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JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.

Argentina

V

France

Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 14:15 Estadio CA Colon, Santa Fe

2010 Records

Weather Forecast: Sunny, Temperature 14-16°C, Wind Speed 5-10 km/h The play off for 5th place in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship sees the host nation Argentina take on France for the second time in this year’s tournament after the two sides met in the Pool stages, with France winning 31-23. France finished second in Pool B after defeating Ireland 25-22 and Argentina before losing to England 17-9 in the deciding group match. They reached the 5th place play off by convincingly beating Fiji 44-9. Argentina came third in Pool B, with their one success coming against Ireland in the final group game, which they won 24-21. They then drew with Wales 19-19 and came through to this play off match by winning a penalty kick shoot out 9-8. Argentina have made four changes to their team with ALEXIS BARONE starting at loosehead prop after scoring a try as a replacement against Wales, JAVIER ORTEGA coming in at lock forward, BRIAN ORMSON returning at outside centre and MANUEL MONTERO on the left wing.

>> Points Points 63

Tyler Bleyendaal

50

Tom Homer

New Zealand England

>> Tries Tries

4 4

Let’s get physical

South Africa

54

8

France have made ten changes to their starting line up but are fielding 12 of the side that started against Argentina in the group stages.

Player Patrick Lambie

Player Julian Savea

New Zealand

Jonny May

England

Aidan Toua

Australia

All Time Records Team

Players Aged 20

Players Aged 18

Argentina France

6 6

1 1

Average Average Players Height Height of 185 cms (cms) Pack or taller 185 185

187 190

8 5

Average Average Players Weight Weight of 100 kg + (kg) Pack 95.8 99.1

103.3 108.5

6 8

France’s starting line up is an average of two months per man older than their opponents and they have an advantage over Argentina on height in the line outs and weight in the scrum.

>> Points Points 118 105 94

The tall guys France have an average of 3 cm per man height advantage over their opponents and have the tallest man on the pitch in second row forward ROMAN TAOFIFENUA at 201 cm (6ft 7ins), whilst his opposite number LUCAS PONCE is Argentina’s tallest player at 197 cm (6ft 5ins).

Player Tom Homer

England

Francois Brummer

South Africa

Matthew Jarvis Wales

>> Tries Tries 10

The heavyweight division

8

The combined weight of the France pack is 868 kg, which gives them a 42 kg advantage over their Argentinean opponents.

8

Player Zac Guildford

New Zealand

Julian Savea

New Zealand

Ryuhei Arita

Japan

ROMAN TAOFIFENUA is France’s heaviest man at 128 kg (20st 2lbs), which is 13 kg more than Argentina tighthead prop DAMIAN ARIAS at 115 kg (18st 2lbs).

© International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 21:18).

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Argentina

Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 14:15 Estadio CA Colon, Santa Fe

France

JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) History France came 6th in 2008 and 5th in 2009, whilst Argentina finished 8th and 11th respectively. This is the third time that the two sides have met in the IRB Junior World Championships. France beat Argentina 30-6 in the semi final play off for 5th place in 2008 and will be looking to make it three wins out of three after their win in the Pool stages this year when outside centre REMI LAMERAT scored two tries, with further scores by JEAN SOUSA and ALEXI BALES. GILLES BOSCH also kicked 11 points for the French, whilst hooker TOMAS BARAVALLE and flanker TOMAS DE LA VEGA scored two of the Argentina tries.

Experience France have two players in the starting line up on Monday who played in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championships in Japan; outside centre REMI LAMERAT and left wing JEREMY SINZELLE. Only two French players have started all five matches in this tournament; lock forward JEAN SOUSA and flanker TANGUY MOLCARD. Only two of Argentina’s squad were involved in last year’s tournament; flanker TOMAS DE LA VEGA and captain ALAN KESSEN, who starts at number 8. For Argentina, outside centre MATIAS MASERA and left wing FERNANDO DARIO LUNA are making their first appearances in the starting line up. The entire back row of GONZALO VILA, TOMAS De La VEGA and captain ALAN KESSEN have started every match in this tournament along with scrum half SANTIAGO MENDEZ, fly half IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ MUEDRA and inside centre FEDERICO HAUSTEIN.

