Check on the team news ahead of Saturday’s opening round of the World Rugby U20 Championship, which takes place in South Africa.
Pool A
France v Japan
France: 15 Mathis Ferté, 14 Léo Drouet, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Paul Costes, 11 Maël Moustin, 10 Hugo Reus, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Marko Gazzotti, 7 Noa Zinzen, 6 Lenni Nouchi (c), 5 Brent Liufau, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Thomas Duchene, 2 Pierre Jouvin, 1 Louis Penverne
Replacements: 16 Barnabé Massa, 17 Lino Kaddouri, 18 Lino Julien, 19 Esteban Capilla, 20 Andy Timo, 21 Léo Carbonneau, 22 Clément Mondinat, 23 Théo Attissogbe
Japan: 15 Kosho Muto, 14 Renji Oike, 13 Kengo Nonaka, 12 Yoshiki Omachi, 11 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 10 Kanjiro Naramoto, 9 Asahi Doei, 8 Tenta Kobayashi, 7 Keito Hayashi, 6 Koki Miyashita, 5 Harry Willard, 4 Yuzuki Sasaki, 3 Riku Tomita, 2 Takashi Omoto, 1 Hampei Nishino
Replacements: 16 Sena Hwang 17 Tomoki Yumbe 18 Kosuke Sugiura 19 Ryotaro Nose 20 Tomoki Kusuda 21 Yutaro Takahashi 22 Genki Ikuta 23 Ryohei Imano
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 BST, 12:00 GMT)
Wales v New Zealand
Wales: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Llien Morgan, 13 Louie Hennessey, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Harri Houston, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Archie Hughes, 8 Morgan Morse, 7 Lucas De La Rua, 6 Ryan Woodman (c), 5 Jonny Green, 4 Liam Edwards, 3 Ellis Fackrell, 2 Lewis Lloyd, 1 Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths
Replacements: 16 Sam Scarfe, 17 Josh Morse, 18 Louis Fletcher, 19 Evan Hill, 20 Seb Driscoll, 21 Tom Florence, 22 Harri Wilde, 23 Harri Williams
New Zealand: 15 Harry Godfrey, 14 Caleb Tangitau, 13 Aki Tuivailala, 12 Ajay Faleafaga, 11 Macca Springer, 10 Taha Kemara, 9 Noah Hotham (c), 8 Peter Lakai, 7 Sam Hainsworth-Fa’aofo, 6 Che Clark, 5 Will Stodart, 4 Tahlor Cahill, 3 Siale Lauaki, 2 Jack Taylor, 1 Ben Ake
Replacements: 16 Raymond Tuputupu, 17 Malakai Hala, 18 Gabe Robinson, 19 Tom Allen, 20 Malachi Wrampling-Alec, 21 Jordi Viljoen, 22 Leo Gordon, 23 Codemeru Vai
Venue: Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT)
Pool B
England v Ireland
England: 15 Sam Harris, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Joe Jenkins, 10 Connor Slevin, 9 Charlie Bracken, 8 Chandler Cunningham-South, 7 Greg Fisilau, 6 Finn Carnduff, 5 Lewis Chessum (c), 4 Harvey Cuckson, 3 Afolabi Fasogbon, 2 Finn Theobald-Thomas, 1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Archie McArthur, 18 James Halliwell, 19 Nathan Michelow, 20 Tristan Woodman, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Louie Johnson, 23 Jacob Cusick
Ireland: 15 Henry McErlean, 14 Andrew Osborne, 13 Hugh Cooney, 12 John Devine, 11 Hugh Gavin, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Fintan Gunne, 8 James McNabney, 7 Ruadhan Quinn, 6 Diarmuid Mangan, 5 Conor O’Tighearnaigh, 4 Evan O’Connell, 3 Paddy McCarthy, 2 Gus McCarthy (c), 1 George Hadden
