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Nigel Yalden: Rugby must measure up or lose players

When you are watching tonight's final of the IRB Junior Championship, please do me a favour. Take a moment to check out the size of the young men involved.

Rugby: Speed vs pressure - it'll be a battle

It will be England's fast-paced, accurate rugby against the set-piece-oriented, patient, pressure play of South Africa in tonight's Junior World Championship climax.

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: NZ need to beat Boks bogey after pool defeat

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.