Inclement weather causes Junior World Championship venue change

South Africa’s winter climate on the Junior World Championship has resulted in World Rugby amending a few of its plans for the rest of the match, beginning with taking the stadium in Paarl out of service for subsequent Tuesday’s remaining pool matches to be able to give the pitch an opportunity to get well.

Paarl was the venue that staged the second-round U20s pool video games final Thursday between Eire-Australia, France-New Zealand and Italy-South Africa, matches that took place with the rain pouring down heavily on a soft surface that turned to mud in quite a few areas.

U20s Six Nations champions Ireland had been among the many six groups scheduled to play subsequent Tuesday in Paarl however all three matches listed for there – Italy versus Georgia, Eire versus Fiji and New Zealand versus Japan – will now be staged in Stellenbosch.

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Event director Simon Keeble defined: “Following on from match day two and the inclement climate that affected the match, we’ve got made the choice to offer the ability at Paarl Gimnasium a relaxation for match day three to make sure the place doable that one of the best obtainable enjoying surfaces are utilised.

“For match day three, kick-off timings will stay the identical, however Danie Craven might be utilised as a substitute of Paarl. Athlone Stadium for match day three will stay as deliberate.

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“It’s then anticipated to return to Paarl for match day 4 and relaxation Danie Craven, with kick-off timings introduced ahead as per the opposite video games at Paarl.”