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France unchanged for World Rugby U20 Championship final against Ireland
By Josh Raisey
France U20 coach Sébastien Calvet has named an unchanged starting XV for the World Rugby U20 Championship final against Ireland U20 this Friday to the one that came back to beat England U20 in the semi-final.
All 15 members of the side that overturned a 17-0 deficit at Athlone Stadium to win 52-31 on Sunday have been rewarded with a starting berth, with only one change being made on the bench.
The 6-2 split on the bench adopted in the semi-final to overcome England U20's pack has been replaced by a conventional bench, which sees centre Arthur Mathiron replace back-row Andy Timo.
Though England U20 gave Les Bleuets their sternest test so far this Championship, they were still no match in the end. England U20's 21 point deficit was, however, the closest any team has got to France U20 in the tournament, alongside New Zealand U20 who also lost by the same margin.
Calvet's team will face an Ireland U20 side that have gone from strength to strength since their draw with England U20 in the opening round, booking their spot in the final with a 31-12 win over hosts South Africa U20 in the semi-final.
France U20 XV
1 Louis Penverne
2 Pierre Jouvin
3 Zaccharie Affane
4 Hugo Auradou
5 Posolo Tuilagi
6 Lenni Nouchi
7 Oscar Jegou
8 Marko Gazzotti
9 Baptiste Jauneau
10 Hugo Reus
11 Theo Attissogbe
12 Paul Costes
13 Nicolas Depoortere
14 Leo Drouet
15 Mathis Ferte
Replacements
16 Thomas Lacombre
17 Lino Julien
18 Thomas Duchene
19 Brent Liufau
20 Mathis Castro
21 Leo Carbonneau
22 Arthur Mathiron
23 Clement Mondinat
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Great try by van Poortvliet.
Go to commentsThey have been cruelled by injuries but almost nobody (Sevu Reece and Fletcher Newell big exceptions) has played above himself which regularly happened before. Surely Scott Robertson had maintained the recruitment programme and it looks like a reasonable squad. Last in this competition will stall a lot of careers. Penny seems likeable. But it’s not enough even though this was better. We haven’t been good enough and it’s not helped by the “it’s been 15 years since… “etc “after nearly every match. Seems somehow a soft gifting of something once valuable. Kieran Read giving comments last week almost choked describing the easy surrender of possession by the forwards. I’d love to think that the senior players some of whom are back can show enough pride in the jersey to test the Blues next week.
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