Replacements: 16 Max Clein, 17 George Morris, 18 Fiachna Barrett, 19 Charlie Irvine, 20 Brian Gleeson, 21 Oscar Cawley, 22 Matty Lynch, 23 James Nicholson
Venue: Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl
Kick-off: 13:30 local (12:30 BST, 11:30 GMT)
Australia v Fiji
Australia: 15 Mason Gordon, 14 Ronan Leahy, 13 Taj Annan, 12 David Vaihu, 11 Darby Lancaster, 10 Harry McLaughlin-Phillips, 9 Klayton Thorn, 8 Leafi Talataina, 7 Nick Baker (c), 6 Lachlan Hooper, 5 Daniel Maiava, 4 Toby Macpherson, 3 Nick Bloomfield, 2 Liam Bowron, 1 Marley Pearce
Replacements: 16 Harrison Usher, 17 Max Craig, 18 Trevor King, 19 Ollie McCrea, 20 Ned Slack-Smith, 21 Teddy Wilson, 22 Jack Bowen, 23 Henry O’Donnell
Fiji: TBC
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 16:30 local (15:30 BST, 14:30 GMT)
Pool C
Argentina v Italy
Argentina: 15 Benjamín Elizalde, 14 Mateo Soler, 13 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 12 Ernesto Guidice, 11 Ignacio Lucero, 10 Juan Baronio, 9 Nicolás Viola, 8 Benjamín Grondona, 7 Felipe Bares, 6 Eliseo Chiavassa (c), 5 Federico Rolotti, 4 Efraín Elías, 3 Renzo Zanella, 2 Tomás Bartolini, 1 Matías Medrano
Replacements: 16 Valentino Minoyetti, 17 Francisco Palazzi, 18 Tomás Rapetti, 19 Facundo Garcia Hamilton, 20 Aitor Bildosola, 21 Agustín Moyano, 22 Valentino Dicapua, 23 Nicolás Lopez González
Italy: 15 Simone Brisighella, 14 Alessandro Gesi, 13 Dewi Passarella, 12 Nicola Bozzo, 11 Matthias Leon Douglas, 10 Giovanni Sante, 9 Sebastiano Battara, 8 Jacopo Botturi, 7 David Odiase, 6 Carlos Berlese, 5 Pietro Turrisi, 4 Alex Mattioli, 3 Marcos Francesco Gallorini, 2 Giovanni Quattrini, 1 Destiny Ugiagbe Aminu
Replacements: 16 Nicholas Gasperini, 17 Riccardo Bartolini, 18 Federico Domenico Pisani, 19 Enrico Pontarini, 20 Fabio Ruaro, 21 Lorenzo Casilio, 22 Filippo Bozzoni, 23 Lorenzo Elettri
Venue: Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl
Kick-off: 11:00 local (10:00 BST, 09:00 GMT)
South Africa v Georgia
South Africa: 15 Hakeem Kunene, 14 Jurenzo Julius, 13 Katlego Letebele, 12 Ethan Hooker, 11 Masande Mtshali, 10 Jean Smith, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Abulele Ndabambi, 7 Ghudian van Reenen, 6 Paul de Villiers (c), 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Coetzee Le Roux, 3 Mawande Mdanda, 2 Juann Else, 1 Phatu Ganyane
Replacements: 16 SJ Kotze, 17 Corne Lavagna, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Jannes Potgieter, 20 Gcinokuhle Mdletshe, 21 Neil le Roux, 22 Damian Markus, 23 Michael Annies
Georgia: 15 Vazha Mikadze, 14 Luka Tsirekidze, 13 Tornike Kakhoidze, 12 Georges Shveliudze, 11 Shalva Aptsiauri, 10 Petre Khutsishvili, 9 Davit Khuroshvili, 8 Nika Lomidze, 7 Lasha Tsikhistavi (c), 6 Rati Zazadze, 5 Giorgi Nikoladze, 4 Guram Ghaniashvili, 3 Badri Tsikhistavi, 2 Basa Khonelidze, 1 Giorgi Mamaiashvili
Replacements: 16 Nika Babunashvili, 17 Lasha Pkhakadze, 18 Irakli Aptsiauri, 19 Giorgi Gergedava, 20 Tornike Ghaniashvili, 21 Aleksandre Jigauri, 22 Gela Kheladze, 23 Luka Khorbaladze
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 19:00 local (18:00 BST, 17:00 GMT)
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