Saints ace Lawes helps England into final
Northampton Saints ace Courtney Lawes scored a 70th-minute try to help power England into the IRB Junior World Championship final in Japan.
England trailed the Baby Boks 11-9 at half-time at Tokyo's Prince Chichibu Stadium but turned on the power with four second-half tries by Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs, second row James Gaskell, Lawes and centre Henry Trinder. London Irish full-back Tom Homer converted all the tries and kicked four penalties for a personal haul of 20 points.
South Africa fought hard to contain England's huge pack and the result appeared in the balance when England held a 23-21 lead after 60 minutes. Four minutes later, the Baby Boks' challenge fell apart when flanker Rynhardt Elstadt was shown a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Gaskell – his second of the tournament.
Lawes' try came from a lineout that was caught by Graham Kitchener and the Saints Senior Academy man was at the base of a powerful drive to dot down.
It was a score that broke the resistance of the Baby Boks.
England will play New Zealand, who beat Australia 31-17 in their semi-final, on Sunday in a repeat of the 2008 final.
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