The Junior Springboks during their U20 Rugby Championship match against the Australia U20s at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha on Sunday. Picture: Richard Huggard/Gallo Images A strange press release from the South African Rugby Union (Saru) on Monday afternoon has clarified that the U20 Rugby Championship is still alive and there for the taking, after the Junior Springboks were seemingly crowned champions on Sunday. Two big wins,56-17 over the Australia U20sand 48-21 over Argentina U20s, put the Junior Boks on 10 points, and with the bonus point format expected to be the same as the senior Rugby Championship, it meant they had an unassailable lead over New Zealand U20s and Argentina, who were both, at that stage, on four points.
The senior Rugby Championship only awards an attacking bonus point for a team scoring three tries more than the other, and not just the standard four tries for an attacking bonus point that most other competitions use. Even last year’s U20 Rugby Championship followed those same parameters, so it was expected that this year was the same. But on Monday afternoon Saru released a statement clarifying that was not the case, and that SANZAAR had changed the system.
The official standings after Round 2 of the Rugby Championship U20 have been confirmed by SANZAAR. The standings reflect the scoring format that was agreed for the 2026 tournament in Gqeberha, South Africa:
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