An injury-time try from No8 Juarno Augustus and a pressure conversion kick by flyhalf Curwin Bosch earned the Junior Springboks a 23-all draw in their World Championship opener in Tbilisi on Wednesday. France led 12-10 at half-time. France dominated most of the match and held a 10-point lead after an hour in wet and windy conditions in the Georgian capital‚ but failed to fully punish an error-strewn South African performance. The South African bench injected more urgency into the match in the final quarter‚ especially at scrumhalf where replacement Francois de Villiers delivered more decisive service than Rewan Kruger. Augustus was immense in an otherwise forgettable outing by the Junior Boks while Bosch struggled in general play‚ but was flawless off the kicking tee with two conversions and two penalties turned into points. France flyhalf Romain Ntamack‚ son of former French wing Emile‚ caught the eye with a superb display‚ which included two nerveless second-half drop-goals that g...
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