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Rugby: NZ take positives from loss before Irish game
New Zealand have another three days to park the disappointment of missing the Junior World Championship final and refocus on beating Ireland.
Rugby: Half-hearted effort won't secure double
Woe betide South Africa if England decide to play to their potential for 80 minutes in Friday's Junior World Championship final at Eden Park.
Rugby: S Africa end NZ bid for five titles
South Africa denied New Zealand an opportunity at a fifth Junior World Championship crown with a grinding second-half display that forced New Zealand into mistakes.
Rugby: England awesome in first-half romp
England were, mostly, at their clinical best in dispatching Ireland in the first Junior World Championship semifinal in Albany.
Simon Hickey: The boys will grab this second chance with both hands
I'm pretty gutted to be out of the tournament with my ankle injury, but I'm excited that the boys are now in the semifinals and have a chance to beat South Africa to make it to the final.
Rugby: Under 20s feel loss of 'gutted' Hickey
New Zealand Under 20s skipper Simon Hickey will take no further part in the Junior World Championship after his high ankle sprain against Scotland on Tuesday night.
Rugby: Welsh a keg up after upset win
New Zealand coach Chris Boyd was suitably grateful to Wales and was planning an appropriate gift after the young Dragons pulled off an upset win over France.
Rugby: Lomu amazed at the future stars
There is a good reason Jonah Lomu spent only one year in the New Zealand Colts after leaving school.
Rugby: Samoa give Boks a workout
South Africa looked a very different team, in personnel as well as execution, in the slippery Pukekohe conditions.
Rugby: NZ book showdown with South Africa
New Zealand are still alive at the Junior World Championships and will prepare for another tough match with South Africa on Sunday.
Rugby: Australia finish pool stage with flourish
A cold snap plus steady rain at Pukekohe's ECOLight Stadium stymied any chance of seeing either Counties Manukau mascot Poppy the goat or an aesthetically pleasing contest.
Rugby: Rotation time for the Kiwi juniors
New Zealand have made no fewer than 13 changes as they look to sweep aside Scotland and somehow scrape into the JWC semifinals.
Rugby: Wales-France shaping as key match for home side
Every one of today's final round of JWC pool games has something riding on it, but none more so, as far as the home side is concerned, than the Wales-France Pool B showdown in Albany.
Rugby: Lineen hopes thistle can prick NZ
One of Counties' favourite rugby sons of the 1980s is back on his old South Auckland stomping ground and hoping to put a few dents in New Zealand's armour tonight.
Rugby: Sth Africa in Boks seat despite injuries
South Africa have mixed news on the injury front but only good news on the playing field.
Rugby: Saracens speedster looks to lord it over opposition
New Zealand have Tevita Li. England have Nathan Earle.
Rugby: Talented McKenzie a key cog in NZ's drive for title
Just over 12 months ago, Damian McKenzie was playing in one of the most bizarre schools games seen in New Zealand.