U20 wrap: Third place for South Africa
South Africa wrapped up third spot on the final day of the World Rugby U20 Championship as they beat France 37-15 in Tbilisi.
In other results, Scotland defeated Australia 24-17 to finish fifth while Ireland edged Georgia 24-18, Wales beat Italy 25-24 and Argentina overcame Samoa 53-42, with New Zealand taking on England in the final.
Results
Samoa 42-53 Argentina
Ireland 24-18 Georgia
Scotland 24-17 Australia
South Africa 37-15 France
Wales 25-24 Italy
Samoa 42-53 Argentina
Argentina finished the World Rugby U20 Championship in 11th position after they battled past Samoa 53-42 in an entertaining clash on Sunday.
José Luis González, Bautista Delguy (2), Luciano González (2), Tomás Albornoz and Tomás Malanos crossed, with Albornoz kicking 18 points.
In reply, Samoa's try-scorers were Hunter Paisami (2), Setu Enoka, Darren Moore, Tagaloa Fonoti and Alexander Pohla-Muray as they fell short.
The scorers:
For Samoa:
Tries: Paisami 2, Enoka, Moore, Fonoti, Pohla
Cons: Paisami 5, Tinei
For Argentina:
Tries: J Gonzalez, Delguy 2, L Gonzalez 2, Albornoz, Malanos
Cons: Albornoz 6
Pens: Albornoz 2
Samoa: 15 Alexander Pohla-Muray, 14 Darren Moore, 13 Hunter Paisami, 12 Taniula Tele'a, 11 Losilosivale Filipo, 10 Kerrod Christian Foaese, 9 Pupi Ah See, 8 Sione Tuipolotu, 7 Caleb Faalili, 6 Wyatt-Misitaga Uauta-Setu, 5 Peato Toeafe, 4 Theodore Avei Solipo, 3 Suetena Asomua, 2 Petelo Ikenasio, 1 Setu Enoka
Replacements: 16 Frank Tupuola, 17 Afioga Ielemia, 18 Noel Sanft, 19 Shammah-Anthony Solomona, 20 Francis Ah Him, 21 Godinet Tinei, 22 Tagaloa Fonoti, 23 Ricky Pauli Ene
Argentina: 15 Bautista Delguy, 14 Tomás Malanos (c), 13 Felipe Maria Freyre, 12 Teo Castiglioni, 11 Luciano González, 10 Tomás Albornoz, 9 Matías Sauze, 8 Nicolàs Walker, 7 Agustín Medrano, 6 Bautista Stávile, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Christian Nahuel Milan, 3 Alejandro Luna, 2 José Luis González, 1 Santiago Pullela
Replacements: 16 Leonel Oviedo, 17 Rodrigo Martínez, 18 Jeremias Tarter, 19 Alfonso Tomas Zottola, 20 Santiago Ruiz, 21 Gonzalo García, 22 Juan B Daireaux, 23 Facundo Ferrario
Ireland 24-18 Georgia
Ireland secured ninth place after picking up a hard-fought 24-18 victory over hosts Georgia at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi on Sunday.
Georgia led 10-7 at the turnaround thanks to a try from loosehead prop Guram Gogichashvili and the boot of scrum-half Gela Aprasidze. Those scores came after Ireland full-back Alan Tynan had given his side the lead.
After the break Caelan Sweetman-Doris and Paul Boyle went over for Ireland but Georgia refused to give up, with Aprasidze's score keeping them well in it as Ireland ultimately did enough to hold on for the narrow victory.
The scorers:
For Ireland:
Tries: Tynan, Sweetman-Doris, Boyle
Cons: Dean 3
Pen: Dean
For Georgia:
Tries: Gogichashvili, Aprasidze
Con: Aprasidze
Pens: Aprasidze 2
Ireland: 15 Alan Tynan, 14 Michael Silvester, 13 Gavin Mullin, 12 David McCarthy, 11 Calvin Nash, 10 Conor Dean, 9 Jack Stafford, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Paul Boyle (c), 6 John Foley, 5 Oisin Dowling, 4 Fineen Wycherley, 3 Charlie Connolly, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Jordan Duggan
Replacements: 16 Adam Moloney, 17 Joey Conway, 18 Greg McGrath, 19 Jack Regan, 20 Gavin Coombes, 21 Jonny Stewart, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Mark Keane
Georgia: 15 Miriani Modebadze, 14 Saba Svimonishvili, 13 Bezhani Gavashelishvili, 12 Giorgi Kveseladze, 11 Davit Meskhi, 10 Gela Abzhandadze, 9 Gela Aprasidze, 8 Arseni Machaladze, 7 Ilia Spanderashvili (c), 6 Beka Saghinadze, 5 Koba Jimsheleishvili, 4 Lashia Jaiani, 3 Guram Papidze, 2 Levan Papidze, 1 Guram Gogichashvili
Replacements: 16 Levan Tchavtchavadze, 17 Ushangi Tcheishvili, 18 Lasha Tabidze, 19 Tornike Jalagonia, 20 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili, 21 Luka Dvalishvili, 22 Giorgi Tsiklauri, 23 Beka Mamukashvili
Scotland 24-17 Australia
A late try from Charlie Shiel helped Scotland beat Australia 24-17 as they finished the World Rugby U20 Championship in fifth place.
Australia led 10-0 after 38 minutes thanks to Harrison Goddard converting his own try to go with a penalty, but Connor Eastgate managed to slot a penalty before the break to put Scotland back within one score.
