The World Rugby U20 Championship knockout stages kick off on Sunday, with the Ireland v South Africa and France v England games taking centre stage.
Check on the team announcements ahead of the matches in Cape Town.
Italy v Fiji
Italy: 15 Alessandro Gesi, 14 Lorenzo Elettri, 13 Dewi Passarella, 12 Nicola Bozzo, 11 Matthias Douglas, 10 Simone Brisighella, 9 Sebastiano Battara, 8 Jacopo Botturi, 7 David Odiase, 6 Filippo Lavorenti, 5 Alex Mattioli, 4 Enrico Pontarini, 3 Marcos Francesco Gallorini, 2 Giovanni Quattrini (c), 1 Samuele Taddei
Replacements: 16 Nicholas Gasperini, 17 Riccardo Bartolini, 18 Federico Pisani, 19 Pietro Turrisi, 20 Carlos Berlese, 21 Lorenzo Casilio, 22 Filippo Bozzoni, 23 Giovanni Sante
Fiji: TBC
Venue: Paarl Gymnasium
Kick-off: 11:00 local (10:00 BST, 09:00 GMT)
Argentina v Japan
Argentina: 15 Felipe Mallía, 14 Mateo Soler, 13 Ernesto Giudice, 12 Nicolás López González, 11 Ignacio Lucero, 10 Valentino Dicapua, 9 Agustín Moyano, 8 Eliseo Chiavassa (c), 7 Felipe Bares, 6 Facundo García Hamilton, 5 Efraín Elías, 4 Federico Rolotti, 3 Renzo Zanella, 2 Juan Manuel Vivas, 1 Tomás Bartolini
Replacements: 16 Valentino Minoyetti, 17 Matías Mendrano, 18 Tomás Rapetti, 19 Mateo Lorezon, 20 Aitor Bildosola, 21 Nicolás Viola, 22 Juan Baronio, 23 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo
Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Renji Oike, 13 Yoshiki Omachi (c), 12 Kengo Nonaka, 11 Kosho Muto, 10 Kanjiro Naramoto, 9 Asahi Doei, 8 Tenta Kobayashi, 7 Tomoki Kusuda, 6 Koki Miyashita, 5 Harry Willard, 4 Yuzuki Sasaki, 3 Riku Tomita, 2 Kota Nagashima, 1 Hwang Sena
Replacements: 16 Takashi Omoto, 17 Tomoki Yumbe, 18 Kosuke Sugiura, 19 Kantaro Tajima, 20 Bunsuke Kurita, 21 Taison Mogami, 22 Yutaro Takahashi, 23 Shota Taira
Venue: Paarl Gymnasium
Kick-off: 13:30 local (12:30 BST, 11:30 GMT)
New Zealand v Australia
New Zealand: TBC
Australia: 15 Harry McLaughlin-Phillips, 14 Tim Ryan, 13 Henry O’Donnell, 12 Taj Annan, 11 Ronan Leahy, 10 Jack Bowen, 9 Teddy Wilson (c), 8 Leafi Talataina, 7 Nick Baker, 6 Lachlan Hooper, 5 Daniel Maiava, 4 Toby Macpherson, 3 Nick Bloomfield, 2 Max Craig, 1 Jack Barrett
Replacements: 16 Liam Bowron, 17 Marley Pearce, 18 Trevor King, 19 Ollie McCrea, 20 John Bryant, 21 Klayton Thorn, 22 Mason Gordon, 23 David Vaihu
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 BST, 12:00 GMT)
Georgia v Wales
Georgia: 15 Luka Tsirekidze, 14 Shako Aptsiauri, 13 Tornike Kakhoidze, 12 Nikoloz Ragoevi, 11 Luka Khorbaladze, 10 Petre Khutsishvili, 9 Sandro Jigauri, 8 Lasha Tsikhistavi (c), 7 Tornike Ganiashvili, 6 Rati Zazadze, 5 Giorgi Nikoladze, 4 Guram Ganiashvili, 3 Irakli Aptsiauri, 2 Tamaz Tchamiashvili, 1 Sergo Abramishvili
Replacements: 16 Basa Khonelidze, 17 Giorgi Mamaiashvili, 18 Davit Mchedlidze, 19 Giorgi Gergedava, 20 Nika Lomidze, 21 Davit Khuroshvili, 22 Gela Kheladze, 23 Luka Kobauri
