JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. FIJI V SOUTH AFRICA Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 14:10 Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Headlines: 2011 Records • Fiji have conceded 607 points in 19 matches, the second highest behind Tonga on 616. >> Points • Fiji have had more red and yellow cards combined than any other team, with one red and 18 yellow. Points Player • South Africa need 12 more points to reach 800 in the IRB Junior World Championships. South Africa fly half JOHAN GOOSEN is the second highest scorer in the Championship on 55 • 68 Gareth Anscombe points. New Zealand Fiji fly half JOSATEKI LALAGAVESI has kicked 13 penalties in the tournament, more than any other • 55 Johan Goosen player. He has scored 51 points in total and is the third highest points scorer this year. South Africa South Africa centre FRANCOIS VENTER has scored five tries in this year’s IRB Junior World • 51 Josateki Lalagavesi Championship and is tied for leading try scorer in 2011. Fiji • WANDILE MJEKEVU and FRANCOIS VENTER have both scored six tries in total in the IRB Junior World Championships, putting them in joint eighth on the all time list. >> Tries Match summary: Tries Player Fiji finished third in Pool B behind France and Australia and then beat Wales 34-20 in the 5th place • 5 Christian Wade semi finals to guarantee their highest ever finish in the Championships. They have conceded 16 England tries in their four matches played. 5 Charles Piutau • South Africa just missed out on the semi finals after finishing runners up to England in their group New Zealand but put that disappointment behind them with a convincing 57-15 win over Ireland in their 5 Francois Venter 5th place semi final, scoring nine tries in the process. They have scored 152 points in their four South Africa matches, second only to New Zealand. All Time Records Team news: >> Points • Fiji have made four changes to their starting line up from the side that beat Wales. TOMASI KOLO returns at tighthead prop, NETANI QICATABUA comes in at lock, ELIKI SICINILAWA plays at scrum half and JONE WAI starts at full back. Three players have started every match for Fiji; lock forward Points Player AMINIO NASILIMOSI, flanker SIMIONE SAWENE and wing JOSATEKI LALAGAVESI. 118 Tom Homer • South Africa have also made four changes to their starting line up from the side that beat Ireland, England all in the forwards. The front row unit of JUAN SCHOEMAN, MBONGENI MBONAMI and JOHN 116 Matthew Jarvis ROY JENKINSON that started in the 26-20 defeat to England in the Pool stages is re-instated and Wales NIZAAM CARR returns at flanker. 105 Francois Brummer South Africa IRB Junior World Championships Facts and figures >> Tries Fiji (all time tournament record): • Finished 14th in 2008, 12th in 2009 and eighth in 2010. Tries Player • The win over Wales was only their second in seven play off matches. 10 Zac Guildford • Conceded 607points in 19 matches, the second highest behind Tonga on 616. New Zealand • Conceded 75 tries, also second highest after Tonga with 77. 9 Andrew Conway • Conceded 126 points to penalty kicks, joint second highest after Ireland on 138. Ireland • Have been shown one red and 18 yellow cards in the 19 matches they have played, which is the 8 Julian Savea highest of all teams. New Zealand 8 Ryuhei Arita South Africa (all time tournament record): Japan • South Africa have finished third in each of the three previous IRB Junior World Championships. • Scored 788 points in total, second highest behind New Zealand. • Scored 106 tries in the 19 matches played, third highest after New Zealand and Australia. • Average points difference in the second half of matches is 13.1, the second highest behind New Zealand and compares with 10.4 in the first half. • There have been two red and 22 yellow cards shown during matches involving South Africa, which is joint second highest behind Wales’ matches. South Africa are one of three teams to have received two red cards whilst their opponents have been shown 13 yellow cards in total, the joint highest of any team’s opponents alongside Wales. © International Rugby Board 2011. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (25/06/2011 14:50). Page 1 Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 14:10 FIJI Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso SOUTH AFRICA JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) Lets get physical Players Players Average Average Players Average Average Players Team Aged Aged Height Height 185 cm Weight Weight 100 20 18 (cm) of Pack or taller (kg) of Pack kg + Fiji 8 2 188 192 11 99 109 8 South Africa 8 2 186 187 12 100 109 7 • There is nothing to choose between the two sides on age or weight but Fiji have a five cm per man height advantage in the line out. The tall guys • South Africa second row EBEN ETZEBETH is the tallest man on the pitch at 203 cm (6ft 7ins) and is three cm above his opposite number, Fiji’s AMINIO NASILIMOSI. The heavyweight division • The combined weight of the Fiji pack is 868 kg, which gives them just one kg advantage over South Africa in the scrum. • South Africa’s tighthead prop JOHN