Robbie Nairn's try on 47 minutes levelled matters before Shiel's crossing made it a 17-10 lead for Scotland, with Australia then hitting back through form scrum-half Goddard again, locking things up at 17 apiece.
But with time up, Scotland secured victory as Shiel's try saw them prevail, sparking scenes of celebration from their squad in Georgia.
The scorers:
For Scotland:
Tries: Nairn, Shiel 2
Cons: Eastgate 3
Pen: Eastgate
For Australia:
Tries: Goddard 2
Cons: Goddard 2
Pen: Goddard
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Robbie Nairn, 13 Ross McCann, 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Darcy Graham, 10 Connor Eastgate, 9 Andrew Simmers, 8 Tom Dodd, 7 Matt Fagerson, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Callum Hunter-Hill (c), 4 Alex Craig, 3 Adam Nicol, 2 Fraser Renwick, 1 George Thornton
Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Fergus Bradbury, 18 Daniel Winning, 19 Hamish Bain, 20 Bruce Flockhart, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Josh Henderson, 23 Lewis Berg
Australia: 15 Liam McNamara, 14 Henry Hutchison, 13 Izaia Perese, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Simis Tupou, 10 Hamish Stewart, 9 Harrison Goddard, 8 Reece Hewat (c), 7 Liam Wright, 6 Angus Scott-Young, 5 Harry Hockings, 4 Ryan McCauley, 3 Shambeckler Vui, 2 Jordan Uelese, 1 Cody Walker
Replacements: 16 Efi Maafu, 17 Harry Johnson-Holmes, 18 Gavin Luka, 19 Lachland Swinton, 20 Rob Valetini, 21 Harry Nucifora, 22 Nick Jooste, 23 Dylan Riley
South Africa 37-15 France
South Africa finished in third spot in this year's World Rugby U20 Championship after they pulled away from France, prevailing 37-15.
Trailing 10-7 at the break after lock Ruben van Heerden's converted try was wiped out by France hooker Peato Mauvaka's score and the boot of fly-half Baptiste Couilloud, the Baby Boks needed to regroup in the second period if they were to avoid suffering back-to-back defeats.
And they did just that with tries from Johan Grobbelaar (2), David Brits and the in-form Juarno Augustus saw them run out easy winners.
The scorers:
For South Africa:
Tries: Van Heerden, Grobbelaar 2, Brits, Augustus
Cons: Libbok 3
Pens: Libbok 2
For France:
Tries: Mauvaka, Couilloud
Con: Couilloud
Pen: Couilloud
South Africa: 15 Jeanluc Cilliers, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Gianni Lombard, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 6 Zain Davids, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Kwenzo Blose, 17 Daniel Jooste, 18 Wikus Groenewald, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Muller Uys, 21 Francois de Villiers, 22 David Brits, 23 Wandisile Simelane
France: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Lucas Tauzin, 13 Theo Millet, 12 Pablo Uberti, 11 Faraj Fartass, 10 Baptiste Couilloud, 9 Arthur Coville, 8 Selevasio Tolofua, 7 Baptiste Pesenti, 6 Alexandre Roumat, 5 Mickaël Capelli, 4 Florian Verhaeghe (c), 3 Zakaria El Fakir, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Georges-Henri Colombe
Replacements: 16 Daniel Brennan, 17 Florian Dufour, 18 Thomas Laclayat, 19 Killian Geraci, 20 Ibrahim Diallo, 21 Thomas Laurent Alex Darmon, 22 Nathan Decron, 23 Arthur Retiere
Wales 25-24 Italy
Wales edged to a 25-24 victory over Italy in their seventh-place final on Sunday thanks to a 74th minute penalty from full-back Phil Jones.
The three points came following a red card for Italy's Jacopo Bianchi as Italy could not hold onto their slender lead at Avchala Stadium.
Wales' try scorers were Callum Bradbury, Ryan Conbeer and full-back Jones, with fly-half Arwel Robson kicking seven points in the win.
In reply, Italy's crossings came via wing Giovanni D'Onofrio and inside centre Dario Schiabel, with Antonio Rizzi contributing 14 points.
The scorers:
For Wales:
Tries: Brabdury, Conbeer, Jones
Cons: Robson 2
Pens: Robson, Jones
For Italy:
Tries: D'Onofrio, Schiabel
Con: Rizzo
Pens: Rizzo 4
Red Card: Biachi
Wales: 15 Phil Jones, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Ioan Nicholas, 12 Owen Lane, 11 Ryan Conbeer, 10 Arwel Robson, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 James Botham, 7 Will Jones (c), 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 5 Callum Bradbury, 4 Will Griffiths, 3 Kieron Assiratti, 2 Ellis Shipp, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Owen Hughes, 17 Tom Mably, 18 Steff Thomas, 19 Aled Ward, 20 Syd Blackmore, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Connor Edwards, 23 Cameron Lewis
Italy: 15 Massimo Cioffi, 14 Andrea De Masi, 13 Marco Zanon, 12 Dario Schiabel, 11 Giovanni D'Onofrio, 10 Antonio Rizzi, 9 Charly Vincenzo Ernst Trussardi, 8 Giovanni Licata, 7 Michele Lamaro, 6 Jacopo Bianchi, 5 Lorenzo Masselli, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Marco Riccioni (c), 2 Alberto Rollero, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Massimo Ceciliani, 17 Daniele Rimpelli, 18 Dante Gavrilita, 19 Edoardo Iachizzi, 20 Lodovico Manni, 21 Emilio Fusco, 22 Filippo Di Marco, 23 Andrea Bronzini