France become U20 Rugby World Champs

Teenager Jordan Joseph inspired France to a 33-25 victory over England on Sunday to claim a maiden World Rugby U20 Championship title. Six-time winners New Zealand, whom France beat 16-7 in the semi-finals, went down 40-30 to South Africa in the third-place play-off. In the lesser playoffs, Australia beat Argentina 41-15 to seal fifth, Wales bagged seventh after seeing off Italy 34-17, while Georgia beat Scotland (39-31) and Ireland were victorious over Japan (39-33) for ninth and 11th positions respectively.

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