Australian U20s side named for finals match against Italy

The Australia U20s side to play Italy tonight in the Fifth Place Semi Final of the World Rugby U20s Championship has been named, with Head Coach Simon Cron only making one change to the starting side that fell to England by one point last week. Aussie 7s speedster, Simon Kennewell returns to the starting XV after overcoming a hamstring strain, moving young Semisi Tupou to the bench. Australia narrowly missed out on the top four but will be playing to finish with the highest ranking possible, ensuring the best possible seeding for the 2018 Championship. "The boys took the loss to England pretty hard, we had numerous opportunities to shut the game out so that makes it tougher," Cron said. “This team continues to improve every day and they are great humans so it’s important to all of us we take another step up against Italy. “Italy will be a huge challenge; they have a unique style of play and are very physical opposition. “A big part of our development is our ga
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