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Aussies face junior All Blacks
January 17, 2006
AUSTRALIA, seeded second, will play New Zealand and Scotland in the the pool stages of the International Rugby Board under-21 world championship in France (June 9-25).
South Africa, which beat Australia in the final last year, had been handed the No.1 seeding.
Australia has been placed with seventh-seed England and Italy, the 10th seed, in Pool B, but under the competition's unusual draw will play all three teams from Pool C in the group phase – New Zealand, Scotland and the winner of the Oceania qualifying tournament between Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
The top team from each pool qualifies for the semi-finals.
The pools with seedings:
POOL A: 1-South Africa, 8-Wales, 9-Ireland.
Pool B: 2-Australia, 7-England, 10-Italy.
Pool C: 3-New Zealand, 6-Scotland, 11-Oceania qualifier (winner of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga).
Australia's schedule:
June 9: Scotland
June 13: Oceania qualifier
June 17: New Zealand
June 21: Semi-finals and classification
June 25: Final and classification.