In what was a sport of two halves, the Aussies did very properly to dominate the territorial sport after the break as they grew in confidence, whereas the Junior Boks didn’t capitalise on their alternatives, particularly within the first half.
The Junior Boks, who led by 14-0 on the break, began like a home on fireplace, with Xola Nyali (flanker) scoring a maul attempt within the third minute. Vusi Moyo (flyhalf) transformed from the sideline to present the hosts a 7-0.
The Australians have been below strain within the scrums and lineouts, whereas the Junior Boks ran with intent and put in some huge hits when their opponents had the ball, however they made foolish errors and failed to show this into factors, permitting the lads in gold to work their approach again into the sport.
Australia capitalised from just a few lineout throws that weren’t straight and turned over possession on the bottom just a few instances, however the Junior Boks’ defence held agency, maintaining the strain on their opponents.
This strain lastly reaped rewards as Siya Ndlozi (wing) scored an intercept attempt simply earlier than the half-hour mark, exhibiting nice tempo to beat the duvet defence. Moyo transformed and 14-0 was a good reflection of play at that stage.
The Junior Boks’ scrum ascendancy continued to such an extent that Australia misplaced Trevor King (prop) to the sin bin for repeated infringements. With the clock into the pink within the first half, the Junior Boks launched one final maul assault, however after Nyali went over, the attempt was disallowed by the TMO for obstruction on the lineout.
Siya Ndlozi beats the Australian defence to attain.
Moyo made it 17-0 with an early penalty aim within the second half, however Australia grew in confidence and as their passes began to stay, they pressured the Junior Boks onto the backfoot.
Three tries in quarter-hour swung the sport in favour of the Aussies, with Eamon Doyle (lock), Edwin Langi (substitute prop) and Lipina Ata (substitute hooker) crossing for the guests.
Sid Harvey (fullback) transformed all three and with slightly below 20 minutes to go, Australia took a 21-17 lead, considerably in opposition to the run of play, though they deserve credit score for placing the Junior Bok defence below strain, with their tactical kicking sport additionally serving to their trigger.
Attacking with confidence, the Aussies crossed for what seemed to be an amazing attempt by Nick Conway (wing), solely to be denied by an excellent cowl deal with by Cheswill Jooste.
Two minutes later, Conway once more made numerous floor down the left, however this time his inside cross discovered Xavier Rubens (centre), who scored Australia’s fourth attempt to make it a nine-point sport with 10 minutes on the clock. When Harvey landed a penalty aim 5 minutes later, it was sport over for the Junior Boks, regardless of attempt by Batho Hlekani to present South Africa a dropping bonus level.
Within the first sport on Tuesday, New Zealand have been in spectacular type as they scored a bonus-point 75-21 victory over Argentina’s Pumitas, crossing the tryline 11 instances and slotting 10 conversions, whereas solely conceding three tries.
After two rounds, New Zealand lead the standings with seven factors, adopted by Australia on six, South Africa on 5 and Argentina on zero. On Sunday, the Aussies and Pumitas cross swords at 14h00, whereas the ultimate match is at 16h10 between the Junior Boks and the Kiwis.
Scorers:
Junior Springboks 24 (14) – Tries: Xola Nyali, Siya Ndlozi, Batho Hlekani. Conversions: Vusi Moyo (2), Kyle Smith. Penalty aim: Moyo.
Australia 29 (0) – Tries: Eamon Doyle, Edwin Langi, Lipina Ata, Xavier Rubens. Conversions: Sid Harvey (3). Penalty aim: Harvey.
