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What channel is Wales v Japan Under 20s on and what time is kick-off?

Mark Jones' Wales under-20s will be looking to bounce back when they face Japan, after an agonising defeat by a single point to New Zealand in the opening match of the World Championship.

Despite the loss, the team still picked up a hugely valuable two bonus points, which could prove crucial with a massive game against France coming up after this one. Opponents Japan were beaten well by Les Bleus on opening matchday, losing by a colossal 75-12.

Wales endured a tough Six Nations campaign, losing every match they played. However, vice captain Dan Edwards explained in the week that the team's belief has changed massively, and felt they were able to push on against the Baby Blacks in the final 20 minutes of the match.

"In the last 20 minutes in the Six Nations we dropped off a lot. On Saturday, in the last 20 minutes we were brilliant. We showed a lot of character and resilience to come back."

How to watch Wales v Japan under 20s

You can watch Wales v New Zealand live here.

It is also being broadcast live on S4C from 12.45pm, with kick-off at 1pm at Paarl Gymnasium in South Africa.

You can also live stream the game by using the S4C Clic app on mobile, desktop or tablet. You can access S4C Clic here.

S4C will be broadcasting all of Wales' under 20s matches.

The match is also being live-streamed on the World Rugby website via their match centre, which you can access here. As well as being available in the match centre, all games will be shown live on World Rugby's YouTube channel, here.

What's the Wales under 20s team news?

Wales have made two changes to their starting XV, with Louis Fletcher replacing Ellis Fackrell at tight-head. Evan Hill comes in for Liam Edwards in the boiler house.

Kian Hire and Mackenzie Martin look to make an impact, with the pair coming in on the bench.

WALES: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Llien Morgan, 13 Louie Hennessey, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Harri Houston, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Archie Hughes, 1 Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths, 2 Lewis Lloyd, 3 Ellis Fackrell, 4 Liam Edwards, 5 Jonny Green, 6 Ryan Woodman, 7 Lucas De La Rua, 8 Morgan Morse.

Replacements: 16 Sam Scarfe, 17 Josh Morse, 18 Louis Fletcher, 19 Evan Hill, 20 Seb Driscoll, 21 Tom Florence, 22 Harri Wilde, 23 Harri Williams.

What has the coach said?

Mark Jones: "It's a reward for the boys - we haven't had many games, so we need to build some cohesion in the team, and we want to make the team difficult to get in to,"

"Although it was a positive performance in lots of areas, we didn't win. Looking at the score-line, had we performed to the level we expected we probably would have got over the line.

"We're all about the performance and usually winning takes care of itself."

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