RUGBY: South Africa to host Under-20 World Champs for two years

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South Africa will host the next two editions of rugby’s Under-20 World Championships, which seems to be the best the country can hope for in terms of staging global rugby tournaments.

The 2023 tournament is the first following a three-year Covid-induced hiatus, which, since it became a single under-20 event in 2008, has seen nearly 1,500 future Test players participate.

Jake Flannery of England takes a conversion kick during a first round match between England U20 and Ireland U20 as part of World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 at Club de Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada on 4 June 2019 in Santa Fe, Argentina. Time zones are a key factor in South Africa being an attractive host, especially for “smaller” events that might not attract large viewership if they were in an unpalatable time zone.

The teams are divided into three pools as they aim to clinch the coveted title and succeed two-time defending champions, France, while the team finishing in last place will be relegated to next year’s World Rugby U20 Trophy.Apart from the Junior Springboks and their three pool opponents, the other participating teams in the World Rugby U20 Championship are France, Wales, New Zealand and Japan in Pool A, and Australia, England, Ireland and Fiji in Pool B.

 

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WorldRugby is a corrupt joke. 2023 should have been in South Africa.

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