All the World Rugby U20 Championship teams as son of former Springbok debuts on day one
Captains from the participating teams of the World Rugby U20 Championship 2024 gather at the top of Cap Town Stadium in South Africa © World Rugby
All the line-ups for the opening day of the World Rugby U20 Championship have been named, with the action taking place in Cape Town, South Africa.
DHL Stadium, the home of the Stormers, will host three matches on day one, as will Athlone Sports Stadium.
France and Spain open Pool A’s account at DHL Stadium in the first game of the tournament with England and Argentina facing off at the same time at Athlone Sports Stadium in Pool C.
The second batch of encounters see Ireland face Italy and Australia clash with Georgia.
Hosts South Africa collide with Fiji, where Liam Koen – the son of former Springbok fly-half and current Bok Women’s head coach Louis Koen – makes his debut as one of three uncapped players for the hosts. At the same time, Wales and New Zealand face off.
See all the line-ups, kick-off times and TV listings below.
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Pools
Pool A: France, New Zealand, Spain, Wales
Pool B: Australia, Georgia, Ireland, Italy
Pool C: Argentina, England, Fiji, South Africa
France v Spain
France: 15 Axel Desperes, 14 Mathis Ferté, 13 Fabien Brau-Boirie, 12 Mathys Belaubre, 11 Hoani Bosmorin, 10 Hugo Reus (c), 9 Léo Carbonneau, 8 Geoffrey Malaterre, 7 Brent Liufau, 6 Joé Quere Karaba, 5 Charles Kante-Samba, 4 Antonin Corso, 3 Zinedine Aouad, 2 Barnabé Massa, 1 Lino Julien
Replacements: 16 Thomas Lacombre, 17 Lorencio Boyer-Gallardo, 18 Thomas Duchêne, 19 Sialevailea Tolofua, 20 Alexis Caumel, 21 Thomas Souverbie, 22 Nathan Bollengier, 23 Xan Mousques
Spain: 15 Lucien Richardis, 14 Julien Burguillos, 13 Hugo Pichardie, 12 Alberto Carmona, 11 Javier Guillermo, 10 10 Gonzalo Otamendi, 9 Nicolas Infer, 8 Jokin Zolezzi, 7 Pablo Guirao, 6 Nicolás Moleti, 5 Manex Ariceta (c), 3 Martín Serrano, 2 Guido Reyes, 1 Hugo González
Replacements: 16 David Gallego, 17 Alberto Gómez 18 Aniol Franch, 19 Adam Llinares 20 Valentino Rizzo 21 Javi López De Haro, 22 Unax Zuriarrain, 23 Gabriel Rocaries
Date: Saturday, 29 June
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 BST)
Broadcast: SuperSport), L’Équipe TV, Sky NZ, FBC, RugbyPass TV
England v Argentina
England: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Jack Bracken, 13 Oli Spencer, 12 Sean Kerr, 11 Alex Wills, 10 Josh Bellamy, 9 Ollie Allan, 8 Nathan Michelow, 7 Henry Pollock, 6 Finn Carnduff (c), 5 Junior Kpoku, 4 Joe Bailey, 3 Billy Sela, 2 Craig Wright, 1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour
Replacements: 16 James Isaacs, 17 Cameron Miell, 18 Afolabi Fasogbon, 19 Olamide Sodeke, 20 Kane James, 21 Lucas Friday, 22 Benjamin Coen, 23 Ioan Jones
Argentina: 15 Benjamín Elizalde, 14 Timoteo Silva, 13 Tomás Bocco, 12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 11 Franco Rossetto, 10 Santino Di Lucca, 9 Genaro Podestá, 8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 7 Santos Fernández De Oliveira, 6 Juan Penoucos, 5 Álvaro García Iandolino, 4 Efraín Elías, 3 Tomás Rapetti, 2 Juan Manuel Vivas, 1 Diego Correa
Replacements: 16 Juan Greising Revol, 17 Joaquín Yakiche, 18 Gael Galván, 19 Ignacio Torrado, 20 Agustín Sarelli, 21 Tomás Di Biase, 22 Facundo Rodríguez, 23 Gregorio Pérez Pardo
Date: Saturday, 29 June
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 BST)
Broadcast: SuperSport), L’Équipe TV, Sky NZ, FBC, RugbyPass TV
Ireland v Italy
Ireland: 15 Ben O’Connor, 14 Davy Colbert, 13 Finn Treacy, 12 Sam Berman, 11 Hugo McLaughlin, 10 Jack Murphy, 9 Oliver Coffey, 8 Luke Murphy, 7 Max Flynn, 6 Sean Edogbo, 5 Evan O’Connell (c), 4 Alan Spicer, 3 Patreece Bell, 2 Danny Sheahan, 1 Jacob Boyd
