WR U20 Championship 2025
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Just watched the full game.
Really enjoyed that. The skills of the backs was great to see and along with the desperation in defence the judicious use of the bench was noticeable - in addition to the dual hooker tactic, the more mobile forwards starting in the heat with the power players coming on late to close it out.
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@Kirwan said in WR U20 Championship 2025:
Gregan would have been happy with that pass.
Oudenryn looks like he's come straight from the pub.
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@Crazy-Horse said in WR U20 Championship 2025:
The best part for me was seeing the way the NZers aligned themselves to beat the French defence. It looked so natural to them. Perhaps we are finally seeing a generation of kids coming through with the instincts to beat modern defences.
Only watching the highlights, but that French defence is pretty passive, I wouldn't be too inclined to call it modern.
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Junior Boks name unchanged line-up for World Rugby U20 Championship Final
The Junior Springboks have named an unchanged match-23 for Saturday evening’s much-anticipated World Rugby U20 Championship Final against New Zealand in Rovigo, Italy.
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hey Oom PB how are you doing? Good luck to NZ of course
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Well done to the Baby Boks. Deserved winners on the day and Pead the outstanding player of the tournament.
They had to work hard for their win.
Commiserations to the Baby Blacks. They built through the tournament, but came up against a quality outfit in the final.
That’s now 7 wins straight for the Baby Boks over the Baby Blacks in the junior World Cup. Bogey team.
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@Bovidae from a couple of articles I’ve read, Bok u20 head coach Kevin Foote said that they had talked quite a bit with Rassie and his team, especially Jerry Flannery who is the Boks defence coach.
“ We’ve had lots of input from the [Boks] defensive coach [Jerry Flannery] and their medical team and have been very well supported, which we are grateful for.”
I believe Galthie has been working similarly with the French u20s over the last few years.
How much interaction does the NZ u20 coaching team have with the All Blacks coaches I wonder? Is NZ rugby missing a trick again?
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@Bovidae scrum was a gimme penalty for the Boks for most of the game. You can’t win if you can’t maintain pressure and force your opponent to crack.
When NZ did apply sustained pressure the Boks defence was out of this world (that defensive set in the 1st half was huge), but they looked human. They just didn’t do it enough to tire the Boks out.
Pead will be a Springbok in the next 2 years.
