: Junior World Cup Pool Result:
Scotland U20 5-61 South Africa

After putting the first points on the board, through a breakaway try by winger Jamie Farndale (top try scorer at JWC 2012), the Scots couldn't match the pace and physicality of their South African counterparts. Despite being just 14-5 down at the break, the Scots were overpowered in the second half, going down 61-5 at full time.



Their opening game in this Junior World Championship was always going to be tough, against the physical third seeds and 2012 champions.

An offload game in the opening period, it was the Scots who dictated play when Farndale touched down after 9m, the break coming from Scotland's 25m. The conversion attempt from Chalmers was just short but it was the first and last time that Scotland would bother the scoreboard, as the Junior Boks got into their stride.

Answering back with a converted try after 17m and another on 29m, while missing a penalty in between, South Africa went into the break 14-5 up over Scotland. However they turned up the gas and peppered the second half with a try, on average, every 5 minutes, to make it 61-5 by full time and gain a bonus point.

Head coach Sean Lineen said: "We are on a steep learning curve but at 14-5 at half time we had worked really hard and played some very good rugy against a quality side, and were well into the game going into the second half.

"Our set piece competed for large periods against a big set of forwards but our decision making and first-up tackling was way below the standard that's needed at this level. We fell off far too many tackles in the second half and were duly punished."

The Scots now regroup for their second pool game, against Samoa, at 3.35pm local (4.35am UK) on Friday 6 June.

Scotland under-20 team v South Africa-20, Monday 2 June at QBE Stadium, Auckland (kick-off 3.35pm local, 4.35am UK)
15 Ruairidh Young (Edinburgh Accies)

14 Damien Hoyland (Melrose) *

13 Chris Dean (Edinburgh Accies/Scotland 7s)

12 Neil Herron (Glasgow Hawks/Scotland 7s)

11 Jamie Farndale (Edinburgh Accies/Edinburgh Rugby)**
10 Ben Chalmers (Melrose)

9 Alex Glashan (Edinburgh Accies/Scotland 7s)

1 Jack Cosgrove (Worcester Warriors)

2 Sam James (London Wasps)

3 D'arcy Rae (Ayr/Glasgow Warriors) **

4 Andrew Cramond (Aberdeen Grammar)
5 Lewis Carmichael (Melrose) *
6 Neil Irvine-Hess (Watsonians/Edinburgh Rugby) **

7 Tommy Spinks (c) (London Scottish)

8 Magnus Bradbury (Boroughmuir/Edinburgh Rugby) **

Substitutes
16 James Malcolm (Ayr) * (on for James, 45m)

17 Phil Cringle (Edinburgh Accies/Edinburgh Rugby) ** (on for Cosgrove, 57m)
18 Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Hawks) (on for Rae, 50m)

19 Glen Young (Newcastle Falcons) (on for Cramond, 57m)

20 Gabriel Carroll (Loughborough University)

21 Ben Vellacott (Hartpury/Gloucester) (on for Glashan, 59m)

22 Rory Hutchinson (Northampton Saints) (on for Chalmers, 52m)

23 Sam Pequeur (Edinburgh Accies) (on for Farndale 36m)

This article was originally posted on 2-Jun-2014, 06:24 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 2-Jun-2014, 10:08.