Replacements: 16 Stephen Smyth, 17 Emmet Calvey, 18 Andrew Sparrow, 19 James McKillop, 20 Bryn Ward, 21 Jake O’Riordan, 22 Sean Naughton, 23 Hugh Gavin
Italy: 15 Mirko Belloni, 14 Marco Scalabrin, 13 Federico Zanandrea, 12 Nicola Bozzo, 11 Lorenzo Elettri, 10 Martino Pucciariello, 9 Mattia Jimenez, 8 Jacopo Botturi (c), 7 Luca Bellucci, 6 Cesare Zucconi, 5 Giacomo Milano, 4 Mattia Midena, 3 Davide Ascari, 2 Nicholas Gasperini, 1 Sergio Pelliccioli
Replacements: 16 Valerio Siciliano, 17 Francesco Gentile, 18 Federico Pisani, 19 Tommaso Redondi, 20 Nelson Casartelli,
21 Lorenzo Casilio, 22 Simone Brisighella, 23 Patrick De Villiers
Date: Saturday, 29 June
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 16:30 local (15:30 BST)
Broadcast: SuperSport), L’Équipe TV, Sky NZ, FBC, RugbyPass TV
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Australia v Georgia
Australia: 15 Shane Wilcox, 14 Ronan Leahy, 13 Kadin Pritchard, 12 Jarrah McLeod, 11 Archie Saunders, 10 Harry McLaughlin-Phillips, 9 Dan Nelson, 8 Jack Harley, 7 Dane Sawers, 6 Aden Ekanayake, 5 Harvey Cordukes, 4 Toby Macpherson (c), 3 Nick Bloomfield, 2 Bryn Edwards, 1 Jack Barrett
Replacements: 16 Ottavio Tuipulotu, 17 Lington Ieli, 18 Tevita Alatini, 19 Eamon Doyle, 20 Ben Di Staso, 21 Hwi Sharples, 22 Joe Dillon, 23. Angus Staniforth
Georgia: 15 Otar Metreveli, 14 Luka Khorbaladze, 13 Luka Kobauri, 12 Giorgi Khaindrava, 11 Tariel Burtikashvili, 10 Luka Tsirekidze, 9 Giorgi Spanderashvili, 8 Nika Lomidze (c), 7 Andro Dvali, 6 Luka Suluashvili, 5 Murtaz Tskhadadze, 4 Davit Lagvilava, 3 Davit Mchedlidze, 2 Tamaz Tchamiashvili, 1 Luka Ungiadze
Replacements: 16 Mikheil Khakhubia, 17 Luka Kotorashvili, 18 Davit Mchedlishvili, 19 Temur Tsulukidze, 20 Tornike Ghaniashvili, 21 Mikheil Kachlavashvili, 22 Luka Takaishvili, 23 Nugzar Kevkhishvili
Date: Saturday, 29 June
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 16:30 local (15:30 BST)
Broadcast: SuperSport), L’Équipe TV, Sky NZ, FBC, RugbyPass TV
South Africa v Fiji
South Africa: 15 Michail Damon, 14 Joel Leotlela, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Joshua Boulle, 11 Litelihle Bester, 10 Liam Koen, 9 Asad Moos, 8 Tiaan Jacobs, 7 Thabang Mphafi, 6 Sibabalwe Mahashe, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Bathobele Hlekani, 3 Zachary Porthen (c), 2 Luca Bakkes, 1 Ruan Swart
Replacements: 16 Juan Smal, 17 Liyema Ntshanga, 18 Casper Badenhorst, 19 Keanu Coetsee, 20 Divan Fuller, 21 Ezekiel Ngobeni, 22 Tylor Sefoor, 23 Likhona Finca
Fiji: Tba
Date: Saturday, 29 June
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 19:00 local (18:00 BST)
Broadcast: SuperSport), L’Équipe TV, Sky NZ, FBC, RugbyPass TV
Wales v New Zealand
Wales: 15 Huw Anderson, 14 Harry Rees-Weldon, 13 Louie Hennessey, 12 Macs Page, 11 Aidan Boshoff, 10 Harri Wilde, 9 Ieuan Davies, 8 Morgan Morse, 7 Lucas de la Rua, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Osian Thomas, 4 Jonny Green, 3 Sam Scott, 2 Isaac Young, 1 Josh Morse
Replacements: 16 Harry Thomas, 17 Jordan Morris, 18 Kian Hire, 19 Nick Thomas, 20 Harry Beddall, 21 Lucca Setaro, 22 Harri Ford, 23 Steffan Emanuel
New Zealand: 15 Sam Coles, 14 Frank Vaenuku, 13 Aki Tuivailala, 12 Xavi Taele, 11 Stanley Solomon, 10 Rico Simpson, 9 Dylan Pledger, 8 Johnny Lee, 7 Matt Lowe, 6 Tai Cribb, 5 Liam Jack, Tom Allen, 3 Josh Smith, 2 Vernon Bason, 1 Will Martin
Replacements: 16 A-One Lolofie, 17 Sika Pole, 18 Logan Wallace, 19 Cameron Christie, 20 Jeremiah Avei-Collins, 21 Copper Grant, 22 Cooper Grant, 23 Xavier Tito-Harris
Date: Saturday, 29 June
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 19:00 local (18:00 BST)
Broadcast: SuperSport), L’Équipe TV, Sky NZ, FBC, RugbyPass TV