Iglesias, 1 Santiago Garcia Botta
Subs: 16 Matias Sambran, 17 German Lefort, 18 Mariano Sanchez, 19 Rodrigo Parada Heit, 20 Rodolfo Ambrosio, 21 Joaquin Paz, 22 Gonzalo Ruiz, 23 Lautaro Casado.
SOUTH AFRICA 19 (3) IRELAND 23 (13), STELLENBOSCH
Ireland delivered a devastating blow to the Baby Boks’ Junior World Championship title hopes with a big win at Danie Craven Stadium. And Dawie Theron’s men deserved to lose.
There was a lack of initiative and skill in the hosts’ performance, they were dominated at the set-pieces for most parts of the game, and they were errant on attack and the breakdown.
Conversely, Ireland had the upper hand at the collisions, which gained them the overall ascendancy. Flyhalf JJ Hanrahan was pivotal with the boot, and kicked 13 points to help clinch the win.
Ireland grabbed both their tries through Baby Bok errors – flank Jordan Coghlan crashed over after flyhalf Tony Jantjies’ clearance was charged down, and fellow loose forward Conor Gilsenan powered through after a similar mistake following a restart.
A Paul Willemse try and Jantjies’ boot gave their team some hope in the second stanza, but they failed to convert late try-scoring chances to avoid defeat.
South Africa — Try: Paul Willemse. Conversion: Tony Jantjies. Penalty: Jantjies (4).
Ireland — Try: Jordan Coghlan, Conor Gilsenan. Conversion: JJ Hanrahan (2). Penalty: Hanrahan. Drop Goal: Hanrahan.
South Africa — 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Paul Jordaan, 13 Pat Howard, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Tony Jantjies, 9 Abrie Griesel, 8 Fabian Booysen, 7 Wiaan Liebenberg (c), 6 Shaun Adendorff, 5 Pieter Steph du Toit, 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Allan Dell, 2 Mark Pretorius, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Jason Thomas, 17 Oliver Kebble, 18 Ruan Botha, 19 Braam Steyn, 20 Vian van der Watt, 21 Handrè Pollard, 22 Tshotsho Mbovane, 23 Maks van Dyk.
Ireland — 15 Peter Nelson, 14 Barry Daly, 13 Foster Horan, 12 Chris Farrell, 11 Sam Coghlan-Murray, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Conor Gilsenan, 6 Jordan Coghlan, 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Nial Scannell (c), 1 Des Merry.
Subs: 16 James Rael, 17 Peter Reilly, 18 Jake Cawley, 19 Alan O’Connor, 20 Aaron Conneely, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Jack Carty, 23 Mikey Sherlock.
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4 Jun 2012, 14:06 pm
go baby bokke
you are good enough….
4 Jun 2012, 14:06 pm
Junior Dragons,
Should be a great show.
You Saffas enjoy.
4 Jun 2012, 14:08 pm
We’ll call that a draw Brigadier.
4 Jun 2012, 14:27 pm
@cane(cane)-3: Cane any noteworthy players in the Baby Blacks side? (I presume there are but names are not familiar)
4 Jun 2012, 15:06 pm
Who in Sam Hill is the 13 for England?
4 Jun 2012, 15:58 pm
Go KleinBokke…!!
Time to end the KiwiChicks domination of this comp…!!
4 Jun 2012, 16:00 pm
Looking forward to seeing Oliver Kebble on the park and what he can do…
Has got great press recently… let’s hope he lives up to it!!
4 Jun 2012, 16:18 pm
Chris Suatia-Wallaby 13 looks a very very good prospect…Big,strong,powerful and has very good skills, 18 yrs old.
Lions couldnt handle him in superrugby,scored on his first touch
4 Jun 2012, 17:08 pm
The aussies almost have as many pacific island names as the kiwis now…who almost have as many as samoa.
Of course you can never be sure when names like Schuster, Schwalger and Speight are all good pacific names
4 Jun 2012, 17:11 pm
What a silky skills there by Baby Blacks on try No4.
And even Brosnihan’s (that should be him on supersports) voice does not sound rasping for a change.
4 Jun 2012, 17:13 pm
@gonzo(gonzo)-9: Lol, Schuster is all good German name.
4 Jun 2012, 19:16 pm
these baby boks are seeing flames!
I wonder what dawie will blame now because quotas are not an excuse…
4 Jun 2012, 19:25 pm
Wow the baby boks are clueless – terrible !! Aussie, Nzl and England, even Ireland are in a different class to the bumbling baby boks
4 Jun 2012, 19:26 pm
@Nils(Nils)-10:
For a moment there, I thought you said silky skills by the Baby Boks, and wondered whether we were watching the same game;-) Ireland is way better than the Bokkies thus far.
4 Jun 2012, 19:27 pm
Irish threaten to put a killer blow on overall attendance figures.
4 Jun 2012, 19:28 pm
Take off the #9
4 Jun 2012, 19:29 pm
Our 9 is very very k@k
4 Jun 2012, 19:30 pm
@Thucydides(Thucydides)-14: Hehe, Baby Boks and try No4 in the same sentence?
