Under 20 WC - SA team against Georgia tomorrow

15  Gianni Lombard, 14  Tyrone Green, 13  Wandisile Simelane, 12  Rikus Pretorius, 11  Sihle Njezula, 10   Damian Willemse, 9  Zak Burger,  8  Muller Uys, 7  PJ Steenkamp, 6  Dian Schoonees, 5  Ruan Nortje, 4  Salmaan Moerat (c), 3  Sazi Sandi, 2  Daniel Jooste, 1  Nathan McBeth

Replacements  : 16 Schalk Erasmus, 17  Alulutho Tshakweni, 18  Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19  Ben-Jason Dixon,  20  Ruan Vermaak, 21  Rewan Kruger, 22  Lubabalo Dobela, 23  Lyle Hendricks

What happened to Muller du Plessis - the youngster who played Sevens in Hong Kong and was excellent?   He is in the squad - but may be kept back to face stronger opposition later in the tournament. 

Do you know what time it starts Mike?

18h30 first 3 games then around 21h00 other 3.Also seems a bit of rain around.,

Cheers Moonrover!

SA vs GEA

12-10 after 30m

Pretorius the 12 is responsible for both Georgian tries now.

Alot of helter skelter rugby with not much go forward.

Willemse looking pretty ordinary so far.

Freak try or is it checking offside

Freak try or is it checking offside

Held up now. Scrum SA.

Much more direct now and looking better for it.

Snipe try after a few phases of rumble from the scrum

Willemse trying too hard. 14 doing well although he might have been ahead of the kicker prior to his charg e down try.

Wow, too close! The scrummie should be quartered for taking a quick tap right in front of the opposition posts, with SA leading by only 5 and les than 5min to go. Brainfart of the year! We turned over possession in a few passes!!!

They play great rugby in Georgia...I've been tracking them for 5 years now...even Sean Fitzpatrick believes in their potential...very passionate players with heart ...I said this quite some time ago...watch this coming world cup...they could easily get through their pool .... they have challenged Ireland in 2007 at Bordeaux  and Wales recently...Seb is not such a fool

Ja, I know you've been punting them...and tonight was a close shave..much too close.

Lol Draad, that scrummie......

He the plays on 2 phases after the time is up. FML.

Lol Draad, that scrummie......

He the plays on 2 phases after the time is up. FML.

Yes Mike, what happened to this "very strong" Bok U20 team?

Georgia by 6 measly points??

... Can';t really comment on the Baby Boks vs Georgia but NZ was pretty average against Japan with 20 handling errors...only won by 67 points in the rain... we won't win the cup playing like that...

...good try from the kick off by NZ centre Bailyn Sullivan worth watching again...

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12061820

Brycy, Bailyn Sullivan plays for my local club team Hamilton Marist. A promising player, but unlike Mike, I won't call him "world class" just yet......

...moolaa good signs for the Chiefs with players like Sullivan coming through...

What i've been wondering about the SA team is how there are so many reps coming from just two provinces ...whereas with NZ at least ten different provinces were represented today...so no evidence there of favouritism for any province in particular which is good..

Now let me deal with the match.   The Juniors have one or two weaknesses and the team played a wrong brand of rugby seriously hampered by white line fever.  There were pleny og haling errors. = too many for comfort but their ae also signs that the backline is very dangerous..

There are some players that need to have their poor discipline dealt with.   Destorying two certain tries through ill-discipline cannot be acceptable.

There is however no  certainty about the real strength of the Georgian team.   In the play-oss last year they beat Argentina last year - so they cannot be that bad.      .     

The NZ team has very weak  opposition in the round-robin stage of the tournament - so they should win all their matches with ease.

The team of Australia losing against Wales - must be really a serious worrying factor for the Aussies.  In the preparatory games for the WC, SA beat Wales by 43-0.   They are he second weakest Under 20 team in the 6-Nations competition this year  

Sa next game on Sunday is against Ireland - so we wil see what happens in that match.

The NZ team has very weak  opposition in the round-robin stage of the tournament - so they should win all their matches with ease.

The team of Australia losing against Wales - must be really a serious worrying factor for the Aussies.  In the preparatory games for the WC, SA beat Wales by 43-0.   They are he second weakest Under 20 team in the 6-Nations competition this year  

Sa next game on Sunday is against Ireland - so we wil see what happens in that match.

The NZ team has very weak  opposition in the round-robin stage of the tournament - so they should win all their matches with ease.

The team of Australia losing against Wales - must be really a serious worrying factor for the Aussies.  In the preparatory games for the WC, SA beat Wales by 43-0.   They are he second weakest Under 20 team in the 6-Nations competition this year  

Sa next game on Sunday is against Ireland - so we wil see what happens in that match.

Mozart

You obviously did not watch the game and know make lunatic remarks.  You are an  embarrassment to this forum.    

Mozart

You obviously did not watch the game and know make lunatic remarks.  You are an  embarrassment to this forum.    

Those remarks of mine was made after the SA team beat all of Scotlad, Wales and England by big margins in games before the WC stooge.   What is embarrassing is that you have stooge comments after a game you have not seen at all.   

What an idiot this guy Mozart is.

Moz, good teams have poor matches too. There were some positives for the Bokkies. Let's see what happens against the Irish.

There is a lot of talent in the Bokkies...Tyrone Green is a find...this right winger probably saved the wee Bokkies from embarrassment...his charge down and ball recovery led a try which he scored ...that converted try made the difference beween winning or losing.

Georgia actually is a fast improving side and we'll see how they will go with other sides.

The lesson is that you never underestimate your opposition.