Hot streaks Argentine flanker TOMAS DE LA VEGA has scored a try in four of his last six IRB Junior World Championship games, including the match against France in the group stages. Replacement back row forward for France, ANTOINE ERBANI has scored three tries in the two matches when he has been selected in the starting line up in this tournament.

The man in the middle PETER ALLAN of Scotland takes charge of this game. The 35 year old is taking part in his second IRB Junior World Championships after officiating in three games in 2009 and this will be his fourth game of this year’s tournament. Mr. Allan refereed Argentina against Wales in the play off semi final and that was the first time in six JWC matches that he did not show a yellow card. He has produced one red and seven yellow cards in his six matches overall.

IRB Junior World Championships Facts and Figures France (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • • • • • • • •

Need 34 points to reach 500 overall. Converted 46 out of 55 tries - a conversion rate of 83.6%, which is the best of all teams in the tournament. By contrast, only 55.6% of tries scored by their opponents have been converted, the lowest of all teams. Only New Zealand and Ireland have conceded fewer tries than the 27 scored against France, which is joint third lowest with South Africa and Australia. Scored 96 points through penalty kicks, the fourth highest of all teams in the competition. Also conceded 96 points through penalty kicks, which is the third highest behind Ireland with 108 points. There have been three red cards issued in matches involving France, the joint highest with England’s matches. Replacement fly half GILLES BOSCH needs 9 more points in this tournament to reach 50.

Argentina (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • • • • •

Need to score 12 more points to reach 100 for this year’s tournament. Scored 18 tries in 10 IRB Junior World Championship matches in 2008 and 2009 but have scored 9 tries in 4 matches this year. Converted 15 out of 27 tries scored – a 55.6% strike rate. Kicked four drop goals in total, the highest of any team. Only 12 cards have been produced in matches involving Argentina, which is the joint lowest of the 12 competing teams.

© International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 21:18).

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Argentina

France

Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 Pedro Mercerat

ARGENTINA Matches #: 15

Replacements

La Plata

14

13

12

11

Matias Masera

Brian Ormson

Federico Haustein

Manuel Montero

Belgrano BA

Pucara

Tucumán Lawn Tennis

Pucara

Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra

10

9 Santiago Mendez

Tucumán RC

SIC Isidro

Key Stats

8 Alan Kessen (C) SIC Isidro

6 Gonzalo Vila

7

5 Lucas Ponce

Mendoza

16 Esteban Viale (Tacuru) 17 Francis Errecaborde (Jockey Club) 18 Martin Chiappesoni (Parana Rowing) 19 Eduardo Lopez (Huirapuca) 20 Federico Miranda (Club Universitario Buenos Aires) 21 Valentin Cruz Hernestrosa (Pucara) 22 Dan Isaack (Jockey Club)

Tomas De La Vega

4 Javier Ortega Desio

Club Universitario Buenos Aires

Club Universitario Buenos Aires

Officials

SIC Isidro

3

# Caps Starting Lineup: 67 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Federico Miranda (20) Youngest Player: Manuel Montero (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 103 kg

2

Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland) - 6 Matches

1

Victor Damian Arias

Tomas Baravalle

Alexis Barone

Lince RC

Jockey Club

Teque

Matches at Venue: 2 Matches Argentina: 2 Matches France: 0 Matches Match Debut: 05/06/2009 - England v Japan

Assistant Referee: Nathan Pearce (Australia)

1

2

Eddy Ben Arous

Mickael Ivaldi (C)

Xavier Chiocci

Racing Metro 92

Toulon

Toulon

4 6 Kevin Gimeno

Assistant Referee: Joaquin Montes (Uruguay)

3

5

Jean Sousa

Romain Taofifenua

Lyon

USA Perpignan

AS Béziers

7 Tanguy Molcard Biarritz Olympique

8 Gilles Arnaudies

16 Kevin Le Guen (La Rochelle) 17 Sylvain Abadie (Sporting Union Agen) 18 Georges Souvent (La Rochelle) 19 Antoine Erbani (Sporting Union Agen) 20 Jeremy Gondrand (Bourgoin-Jallieu) 21 Gilles Bosch (USA Perpignan) 22 Hugo Bonneval (Stade Français)