Wales: 15 Harri Houston, 14 Tom Florence, 13 Louie Hennessey, 12 Joe Westwood, 11 Llien Morgan, 10 Daniel Edwards, 9 Archie Hughes, 8 Morgan Morse, 7 Seb Driscoll, 6 Ryan Woodman (c), 5 Jonny Green, 4 Liam Edwards, 3 Kian Hire, 2 Lewis Lloyd, 1 Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths
Replacements: 16 Lewis Morgan, 17 Josh Morse, 18 Louis Fletcher, 19 Mackenzie Martin, 20 Lucas De La Rua, 21 Bryn Bradley, 22 Harri Wilde, 23 Harri Williams
Venue: Paarl Gymnasium
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT)
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Ireland v South Africa
Ireland: 15 Henry McErlean, 14 Andrew Osborne, 13 Hugh Gavin, 12 John Devine, 11 James Nicholson, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Fintan Gunne, 8 Brian Gleeson, 7 Ruadhan Quinn, 6 Diarmuid Mangan, 5 Conor O’Tighearnaigh, 4 Charlie Irvine, 3 Ronan Foxe, 2 Gus McCarthy (c), 1 Paddy McCarthy
Replacements: 16 Danny Sheahan, 17 George Hadden, 18 Fiachna Barrett, 19 Evan O’Connell, 20 Dan Barron, 21 Oscar Cawley, 22 Matthew Lynch, 23 Sam Berman
South Africa: 15 Hakeem Kunene, 14 Jurenzo Julius, 13 Kat Letebele, 12 Ethan Hooker, 11 Michael Annies, 10 Jean Smith, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Corné Beets, 7 Ghudian van Reenen, 6 Paul de Villiers (c), 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Coetzee Le Roux, 3 Dian Heunis, 2 Juann Else, 1 Corné Lavagna
Replacements: 16 SJ Kotze, 17 Phatu Ganyane, 18 Zach Porthen, 19 Jannes Potgieter, 20 Abu Ndabambi, 21 Asad Moos, 22 Damian Markus, 23 Reagan Izaks
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium
Kick-off: 16:30 local (15:30 BST, 14:30 GMT)
France v England
France: 15 Mathis Ferté, 14 Maël Moustin, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Paul Costes, 11 Théo Attissogbé, 10 Hugo Reus, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Marko Gazzotti, 7 Oscar Jegou, 6 Lenni Nouchi (c), 5 Posolo Tuilagi, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Zaccharie Affane, 2 Pierre Jouvin, 1 Louis Penverne
Replacements: 16 Thomas Lacombre, 17 Lino Julien, 18 Thomas Duchene, 19 Brent Liufau, 20 Matthis Castro Ferreira, 21 Andy Timo, 22 Léo Carbonneau, 23 Clément Mondinat
England: 15 Sam Harris, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Joe Jenkins, 12 Joe Woodward, 11 Cassius Cleaves, 10 Louie Johnson, 9 Charlie Bracken, 8 Chandler Cunningham-South, 7 Greg Fisilau, 6 Nathan Michelow, 5 Lewis Chessum (c), 4 Harry Browne, 3 Afolabi Fasogbon, 2 Nathan Jibulu, 1 Archie McArthur
Replacements: 16 Finn Theobald-Thomas, 17 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 18 James Halliwell, 19 Finn Carnduff, 20 Tristan Woodman, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Connor Slevin, 23 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium
Kick-off: 19:00 local (18:00 BST, 17:00 GMT)
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