JWC: Irish and Baby Bok squads announced.

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The Irish and Baby Bok teams have been announced.

Irish team:

15. Peter Nelson (Dungannon/Ulster)
14. Barry Daly (UCD/Leinster)
13. Foster Horan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
12. Chris Farrell (Dungannon/Ulster)
11. Sam Coghlan Murray (UCD/Leinster)
10. JJ Hanrahan (UL Bohemians/Munster) *
9. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) *
1. Des Merrey (Clontarf/Leinster)
2. Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) (capt)
3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) *
4. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Leinster)
5. Iain Henderson (Queen's University/Ulster) *
6. Jordan Coghlan (UCD/Leinster)
7. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
8. Conor Gilsenan (UCD/Mullingar/Leinster)

Replacements:

16. James Rael (Garryowen/Munster)
17. Peter Reilly (Lansdowne/Leinster)
18. Jake Cawley (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
19. Alan O'Connor (UCD/Leinster)
20. Aaron Conneely (Corinthians/Connacht) *
21. Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
22. Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht)
23. Mikey Sherlock (Clontarf/Leinster)

Baby Boks:

15. Dillyn Leyds (DHL Western Province)
14. Paul Jordaan (KZN)
13. Pat Howard (DHL Western Province)
12. Jan Serfontein (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
11. Raymond Rhule (Toyota Free State)
10. Tony Jantjies (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
9. Abrie Griesel (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
8. Fabian Booysen (MTN Golden Lions)
7. Wiaan Liebenberg (Vodacom Blue Bulls, captain)
6. Shaun Adendorff (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
5. Pieter Steph du Toit (KZN)
4. Paul Willemse (MTN Golden Lions)
3. Allan Dell (KZN)
2. Mark Pretorius (MTN Golden Lions)
1. Steven Kitshoff (DHL Western Province)

Reserves:
16. Jason Thomas (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
17. Oliver Kebble (DHL Western Province)
18. Ruan Botha (MTN Golden Lions)
19. Braam Steyn (KZN)
20. Vian van der Watt (MTN Golden Lions)
21. Handrè Pollard (DHL Western Province)
22. Tshotsho Mbovane (DHL Western Province)
23. Maks van Dyk (KZN)



The game is on Monday at 5.45 Irish time, I think its live on TG4 and possibly Sky Sports.

How the f@#k is Griesel still on there?

Yeah, the SA commentators are really beginning to lose patience with Griesel! We've pressurised him well, thats something Ireland have done well.

Marmion is so bad, McGrath hass to come on.

Yeah, but twice now on turnover ball he wants to kick.

Yeah, he looks flustered out there. He's not making good decisions.

Are defensive players allowing to keep the weight on the arms in U20 ruck area? Or are the referee just not know the rules?

At last Griesel is off.

And that's Griesel off. SA on Irleand's line with a throw in.

anotherworldofpain wrote:Are defensive players allowing to keep the weight on the arms in U20 ruck area? Or are the referee just not know the rules?

No they're not.

Interesting lineout call with two centres in there for the Baby Boks!

Notch wrote:Interesting lineout call with two centres in there for the Baby Boks!

Shades of Ireland in 1999.

At last something positive.

Lots of pressure on here from SA. Still camped in the 5 metre line. Scrum to SA.

And they get through. Well deserved after all that pressure.

I have no idea what they were trying to do. Whatever it was, it didn't come off.

Argh, the pressure tells. C'mon Ireland! We need to get the next points or it's going to be very hard to win this one.

Baby boks had a 9 man line out in the run up to that try.

Just saying is all...

Mickado wrote:Baby boks had a 9 man line out in the run up to that try.

Just saying is all...

I saw that, along with the Irish protestations. It didn't help them much in the end

ABOY JJ!

Not confident when our backs are trying to break their defense, our comparative size is scary. Our forwards are doing a great job though. Henderson and the backrow looking class.

Very good decision and execution from Hanrahan there

Oh god please tell me that isnt another O'Gara in the making? It's too soon after the last one...

He can tackle Ayln, don't worry...

Mickado wrote:He can tackle Ayln, don't worry...

Gtfo!

Thought we were going to get hammered, but we're well in this.

Enjoy the rest of the game; seen nothing of the second half; had a difficult meeting (on a bank holiday ) but now off to a Jubilee Hog Roast and then the Village Beacon ...

Sorry that would be Alyn...

Apologies.

South Africa draw level. I've a bad feeling about this now!

YOS!!!

YES!

YES!!!

Big Iain Henderson in

Go Ire.

A bit off-sides by the charge down there. But referee is not notice so much in this game.

Baby South African a little bit naive in play to the rules a lot, but Ireland tricky on the referee blind spot.

Fuggin super conversion from JJ.

That irishman who charged down there was never behind the back foot.

Deserved to be charged down. No time for this linking 2/3 meters down the field taking 20/30 seconds out of the game just for a poxy box kick.

Doesn't "deserve" when the charger is off-side. Ire are always up on the line close to off-sides so kicking over to the space is a tactic, and just working as shown in this phase.

What a kick.

Discipline hasn't been so hot from Ireland this half. We don't need to go in for the glory steal. They aren't making huge ground with the ball, if we give them penalties they will.

Hold on now lads!!!

3 and a bit minutes to hold out as the Fields is heard in the ground... c'mon Ireland!

Huge heart from Ireland, they should win it now. I've been impressed by Horan, Coghlan Murray and Henderson in particular.

Well to be honest the Baby Boks don't deserve to win this match, they played as individuals, their tactics were poor and their execution was truly pathetic.

The Irish played as a team and put the intensity in.

Ooof, scrum for the Baby Boks with one minute to go

C'mon Ireland...

Well done Ireland, you deserved that.

congrats on the win Ireland, enjoyed that one

My mind is young SA just a bit naive and playing like school boys and not like men.

Big win. SA in SA at any level is a huge achievement.

YES!

What a fantastic result that is for Ireland! Hard fought for and hard earned. Bloody well done to the lads.

Commiserations Biltong- a very frustrating performance from the Baby Boks who let themselves be harried into too many basic errors

Notch, our option taking was very poor, we didn't get numbers to the breakdown, and kicked away possession all the time, Ireland played this smartly, they swamped the breakdown and ultimately that was the difference, two charge down tries came from that exact pressure.

Well done

YES!!!



Thanks for the congratulations btw biltongbek, you are pure class!

Rory_Gallagher wrote:YES!!!



Thanks for the congratulations btw biltongbek, you are pure class!

Got to be honest, eh?

Top drawer from Ireland. They fully deserved that. Let's hope they kick on from this.

They should be aiming to win this tournament. Nothing less.