USA Perpignan

9

10

Alexi Bales

Jean Marc Doussain

Sporting Union Agen

Stade Toulousain

11

12

13

14

Jeremy Sinzelle

Mathieu Lamoulie

Remi Lamerat

Clément Lagain

Toulon

Sporting Union Agen

Stade Toulousain

Aviron Bayonnais

15 Brice Dulin

Replacements

Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 60 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Remi Lamerat (20) Youngest Player: Kevin Gimeno (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 108 kg

Sporting Union Agen FRANCE Matches #: 15

© International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 21:18).

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France

Head to Head Recent Results

All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.

Date

Team A

Result

09/06/2010

Argentina

23

18/06/2008

Argentina

6

Team B

Venue

31

France

Rosario

30

France

Swansea

Summary Argentina

2 Matches (0 Draw)

France

0

Won

2

29

Points

61

3

Tries

7

1

Conversions

7

3

Penalties

4

1

Drop Goals

0

Player Records For Argentina against France 38 Players - 1 Benjamín Madero - 6 3 Players - 1

For France against Argentina Appearances

1 - 44 Players

Points

11 - Gilles Bosch

Tries

2 - Remi Lamerat

Santiago Mendez - 1

Conversions

4 - Gilles Bosch

Benjamín Madero - 2

Penalties

2 - Mathieu Belie

Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra - 1

Drop Goals

-

Player Records in a Match For Argentina against France Benjamín Madero on 18/06/2008 - 6 On 3 Occasions - 1 Santiago Mendez on 09/06/2010 - 1 Benjamín Madero on 18/06/2008 - 2 Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra on 09/06/2010 - 1

For France against Argentina Points

11 - Gilles Bosch on 09/06/2010

Tries

2 - Remi Lamerat on 09/06/2010

Conversions

4 - Gilles Bosch on 09/06/2010

Penalties

2 - Mathieu Belie on 18/06/2008

Drop Goals

-

Team Records in a Match For Argentina against France

For France against Argentina

On 09/06/2010 - 23

Points

31 - On 09/06/2010

On 09/06/2010 - 3

Tries

4 - On 09/06/2010

On 09/06/2010 - 1

Conversions

4 - On 09/06/2010

On 18/06/2008 - 2

Penalties

3 - On 18/06/2008

On 09/06/2010 - 1

Drop Goals

© International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 21:18).

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JWC Recent Matches

JWC Record Under: Alejandro Molinuevo Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:

05/06/2010 v England (L 22-48) 50.00% 2.25

Date

JWC Record Under Alejandro Molinuevo 2 Lost

Opponent

Result

Venue

17/06/2010

Wales

W

19

19

Santa Fe

13/06/2010

Ireland

W

24

21

Rosario

09/06/2010

France

L

23

31

Rosario

05/06/2010

England

L

22

48

Rosario

21/06/2009

Fiji

W

27

10

Osaka

2 Wins

0 Drawn

88 For

Points

119 Against

9 For

Tries

12 Against

5 For

Conversions

10 Against

Points For

115

9 For

Penalties

13 Against

Points Ag

129

2 For

Drop Goals

0 Against

Tries For

12

Tries Ag

13

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Caps as Caps v Sub Opponent

Player

Pos

Age

Debut

Caps

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

Tries

Cons

Pens

DGs

Alexis Barone Tomas Baravalle Victor Damian Arias Javier Ortega Desio Lucas Ponce Gonzalo Vila Tomas De La Vega Alan Kessen (C) Santiago Mendez Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra Manuel Montero Federico Haustein Brian Ormson Matias Masera Pedro Mercerat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

20 19 20 20 19 20 19 19 19 19 18 20 19 19 20

05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 13/06/2010

4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 4 4 3 4 4 4 2

3 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 0

5 5 0 0 0 5 20 5 21 24 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Total

67

Esteban Viale Francis Errecaborde Martin Chiappesoni Eduardo Lopez Federico Miranda Valentin Cruz Hernestrosa Dan Isaack

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

20 19 19 19 20 19 20

05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 13/06/2010 17/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010

