Check on the team news ahead of Friday’s placement round of the World Rugby U20 Championship, which takes place in South Africa.
Italy v Japan
Placement match
Italy: TBC
Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Renji Oike, 13 Yoshiki Omachi (c), 12 Kengo Nonaka, 11 Kosho Muto, 10 Kanjiro Naramoto, 9 Asahi Doei, 8 Taison Mogami, 7 Tomoki Kusuda, 6 Tenta Kobayashi, 5 Kantaro Tajima, 4 Yuzuki Sasaki, 3 Riku Tomita, 2 Takashi Omoto, 1 Hwang Sena
Replacements: 16 Kota Nagashima, 17 Tomoki Yumbe, 18 Kosuke Sugiura, 19 Bunsuke Kurita, 20 Keito Hayashi, 21 Yutaro Takahashi, 22 Taishin Ohshima, 23 Genki Ikuta
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 12:00 local (11:00 BST, 10:00 GMT)
Fiji v Argentina
Placement match
Fiji: TBC
Argentina: 15 Felipe Mallía, 14 Mateo Soler, 13 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 12 Ernesto Giudice, 11 Valentín Soler Filloy, 10 Valentino Dicapua, 9 Tomás Di Biasi, 8 Eliseo Chiavassa (c), 7 Felipe Bares, 6 Facundo García Hamilton, 5 Alejandro Michael Barrios, 4 Mateo Lorenzo, 3 Marcos Camerlinckx, 2 Valentino Minoyetti, 1 Matías Medrano
Replacements: 16 Tomás Bartolini, 17 Juan Manuel Vivas, 18 Tomás Rapetti, 19 Efraín Elías, 20 Aitor Bildosola, 21 Agustín Moyano, 22 Nicolás López González, 23 Franco Rossetto
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 14:30 local (13:30 BST, 12:30 GMT)
Georgia v New Zealand
Placement match
Georgia: TBC
New Zealand: TBC
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 17:00 local (16:00 BST, 15:00 GMT)
Wales v Australia
5/6 place play-off
Wales: 15 Harri Houston, 14 Tom Florence, 13 Louie Hennessey, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Llien Morgan, 10 Daniel Edwards, 9 Archie Hughes, 8 Morgan Morse, 7 Lucas De La Rua, 6 Ryan Woodman (c), 5 Jonny Green, 4 Evan Hill, 3 Kian Hire, 2 Lewis Lloyd, 1 Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths
Replacements: 16 Lewis Morgan, 17 Louis Fletcher, 18 Tomas Pritchard, 19 Mackenzie Martin, 20 Gwilym Evans, 21 Joe Westwood, 22 Harri Wilde, 23 Harri Williams
Australia: 15 Harry McLaughlin-Phillips, 14 Tim Ryan, 13 Henry O’Donnell, 12 David Vaihu, 11 Darby Lancaster, 10 Jack Bowen, 9 Teddy Wilson (c), 8 Leafi Talataina, 7 Ned Slack-Smith, 6 Lachlan Hooper, 5 Daniel Maiava, 4 Toby Macpherson, 3 Nick Bloomfield, 2 Liam Bowron, 1 Jack Barrett
Replacements: 16 Marley Pearce, 17 Harrison Usher, 18 Trevor King, 19 Ollie McCrea, 20 John Bryant, 21 Klayton Thorn, 22 Mason Gordon, 23 Jackson Ropata
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 BST, 12:00 GMT)
South Africa v England
Third-place play-off
South Africa: 15 Reagan Izaks, 14 Jurenzo Julius, 13 Kat Letebele, 12 Damian Markus, 11 Quewin Nortje, 10 Jean Smith, 9 Neil Le Roux, 8 Corné Beets, 7 Hennie Sieberhagen, 6 Paul de Villiers (c), 5 Tiaan Wessels, 4 Coetzee le Roux, 3 Mawande Mdanda, 2 Juann Else, 1 Phatu Ganyane
Replacements: 16 SJ Kotze, 17 Corné Lavagna, 18 Zach Porthen, 19 Abu Ndabambi, 20 Gcino Mdletshe, 21 Imad Khan, 22 Lili Bester, 23 Michael Annies
England: 15 Sam Harris, 14 Cassius Cleaves, 13 Joe Jenkins, 12 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 11 Alex Wills, 10 Connor Slevin, 9 Nye Thomas, 8 Zach Carr, 7 Nathan Michelow, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 Lewis Chessum (c), 4 Joe Bailey, 3 Afolabi Fasogbon, 2 Craig Wright, 1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Ethan Clarke, 18 James Halliwell, 19 Finn Carnduff, 20 Tristan Woodman, 21 Charlie Bracken, 22 Louie Johnson, 23 Joe Woodward
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 16:30 local (15:30 BST, 14:30 GMT)
Ireland v France
Final
Ireland: TBC
France: 15 Mathis Ferté, 14 Léo Drouet, 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 Léo Carbonneau, 22 Arthur Mathiron, 23 Clément Mondinat
Venue: Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 19:00 local (18:00 BST, 17:00 GMT)
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