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Luke Jennings

What time and TV channel is Ireland v South Africa on in the U20 Rugby World Cup semi-finals?

Ireland take on hosts South Africa on Sunday afternoon in their semi-final of the U20 Rugby World Cup.

The Boys in Green ended their Pool B campaign unbeaten with convincing victories against Australia and Fiji. Their draw came against England.

South Africa, on the other hand, came from behind to defeat Argentina 24-16 and claimed first place in Pool C ahead of Georgia into the semi-finals.

It has been a very emotional tournament for Ireland following the deaths of St Michael's schoolboys Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wall in Greece and also of Munster coach Greig Oliver - whose son Jack is a member of the Ireland squad - in Cape Town.

Here's what you need to know about the game:

Where is the game being played?

The match will be played at the Athlone Sports Stadium in Cape Town.

What time is kick-off scheduled for?

3.30pm Irish time.

Where can I watch the game?

The game will be shown live on Virgin Media Two from 3pm.

For streaming, World Rugby platforms is the place to go.

Ireland team

Henry McErlean; Andrew Osborne, Hugh Gavin, John Devine, James Nicholson; Sam Prendergast, Fintan Gunne; Paddy McCarthy, Gus McCarthy, Ronan Foxe; Charlie Irvine, Conor O'Tighearnaigh; Diarmuid Mangan, Ruadhan Quinn, Brian Gleeson.

Replacements: Danny Sheahan, George Hadden, Fiachna Barrett, Evan O'Connell, Dan Barron, Oscar Cawley, Matthew Lynch, Sam Berman.

South Africa team

Hakeem Kunene; Jurenzo Julius, Katlego Letebele, Ethan Hooker, Michael Annies; Jean Smith, Imad Khan; Corné Lavagna, Juann Else, Dian Heunis; Coetzee le Roux, JF van Heerden; Paul de Villiers (capt), Ghudian van Reenen, Corné Beets.

Replacements: SJ Kotze, Phatu Ganyane, Zachary Porthen, Jannes Potgieter, Abulele Ndabambi, Asad Moos, Damian Markus, Regan Izaks.

Quotes corner

Ireland under-20s head coach Richie Murphy: "South Africa are probably a different kettle of fish.

"The Australia game disintegrated with the weather. It's supposed to pick up for the game on Sunday.

"The team that we've picked there, we feel that we can play a number of different of ways with that team.

"When the weather became pretty poor against Australia, we proved we could put it up our jumper a bit and maul, play field position and squeeze them.

"South Africa's pack are big and strong, it's a typical South African team with plenty of speed in the backline and loads of elusive runners.

"Up front, you have to get at least parity to be able to be in the game. We picked what we would see to be our biggest front five.

"Our back row, with the way things have gone with suspension and other things is probably the best back row we have available to us at this stage."

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