THE IRELAND Under 20s round off their World Championship campaign this afternoon in a 3rd/4th place place play-off against New Zealand.
Willie Faloon’s hopes of winning the tournament were ended on Sunday by Six Nations champs England on a scoreline of 31-20.
That means they’ll face New Zealand who themselves lost a 55-31 barn burner to France.
Here’s everything to know about how to catch it:
What time is kick-off between Ireland U20s and New Zealand?
Kick-off will be at 3.30 pm Irish time. Cape Town Stadium is the venue.
What TV channel is Ireland U20s vs New Zealand on?
It won’t be televised, however, you can stream it for free on rugbypass.com.
All you have to do is create an account with them and you’ll have access to what’s been a picture perfect stream so far in the competition.
What is the Irish team?
There’s five changes to the Irish starting XV from the last day.
Ireland: Ben O’Connor (UCC RFC/Munster), Davy Colbert (Dublin University FC/Leinster), Finn Treacy (Galwegians RFC/Connacht), Hugh Gavin (Galwegians RFC/Connacht), Hugo McLaughlin (Lansdowne FC/Leinster), Jack Murphy (Clontarf FC/Leinster), Oliver Coffey (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
Forwards: Emmet Calvey (Shannon RFC/Munster), Stephen Smyth (Old Wesley RFC/Leinster), Alex Mullan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Alan Spicer (UCD RFC/Leinster), Luke Murphy (Shannon RFC/Munster), James McKillop (Queen’s University Belfast RFC/Ulster), Bryn Ward (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster), Brian Gleeson (Garryowen FC/Munster)
Replacements: Mikey Yarr (Lansdowne FC/Leinster), Ben Howard (Terenure College RFC/Leinster), Andrew Sparrow (UCD RFC/Leinster), Billy Corrigan (Old Wesley RFC/Leinster), Max Flynn (Galway Corinthians RFC/Connacht), Jake O’Riordan (UL Bohemian RFC/Munster), Sean Naughton (Galway Corinthians RFC/Connacht), Ethan Graham (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)
Reflections on England defeat:
Faloon acknowledged their performance flagged as the match with their old foes wore on the last day.
He told rugbypass: “Certainly the game kind of died off after half-time.
“There was a lot of pillar to post, a few stoppages for injuries and stuff like that.
“It was hard for us to keep our energy and to keep pushing further.
“First half we had a couple of nice chances, played some nice rugby and did well.
“The problem is the energy was out of the game.
“We were looking to keep the tempo high and move the ball around but we just didn’t get the chance to do that. They killed it off fairly well.
“That’s what we spoke about in the circle after; we didn’t perform the way we wanted.
“There were a few aspects of our game we weren’t as happy with. We’ll have a look at that.
“We are in another game next Friday, so we have got to dust ourselves off quickly, turn it around and put in a performance.”