{"id":311606,"date":"2023-06-25T05:45:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T05:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311606"},"modified":"2023-06-25T05:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T05:58:12","slug":"junior-wallabies-survive-scare-in-world-champs-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311606","title":{"rendered":"Junior Wallabies survive scare in world champs thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Junior Walla\ufeffbies overcame a major scare to beat Fiji 46-37 in a rollercoaster opening to their under-20 world championship campaign on Sunday (AEST).<\/p>\n<p>Australia trailed by eight points with 15 minutes to play \ufeffin Stellenbosch &#8211; and were down to 14 men following a red card to prop Marley Pearce.<\/p>\n<p>But late tries to fullback Mason Gordon \ufeff- the younger brother of new Wallabies playmaker Carter &#8211; and a second to flying winger Darby Lancaster gave Nathan Grey&#x27;s side a winning start at Danie Craven Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2023 under-20 world championship on the home of rugby, Stan Sport.<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9.nine.com.au\/KRnrlm\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>All matches streaming ad free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"8afc75d3-9bfe-4760-887d-e552f7e2fd77\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8afc75d3-9bfe-4760-887d-e552f7e2fd77\" alt=\"The Junior Wallabies beat Fiji in their 2023 under-20 world championship opener.\" data-width=\"4000\" data-height=\"2918\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was a fantastic game of footy, lots of tries scored,&quot; Grey said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re very happy that we&#x27;re able to get away with the win and stuck to our playing style and we were able to get over the line.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Liam Bowron, Nick Bloomfield, Ronan Leahy and man of the match David Vaihu were Australia&#x27;s other try-scorers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/australia-news-2023-wallabies-squad-named-for-rugby-championship-springboks-test\/a882f138-a0d0-424d-8f4b-c762228caef5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bolters galore in Eddie Jones&#x27; Wallabies squad<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2023-kane-cornes-discusses-why-the-drafts-no1-pick-should-not-go-to-the-west-coast-eagles\/245e2e7a-8952-407e-81bf-b138868d0574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Legend urges top draft prospect to dodge Eagles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ASHES HIGHLIGHTS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/womens-ashes-2023-first-test-day-3-video-highlights-every-wicket-from-australia-v-england-ashleigh-gardener-lands-key-blows\/eca730cc-5f7e-4cba-a8ee-8e003d1d66ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gardner&#x27;s mastery keeps Aussies on top<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"79eb1710-b7be-4b86-9d14-f2de9e87cce0\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/79eb1710-b7be-4b86-9d14-f2de9e87cce0-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Junior Wallabies beat Fiji in their 2023 under-20 world championship opener.\" data-width=\"4000\" data-height=\"2778\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Junior Wallabies will now meet Ireland on Thursday (7pm AEST).<\/p>\n<p>Australia sits on top of Pool B after Ireland and England played out a thrilling 34-34 draw.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;Consistently around our restarts, that&#x27;s one part of the game where we sort of let ourselves down,&quot; Grey said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wallabies\/status\/1672743366470270978?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/wallabies\/status\/1672743366470270978?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;But the pleasing thing about that was we improved throughout the game. Our attacking ruck was pretty strong. Our ball carries were sometimes too good and we&#x27;ve got to speed up our support to be able to make sure we don&#x27;t turn those balls over and maintain our playing style.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;When we do that we can put teams under pressure and score points.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Argentina, France, New Zealand and South Africa were the other winners from the opening day of the tournament.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldRugby\/status\/1672685774288961539?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldRugby\/status\/1672685774288961539?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Junior Walla\ufeffbies overcame a major scare to beat Fiji 46-37 in a rollercoaster opening to their under-20 world championship campaign on Sunday (AEST). 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