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What channel is Wales v New Zealand Under 20s on and what time is it?

Wales kick off their under 20s World Championships with a game against the Baby Blacks in South Africa.

Back in May, 47-cap Wales wing Mark Jones was named as interim head coach after Byron Hayward tendered his resignation as Lead Pathway coach. Jones has a wealth of experience in coaching, having stints with Scarlets, Rotherham Titans, RGC, Namibia, Crusaders and Worcester Warriors.

Scarlets scrum-half Archie Hughes has been dubbed as the one to watch for Wales by World Rugby on their website. The Llanelli-based player has recently been handed a new contract at Parc Y Scarlets.

Wales will also face Japan in Stellenbosch on Thursday, June 29th at 3pm, as well as France in Wellington on Tuesday, July 4th at 3.30pm.

South Africa are hosting the 12-team tournament from June 24th - July 14th. Kenya will then host the eight-team under 20s Trophy from July 15th - July 30th.

It's the first time the tournaments have been played since the pandemic.

Here's everything you need to know about the game.

How to watch Wales v New Zealand under 20s

You can watch Wales v New Zealand live here now.

It is also being broadcast live on S4C from 2.45pm, with kick-off at 3pm at Paarl Gymnasium in South Africa.

You can also live stream the game by using the S4C Clic app on mobile, desktop or tablet. You will need a TV licence and account set up with S4C to do this. You can access S4C Clic here.

You can also live stream the game on BBC IPlayer.

S4C will be broadcasting all of Wales' under 20s matches.

The match is also being live-streamed on the World Rugby website via their match centre, which you can access here. As well as being available in the match centre, all games will be shown live on World Rugby's YouTube channel, here.

What's the Wales v New Zealand team news?

WALES: Wales U20s: 15. Cameron Winnett, 14. Llien Morgan, 13. Louie Hennessey, 12. Bryn Bradley, 11. Harri Houston, 10. Dan Edwards, 9. Archie Hughes, 1. Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths, 2. Lewis Lloyd, 3. Ellis Fackrell, 4. Liam Edwards, 5. Jonny Green, 6. Ryan Woodman), 7. Lucas De La Rua, 8. Morgan Morse.

Replacements: 16. Sam Scarfe, 17. Josh Morse, 18. Louis Fletcher, 19. Evan Hill, 20. Seb Driscoll, 21. Tom Florence, 22. Harri Wilde, 23. Harri Williams.

NEW ZEALAND: 1. Ben Ake, 2. Jack Taylor, 3. Siale Lauaki, 4. Tahlor Cahill, 5. Will Stodart, 6. Che Clark, 7. Sam Hainsworth-Fa’aofo, 8. Peter Lakai, 9. Noah Hotham, 10. Taha Kemara, 11. Macca Springer, 12. Ajay Faleafaga, 13. Aki Tuivailala, 14. Caleb Tangitau, 15. Harry Godfrey.

Replacements: 16. Raymond Tuputupu, 17. Malakai Hala, 18. Gabe Robinson, 19. Tom Allen, 20. Malachi Wrampling-Alec, 21. Jordi Viljoen, 22. Leo Gordon, 23. Codemeru Vai.

What has the coach said?

Wales interim head coach Mark Jones said: "It’s a very mixed team in terms of youth and experience.

"There are a lot of exciting players in there particularly around our backline and back row. There is also a lot of potential in the front five moving forward.”

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