2019 under 20's
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Wales holdbon to win
Arg 25 - 30 Wal
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Average first half from NZ, better second. Game plan adjusted in the second spell.
Stand-outs for me were the Newell - Kereru-Symes combo; Finau impressive; defensively Flanders very good. Norris the weakest link in the frontrow, giving away a few scrum penalties.
Second half, more a game for the backs, with particularly Fainga'anuku and Tupaea good. Some good work from McLeod, too. Funaki definitely better than Carter. Still not convinced by Reihana. His in-game kicking is very average.
NZ may struggle against better opponents, but it's a good start of the tournament.
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Average first half from NZ, better second. Game plan adjusted in the second spell.
Stand-outs for me were the Newell - Kereru-Symes combo; Finau impressive; defensively Flanders very good. Norris the weakest link in the frontrow, giving away a few scrum penalties.
Second half, more a game for the backs, with particularly Fainga'anuku and Tupaea good. Some good work from McLeod, too. Funaki definitely better than Carter. Still not convinced by Reihana. His in-game kicking is very average.
NZ may struggle against better opponents, but it's a good start of the tournament.
@Stargazer missed the game but thanks for all the updates,the TMO especially sounding like he was doing everything to derail the boys..did we find out where he was from..?
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Well that was a good follow up win over England after the GS. 6 tries to 3 helped by a England numbskull making the stupidest attempt to throw off an Irish player and landing him on his head/neck with 10 mins to go.
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LOL, the English 4 looks like Itoje. Meanwhile their 9 is M. Vunipola.
@Billy-Tell said in 2019 under 20's:
LOL, the English 4 looks like Itoje. Meanwhile their 9 is M. Vunipola.
Stand around flapping his arms yelling?
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@Stargazer missed the game but thanks for all the updates,the TMO especially sounding like he was doing everything to derail the boys..did we find out where he was from..?
@Steven-Harris said in 2019 under 20's:
@Stargazer missed the game but thanks for all the updates,the TMO especially sounding like he was doing everything to derail the boys..did we find out where he was from..?
This is how helpful the referee appointments page from WR is: https://officiating.worldrugby.org/index.php?page=appointments&id=108
So not helpful at all, but I found out via the referee net website that the last three on the list are the TMOs.The ref was Andrea Piardi from Italy.
Rasta Rasivhenge was one of the ARs; no idea who the other AR was.
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@Steven-Harris said in 2019 under 20's:
@Stargazer missed the game but thanks for all the updates,the TMO especially sounding like he was doing everything to derail the boys..did we find out where he was from..?
This is how helpful the referee appointments page from WR is: https://officiating.worldrugby.org/index.php?page=appointments&id=108
So not helpful at all, but I found out via the referee net website that the last three on the list are the TMOs.The ref was Andrea Piardi from Italy.
Rasta Rasivhenge was one of the ARs; no idea who the other AR was.
The TMO did sound Argentinian, so I assume it was Santiago Borsani.@Stargazer I noticed there was a yellow card along with a red card given out in every game..Gee whiz hope it’s not in danger of the officials becoming the star attractions.
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Positives : Newell was outstanding and Finau impressive. Thanks to Funaki who upped the pace, the backline fared better during the second half.
Negatives : the scrum (but these Georgians are particularly beefy up front). The NZ props struggled for the whole game but was it their entire fault ? I guess they did not benefit from a massive support from their diminutive locks. The size of the second row could be a problem versus the big nations.
The lack of power in the second and back rows is a big problem. The driving is done exclusively by the props which is exhausting for them.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in 2019 under 20's:
Ireland stuck to the task but England looked the more threatening side.
Can World Rugby please stop the subs parading around the park and then all piling on the pitch to celebrate a try.
Fucking annoying.
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Odd refereeing, to say the least. No grounding for the first Irish try, dubious onside for the second, blatant offside before the incident which brought the red card ...
@cgrant said in 2019 under 20's:
Odd refereeing, to say the least. No grounding for the first Irish try, dubious onside for the second, blatant offside before the incident which brought the red card ...
Except they all thought there was a grounding. They checked offside for diving on ball once it went back over line and possible offside before Balbreary decided to upend Allison onto his neck is irrelevant to the action.
