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    TIME TO TANGO

    May 21, 2019 2 minutes

    WHEN THE World Rugby U20 Championship begins in Argentina on Tuesday 4 June, there will be plenty of intriguing match-ups. But standing out proudly amongst them in that first round is France versus Fiji.

    It’s all about comebacks, you see. Last time round won the junior title for the first time, beating England 33-25 in Béziers. That side was littered with budding stars and two of their standouts are back for another season: Toulon fly-half Louis Carbonel, who scored 23 points in that last junior final, and their tubthumping No 8 Jordan Joseph of Racing 92, who was named the Breakthrough Player of the Tournament.

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