2 4 2 2 1 1 3

16

14

33

0

34

85

9

5

8

2

0 2 0 2 1 1 0

0 1 0 0 0 1 0

1 2 1 2 1 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 1 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 3 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Argentina Caps

Tries

Points

10 - Santiago Guzmán

4 - Tomas De La Vega

33 - Benjamín Madero

9 - Tomas De La Vega

2 - Juan Pablo Estelles

27 - Tomás Rosati

9 - Alan Kessen

2 - Ramiro Moyano

24 - Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra

Player Records (In a Match)

Team Records (In a Match)

Points:

15 - Benjamín Madero v Tonga on 10/06/2008

Points:

33 v Uruguay on 09/06/2009

Tries:

1 - 27 players

Tries:

5 v Uruguay on 09/06/2009

Conversions: 2 - 4 players

Conversions: 3 v Fiji on 21/06/2009

Penalties:

Penalties:

3 - 2 players

Drop Goals: 1 - 4 players

4 v Wales on 17/06/2010

Drop Goals: 1 on 4 Occasions

© International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 21:18).

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France

JWC Recent Matches

JWC Record Under: Philippe Boher Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:

05/06/2009 v Italy (W 43-13) 77.78% 4.00

JWC Record Under Philippe Boher 7 Wins

0 Drawn

2 Lost

311 For

Points

171 Against

36 For

Tries

15 Against

31 For

Conversions

9 Against

23 For

Penalties

22 Against

0 For

Drop Goals

4 Against

Date

Opponent

Result

Venue

17/06/2010

Fiji

W

44

9

Santa Fe

13/06/2010

England

L

9

17

Rosario

09/06/2010

Argentina

W

31

23

Rosario

05/06/2010

Ireland

W

25

22

Rosario

21/06/2009

Wales

W

68

13

Fukuoka

Points For

177

Points Ag

84

Tries For

18

Tries Ag

6

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player

Caps as Caps v Sub Opponent

Pos

Age

Debut

Caps

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

Tries

Cons

Pens

DGs

Eddy Ben Arous Mickael Ivaldi (C) Xavier Chiocci Jean Sousa Romain Taofifenua Kevin Gimeno Tanguy Molcard Gilles Arnaudies Alexi Bales Jean Marc Doussain Jeremy Sinzelle Mathieu Lamoulie Remi Lamerat Clément Lagain Brice Dulin

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

19 20 20 19 19 18 19 19 20 19 19 19 20 20 20

05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2010 09/06/2009 05/06/2010 05/06/2010

4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 3 7 3 8 4 3

2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1

3 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 6 3 6 3 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1

0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 18 0 0 15 5 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total

60

Kevin Le Guen Sylvain Abadie Georges Souvent Antoine Erbani Jeremy Gondrand Gilles Bosch Hugo Bonneval

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

19 20 20 20 20 19 19

05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 17/06/2009 09/06/2010

4 3 4 3 3 5 2

15

14

46

0

14

48

6

0

6

0

3 1 1 1 2 2 0

1 0 1 0 1 1 1

3 2 3 2 2 4 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1 1 1 0

0 0 0 15 0 52 5

0 0 0 3 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 11 0

0 0 0 0 0 10 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For France Caps

Tries

Points

10 - Guillaume Namy

5 - Benjamin Fall

58 - Pierre Bernard

9 - Benjamin Fall

4 - Djibril Camara

52 - Gilles Bosch

8 - Remi Lamerat

3 - Raphael Lakafia

48 - Mathieu Belie

Player Records (In a Match)

Team Records (In a Match)

Points:

33 - Pierre Bernard v Wales on 21/06/2009

Points:

68 v Wales on 21/06/2009

Tries:

3 - Raphael Lakafia v Japan on 06/06/2008

Tries:

8 on 2 Occasions

Conversions: 8 - Pierre Bernard v Wales on 21/06/2009

Conversions: 8 v Wales on 21/06/2009

Penalties:

Penalties:

4 - 2 players

Drop Goals: 1 - Mathieu Belie v Wales on 14/06/2008

6 v Ireland on 05/06/2010

Drop Goals: 1 v Wales on 14/06/2008

© International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 21:18).

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