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How to watch England U20s v France U20s live on TV and steam details, kick-off time and full team news

England just scraped into the semi-finals of the U20s World Championships out in South Africa as best runners up after securing their second draw of the pool stages in a thrilling 22-22 draw with Australia last time out.

That was enough to finish the pool stages unbeaten after recording a 34-34 draw with Ireland before beating Fiji 53-7. The result is a meeting with emerging tournament favourites France on Sunday.

The other semi-final will be contested between Ireland and South Africa.

Here is everything you need to know about following and watching the game...

READ MORE: England Rugby World Cup squad announcement: Steve Borthwick names 41 players with some big omissions

When is the game?

England U20s v France U20s is being played on Sunday, 9 July at the Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town.

What time is kick-off?

The kick-off time is at 7pm local time, 6pm BST

Is the game on TV?

No.

The game is not being broadcast live on TV in the UK, however, the good news is the match will be streamed live and for free on World Rugby's official YouTube channel right here.

Alternatively, if that isn't working, which has proven to be the case at times during this tournament, you can watch a live stream on World Rugby's official website, also free of charge right here.

For those looking to follow the while tournament, ITV will broadcast highlights from each match day.

Highlights of England's game will be on ITV4 at 11.35pm on Sunday evening.

What's the team news?

England Men’s U20 head coach Mark Mapletoft has named his side to take on France U20 in the semi-final of the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa.

Archie McArthur, Nathan Jibulu and Afolabi Fasogbon are confirmed as the front row, with Lewis Chessum captaining the side from the second row alongside Harry Browne.

Nathan Michelow, Greg Fisilau and Chandler Cunningham-South form an unchanged back row from England U20’s latest outing, a thrilling 22-22 draw against Australia U20.

Charlie Bracken and Louie Johnson combine to form the halfback duo, and Joseph Woodward partners Joe Jenkins in the centres.

Cassius Cleaves and Tobias Elliott are the two wingers, with Sam Harris completing the line-up from fullback.


England U20:

15 Sam Harris (Bath Rugby)
14 Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
13 Joe Jenkins (Bristol Bears)
12 Joseph Woodward (Leicester Tigers)
11 Cassius Cleaves (Harlequins)
10 Louie Johnson (Newcastle Falcons)
9 Charlie Bracken (Saracens)

1 Archie McArthur (Gloucester Rugby)
2 Nathan Jibulu (Harlequins)
3 Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby)
4 Harry Browne (Harlequins)
5 Lewis Chessum © (Leicester Tigers)
6 Nathan Michelow (Saracens)
7 Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)
8 Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)

Replacements:
16 Finn Theobald-Thomas (Leicester Tigers)
17 Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
18 James Halliwell (Bristol Bears)
19 Finn Carnduff (Leicester Tigers)
20 Tristan Woodman (Sale Sharks)
21 Nye Thomas (Sale Sharks)
22 Connor Slevin (Harlequins)
23 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White (Sale Sharks)

France U20s

France: 15 Mathis Ferté, 14 Maël Moustin, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Paul Costes, 11 Théo Attissogbé, 10 Hugo Reus, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Marko Gazzotti, 7 Oscar Jegou, 6 Lenni Nouchi (c), 5 Posolo Tuilagi, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Zaccharie Affane, 2 Pierre Jouvin, 1 Louis Penverne.

Replacements: 16 Thomas Lacombre, 17 Lino Julien, 18 Thomas Duchene, 19 Brent Liufau, 20 Matthis Castro Ferreira, 21 Andy Timo, 22 Léo Carbonneau, 23 Clément Mondinat

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