U-19s have calculators at the ready in Durban

IRELAND return to the exact field where Ulster flanker John McCall died a little over a year ago and are depending on other results working in their favour to progress at the U19 World Championships in Durban today.

They meet Australia in the last of their pool matches and still have a mathematical chance of making the semi-finals if other results go their way.

Ireland are seventh on the standings with four points after two games. The maximum they can reach is nine, the number which Australia and New Zealand currently have. South Africa top the standings on 10, along with England, and neither side can lose out to Ireland. France have six and Wales five points respectively.

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