On a serious note, Baby Boks will be mighty relieved for just a win there. Sofar, it looks a coach will have to invent a motivation speech which can be burned into CDs and sold worldwide.
4 Jun 2012, 19:33 pm
Tony Jantjies needs to do something as well. That Griesel and Jantjies….they are one cr@p combo.
4 Jun 2012, 19:36 pm
@Nils(Nils)-18:
Ja, your reference to “try no4″ was what convinced me I must have read the sentence wrong;-)
Maybe they can turn it around, still, against the Oirish. But even with a motivation speech written by Cicero himself, I can’t quite see how these Baby Boks will be able to beat the Baby Blacks.
4 Jun 2012, 19:42 pm
Man that 9 is poor…
4 Jun 2012, 19:43 pm
Very dissapointing! I have been waiting for this game, and was hoping to be dazzled by our young talent. I must say they don’t look very inspiring at all. No clever footwork, no good passing. Just rubbish kicking and bashing it up. The future of our rugby looks very bleak from this display… I would say we will be lucky to come 5th in this competition this year from the game so far!
4 Jun 2012, 19:45 pm
What the hell is Dawie thinking, he’s doing subs but keeps the guy that is costing us on the field.
4 Jun 2012, 19:47 pm
Really disappointing! Ireland look way better in terms of skill and physicality…
Junior rugby not as good as I thought
4 Jun 2012, 19:48 pm
@Thucydides(Thucydides)-20: There’s plenty of time and why not, as soon as Boks score a try, half of the work will be done.
As for Blacks, let’s worry about them when Boks are about to meet them. While for me they are clear favourites to win again with a clean sheet, I would not take any upcoming game as granted. Blacks themselves have to reach the semis yet.
4 Jun 2012, 19:50 pm
@JA-JA(JA-JA)-23:
The scrumhalf is very weak! Where does he come from?
4 Jun 2012, 19:51 pm
Baby Boks score at last.
4 Jun 2012, 19:56 pm
little leprechauns bullying the bigger physical specimens.Its not how big u are but how smart,strong and determined u can be.
4 Jun 2012, 19:58 pm
jantjies looks like that fish in a sharks tale
4 Jun 2012, 20:00 pm
how can this Theron pick Jantjies baby boetie and this Griesel dude at scrum half.. don’t these coaches know entire game plan rests with the half backs once forwards done their job?
4 Jun 2012, 20:04 pm
jantjies equals the score after the duvenhage clone is taken off
4 Jun 2012, 20:06 pm
should have given it to jantjies.scrumhalves must stop with this kak duvenhage box kicks
4 Jun 2012, 20:07 pm
I hate this stupid long pod at the back of the ruck that SA teams do? The kick still gets charged down and Ireland score. The IRB sld ban this pod it is so pathetic
4 Jun 2012, 20:07 pm
this boxkick kak is tye bane of our rugby existence! all our scrummys want to do it & they are sh.it at it.
4 Jun 2012, 20:08 pm
stronger midgets better than weak giants
4 Jun 2012, 20:09 pm
midget rips ball away from weakling 200kg prop
4 Jun 2012, 20:10 pm
@&#^ing #*@&ing idiots, our boys are piss poor. They must feel proud playing for their country.
4 Jun 2012, 20:11 pm
I thought these laaities go to the best schools in SA.Dont they learn anything there or is this the kak that they are taught.
there parents should save their money and send them to public schools
4 Jun 2012, 20:13 pm
jantjies into the corner. a florida park special
4 Jun 2012, 20:14 pm
How do u lose a lineout to leprechauns
4 Jun 2012, 20:17 pm
As ons hier kom moet ons daar hardloopi al staan tien mense voor my mentality.
You can actually coach a player until his retarded its been proven again tonight
4 Jun 2012, 20:20 pm
F#ck SA players are dumb f#ks, bash it up and always pick and drive until they lose the ball. Btw – this so-called super star Jordaan from the sharks is having a nightmare game
4 Jun 2012, 20:24 pm
Eish, Paul Jordaan is super-k@k.
4 Jun 2012, 20:24 pm
Dawie Theron is a pathetic coach and as dumb as 2 planks and a half brick ! Fire the quota ******** coach. I’d rather hv PDV coach the baby boks !
4 Jun 2012, 20:25 pm
Why the hell did that hooker stay on for that long??
4 Jun 2012, 20:25 pm
Huge upset, congrats, Irish, they were tenacious bast*rds, while Boks – diabolical, sorry for their loyal fans.
Who would have thought, high hopes and campaign basically over after 80 mins.
4 Jun 2012, 20:26 pm
No heart and as always our agegroup teams look poorly coached. Locks not knowing their own linout calls???
Theron kak yet again.
4 Jun 2012, 20:26 pm
Shaun Adendorff and maybe Jan Serfontein to a lesser extent the only ones who can hold their heads high.
Pathetic.
4 Jun 2012, 20:27 pm
At least i learnt something tonight if you get quick ruck ball you move in the same direction, thats the rule even if the opposition knows it too
4 Jun 2012, 20:27 pm
And some on this site wanted Venter to head the Boks. Our backs had no idea.
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