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Ahead of the inaugural U20 Rugby Championship between Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, the participating teams have all named their respective squads.
The competition’s format involves three rounds of action, during which all participating teams play against each other once.
All fixtures take place at Sunshine Coast Stadium in Australia.
The SANZAAR nations introduced the tournament off the back of the Northern Hemisphere’s dominance in the U20 World Championship, with the last time a southern team won in 2017 when the Baby Blacks claimed the title.
Below are all the squads and the fixtures.
Argentina
Argentina: Luciano Asevedo, Alejandro Barrios, Juan Pedro Bernasconi, Tomás Bocco, Felipe Bruno, Marcos Camerlinckx, Diego Correa, Tomás Di Biase, Santino Di Lucca, Efraín Elías, Benjamín Elizalde, Santos Fernández De Oliveira, Mateo Fossati, Gael Galván, Álvaro García Iandolino, Gonzalo Gargallo Bazán, Tomás Medina, Jaun Penoucos, Gregorio Pérez Pardo, Genaro Podestá, Tomás Rapetti, Estanislao Rodríguez, Facundo Rodríguez, Franco Rossetto, Juan Rossi, Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, Agustín Sarelli, Timoteo Silva, Valentín Soler Filloy, Juan Manuel Vivas, Antonio Wagener
Australia (preliminary squad)
Australia: Tevita Alatini, Drew Brndusic, Harvey Cordukes, Cullen Gray, Jack Harley, Lington Ieli, Jarrah McLeod, Toby Macpherson, Angus Staniforth, Shane Wilcox, Joey Fowler, Divad Palu, Judah Saumaisue, Ottavio Tuipulotu, Boston Fakafanua, Ronan Leahy, Douglas Philipson, Dane Sawers, Kauri Tipene-Grace, Ollie Barrett, Nick Bloomfield, Ben Daniels, Frankie Goldsbrough, Joe Liddy, Will McCulloch, Xavier Rubens, Jack Barrett, Ben Di Staso, Austin Durbridge, Bryn Edwards, Aden Ekanayake, Olli McCrea, Archie Saunders, Hwi Sharples, Nathaniel Tiitii
New Zealand
New Zealand: A-One Lolofie, Andrew Smith, Ben O’Donovan, Cameron Christie, Cooper Grant, Dylan Pledger, Frank Vaenuku, Giancarlo Tuivailala, Isaac Hutchinson, Jeremiah Avei-Collins, Jonathan Lee, Josh Whaanga, Joshua Smith, King Maxwell, Konradd Newland, Kurene Luamanuvae, Liam Jack, Malachi Wrampling-Alec, Manumaua Letiu, Matt Lowe, Mosese Bason, Rico Simpson, Sam Coles, Stanley Solomon, Toby Bell, Tom Allen, Tristyn Cook, Vernon Bason, William Martin, Xavi Taele
Non-Travelling Reserves: Logan Wallace, Nathaniel Pole, Riley Williams, Tai Cribb, Tofuka Paongo
South Africa
South Africa: Casper Badenhorst, Liyema Ntshanga, Mbasa Maqubela, Reno Hirst, Ruan Swart, Zachary Porthe, CJ Erasmus, Ethan Bester, Juan Smal, Adam de Waal, JF van Heerden, Thomas Dyer, Bathobele Hlekani, Divan Fuller, Keanu Coetsee, Sibabalwe Mahashe, Thabang Mphafi, Tiaan Jacobs, Asad Moos, Ezekiel Ngubane, Hassiem Pead, Thurlon Williams, Tylor Sefoor, Bruce Sherwood, Joshua Boulle, Jurenzo Julius, Litelihle Bester, Philip-Albert van Niekerk, JC Mars, Joel Leotlela, Michail Damon
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Rugby Championship U20 schedule (local time)
Thursday, 2 May
17:00: South Africa U20 vs New Zealand U20
19:00: Australia U20 vs Argentina U20
Tuesday, 7 May
17:00: New Zealand U20 vs Argentina U20
19:00: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20
Sunday, 12 May
17:00: South Africa U20 vs Argentina U20
19:00: Australia U20 vs New Zealand U20
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