ROY JENKINSON weighs in at 126kg (19st 12lb) and is six kg heavier than his opposite number, Fiji prop TOMASI KOLO. History • This will be the second time that Fiji and South Africa have met in the IRB Junior World Championships. South Africa won 36-10 in the Pool stages in 2009. Experience • Fiji have two players in their starting line up who appeared in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship; lock forward MAIKELI MUDU and flanker KOLI NALASEKATA. • Three of South Africa’s starting line up played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships and all of them scored tries in that tournament, with five in total between them; inside centre FRANCOIS VENTER started four matches and scored a try against Tonga; outside centre JACO TAUTE played in four matches and scored a try against Australia and wing WANDILE MJEKEVU started all five matches, scoring three tries. At the double • Inside centre SEMI RADRADRA, one of just two 18 year olds in the Fijian squad, scored two tries in the win over Tonga. • His partner in the centres on Sunday, METUISELA TALEBULA, scored two tries in the win over Wales in the fifth place semi final to add to the try he scored against Australia. • MAIKELI MUDU has scored two tries in the tournament, against Australia and Tonga. Danger men • South Africa centre FRANCOIS VENTER has scored five tries in this year’s IRB Junior World Championship and is tied for leading try scorer in 2011, with New Zealand’s CHARLES PIUTAU and England’s CHRISTIAN WADE. • ‘Baby Boks’ number eight ARNO BOTHA is just one behind on four tries, whilst wing WANDILE MJEKEVU has scored three tries to add to the three he scored in 2010. • South Africa fly half JOHAN GOOSEN is the second highest scorer in the Championship on 55 points, 13 points behind New Zealand’s GARETH ANSCOMBE. Leading the way • Fiji fly half JOSATEKI LALAGAVESI has kicked 13 penalties in the tournament, more than any other player. He has scored 51 points in total and is the third highest points scorer this year. The man in the middle • FRANCISCO PASTRANA of Argentina takes charge of this match, his seventh in IRB Junior World Championship competition and his fourth involving South Africa, who beat Scotland 73-0 and England 27-22 in the 2010 tournament and Ireland 57-15 on Wednesday. Pastrana has issued five yellow cards in his six previous matches, including two to Fijian players ELIKI SICINILAWA and SAILOSI DAWAI in their 50-25 defeat to Australia during the Pool stages, and he also officiated in the 2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. © International Rugby Board 2011. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (25/06/2011 14:50). Page 2 Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 14:10 FIJI Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso SOUTH AFRICA Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 FIJI Jone Matches #: 20 Wai Lomovata Replacements 16 Joshua Tuqiri (Ashgrove GPS Rugby) 14 13 12 11 17 Kirwan Sanday (Sydney University) Josateki Metuisela Semi Atu 18 Sailosi Dawai (Lautoka Teachers College) Lalagavesi Talebula Radradra Masirewa 19 Aca Simolo (Ravuka) Ashgrove GPS Rugby Natabua Vatukoula Morrisville Sports 20 Kenneth Robertson (Sunnybank) 21 Matayavusa Lea (Lakeba Saint Babas) 10 9 22 Peter Lee (Sunnybank) Teti Eliki Tela Sicinilawa Sunnybank Vatukoula Key Stats 8 Maikeli # Caps Starting Lineup: 62 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Mudu Oldest Player: Koli Nalasekata (20) Korovuto Youngest Player: Atu Masirewa (18) 6 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 109 kg Simione 5 4 Koli Sawene Nalasekata (C) Aminio Netani Queensland University Nasilimosi Qicatabua Penrith Army Melbourne University Officials 3 2 1 Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina) - 6 Matches Tomasi Apete Sione Kolo Salawaqavuka Kolo Matches at Venue: 0 Matches Fiji: 1 Matches Melbourne University Samabula East Melbourne University South Africa: 3 Matches Match Debut: 09/06/2010 - South Africa v Scotland Assistant Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy) Assistant Referee: 1 2 3 Alan Falzone (Italy) Juan Mbongeni John Schoeman Mbonambi Roy Jenkinson Match Official 4: Blue Bulls Blue Bulls Leopards Claudio Blessano (Italy) Match Official 5: 4 5 Paolo Valbusa (Italy) 6 Jean Eben 7 Cook Etzebeth Nizaam Cornell Carr Free State Cheetahs Western Province Du Preez Western Province Leopards 8 Replacements Arno 16 Michael Van Vuuren (Free State Cheetahs) Botha (C) 17 Nic Schonert (Sharks) Blue Bulls 18 Carl Wegner (Free State Cheetahs) 19 Francois Kleinhans (Sharks) 9 10 20 Lohan Jacobs (Blue Bulls) Pieter Johan 21 Paul Jordaan (Sharks) Rademan Goosen 22 Courtnall Skosan (Blue Bulls) Free State Cheetahs Free State Cheetahs 11 12 13 14 Wandile Francois Jaco Tshotsho Key Stats Mjekevu Venter Taute Mbovane Golden Lions Blue Bulls Lions Western Province # Caps Starting Lineup: 65 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Mbongeni Mbonambi (20) 15 Youngest Player: Tshotsho Mbovane (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 108 kg Ulrich Beyers Blue Bulls SOUTH AFRICA Matches #: 20 © International Rugby Board 2011.