The Junior Springboks have been placed with New Zealand in Pool C for the World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina.

Georgia and Scotland are the other teams in the pool.

The 12 participating nations are in three pools of four teams, based on rankings from the 2018 edition. The cities of Rosario and Santa Fe will play host to 30 matches played over five match days across three venues from 4-22 June.

The Junior Boks will begin their campaign against Scotland on 4 June, before facing Georgia four days later and then taking on New Zealand, all at the same venue in Rosario.

Meanwhile, defending champions and 2018 hosts France will take on hosts Argentina, Wales and World Rugby U20 Trophy 2018 winners Fiji in Pool A.

Pool B sees 2018 runners-up England face Australia, Italy and Ireland.

Junior Springboks fixtures:

vs Scotland (Tuesday, 4 June, 3:30pm)
vs Georgia (Saturday, 8 June, 3:30pm)
vs New Zealand (Wednesday, 12 June, 8:30pm)

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