The reigning world champions overwhelm the Iberians, some thrills for the British
Under 20 World Cup: results and scorers of France-Spain and England-Argentinaph. World Rugby
The Under 20 World Cup has officially kicked off with the first two matches. France-Spain and England-Argentina opened the youth competition in South Africa.
It was all easy for the reigning champions France who overwhelmed Spain 49-12 in the Pool A match at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town. A bit of a scare for England who won 40-21 against Argentina but suffered the South Americans in the first half hour of the match.
Under 20 World Cup: France-Spain 49-12
The transalpines scored three tries in the first half hour of the match with Axel Disperse-Rigou and a brace from Barnabe Massa. At the end of the first half, the French also scored their fourth, a penalty try that sent the teams to the break with a 28-0 lead.
In the second half, Spain closed the gap with hooker Diego Gonzalez Blanco, but the Galletti’s excessive power led to Fabien Brau-Boirie scoring a goal in the 61st minute and then Geoffrey Malaterre, who scored a brace in the 76th and 78th minute. At the end the Iberians scored for the second time with Julien Burguillos, sweetening the final score.
Worth mentioning is the perfect performance from the penalty spot by Hugo Reus, who scored 12 points.
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Under 20 World Cup: England-Argentina 40-21
In the match at the Athlone Sports Stadium in Cape Town, valid for Pool C, England beat Argentina of the same age not without difficulty. In the 80th minute the result was 40-21 for the British who, however, had started the match two tries down.
In 10 minutes, between the 20th and 30th, Genaro Podesta and Juan Penoucos scared the English with two goals that brought the Pumitas to a partial 14-0. In the final 5 minutes of the first half Jack Bracken (author of a splendid try) and Ben Redshaw straightened the result to 14 all at the interval.
The second half opened with a completely different script. Prop Billy Sela and third row Henry Pollock put the Rosa national team ahead 26-14, before the third South American try with Efrain Elias.
In the 66th and 68th minutes, winger Jack Bracken scored the final two tries with which England closed the match 40-21.
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The France-Spain scoreboard
France: 15 Axel Disperse-Rigou 14 Mathis Ferte 13 Fabien Brau-Boirie 12 Mathys Belaubre 11 Hoani Bosmorin 10 Hugo Reus (c) 9 Leo Carbonneau 8 Brent Liufau 7 Geoffrey Malaterre 6 Joe Quere Karaba 5 Charles Kante Samba 4 Anne Corso 3 Zitoni Barnade Aoube Mass 1 Earth Julien
Available: 16 Thomas Lacombre 17 Lorencio Boyer-Gallardo 18 Thomas Duchene 19 Sialevailea Tolofua 20 Alexis Caumel 21 Thomas Souverbie 22 Nathan Bollengier 23 Xan Mousques
Mete: Axel Disperse-Rigou (3′), Barnabe Massa (21′, 27′), Penalty try (41′), Fabien Brau-Boirie (61′), Geoffrey Malaterre (76′, 78′)
Transformations: Hugo Reus (4′, 22′, 28′, 61′, 77′, 79′)
Punishments:
Spain: 15 Luciano Richardis 14 Julien Burguillos 13 Hugo Pichardie 12 Alberto Carmona 11 Javier Guillermo 10 Gonzalo Otamendi 9 Nicolas Infer 8 Jokin Zolezzi 7 Pablo Guirao 6 Nicolas Moleti 5 Manex Ariceta Mestro (c) 4 Martin Serrano 3 Guido Reyes Rendon 2 Diego Gonzalez Blanco 1 Hugo Gonzalez
Available: 16 David Gallego 17 Alberto Gomez 18 Aniol Franch 19 Valentino Rizzo 20 Javeri Lopez De Haro 21 Unax Zuriarrain 22 Gabriel Rocaries 23 Adam Llinares
Goals: Diego Gonzalez Blanco (47′), Julien Burguillos (80′)
Transformations: Gonzalo Otamendi (48′)
Punishments:
The England-Argentina scoreboard
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 K’Poku 4 Joe Bailey 3 Billy Sela 2 Craig Wright 1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour
Available: 16 James Isaacs 17 Cameron Miell 18 Afolabi Fasogbon 19 Olamide Sodeke 20 Kane James 21 Lucas Friday 22 Benjamin Coen 23 Ioan Jones
Mete: Jack Bracken (35′, 66′, 68′), Ren Redshaw (39′), Billy Sela (45′), Henry Pollock (51′)
Transformations: Sean Kerr (36′, 40′, 52′, 67′, 69′)
Punishments:
Argentina: 15 Benjamin Elizalde 14 Timothy Silva 13 Tomas Bocco 12 Faustino Sanchez Valarolo 11 Franco Rossetto 10 Santino Di Lucca 9 Gennaro Podesta 8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi 7 Santos Fernandez de Oliveira 6 Juan Penoucos 5 Alvaro Garcia Iandolino 4 Efrain Elias (c) 3 Tomas Rapetti 2 Juan Manuel Vivas 1 Diego Correa
Available: 16 Juan Greising Revol 17 Joaquin Yakiche 18 Gael Galvan 19 Ignacio Torrado 20 Agustin Sarelli 21 Tomas Di Biase 22 Facundo Rodriguez 23 Gregorio Perez Pardo
Scores: Genaro Podesta (20′), Juan Penoucos (30′), Efrain Elias (55′)
Transformations: Santino Di Lucca (21′, 31′), Facundo Rodriguez (55′)
Punishments:
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