Scotland under-20 suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of a South African master-class in their second Pool C IRB Junior World Championship match in Argentina this afternoon.
Accuracy at the contact area and poor defending against swift counter-attacks following turnover were again key to Scotland’s loss as they conceded eleven tries in the match.
FULL TIME: 73-0
The result means that Scotland’s final pool C match against Tonga on Sunday (13 June) will decide which of the teams finishes third and progresses to the crucial knockout phase of the competition.
Scotland under-20 team
Oliver Grove; Michael Tait, Callum MacBurnie, James Johnstone, Dougie Fife; Matthew Scott, Alex Black; Anthony Kent, Alun Walker, Colin Philips, David Denton, Grant Gilchrist, Callum Stidston-Nott, Michael Fedo, Stuart McInally CAPTAIN
Substitutes
Nicky Little (on for Walker), Robert Harley (on for Denton), Michael Maltman (on for Fedo), Russell Weir (on for Black), Jonny Kennedy (on for Tait)
South Africa under-20 team
Patrick Lambie, Wandile Mjekevu, Branco du Preez, Francois Venter, Sibusiso Sithole, Elton Jantjies, Louis Schreuder, CJ Stander CAPTAIN, Mlungisi Bali, Siyamthanda Kolisi, Sebastian de Chaves, Kene Okafor, Marcel van der Merwe, Monde Hadebe, Brummer Badenhorst
Substitutes
Francois du Toit, Ruan Dreyer, Wessel du Rand, Peet Marais, Lubabalo Mtembu, Adri Jacobs, Nico Scheepers.

This article was posted on 9-Jun-2010, 21:03 by Hugh Barrow.