Hurricanes Under 20s vs Blues Under 20s

[Stargazer]

Some of these players are clearly still in the stage in-between schoolboy rugby and senior rugby. Great skills but too greedy. and not passing when they should.

[Stargazer]

@bobily2 Excellent, thanks!

[taniwharugby]

@bobily2 said in Hurricanes Under 20s vs Blues Under 20s:

5.Allan Craig

good to see, I thought he musta been injured as he hasnt played any club footy.

[Steven Harris]

Can see why NZ forwards struggle at the World Under 20 tournaments , the attention to detail in an around lineout,scrum and breakdown is crap

[Canes4life]

What’s up with Godfrey’s passing game? He’s had a couple shockers this half.

[Stargazer]

@Steven-Harris One of the Hurricanes U20 assistant coach is Eugene Smith, a former hooker and Wellington U19 coach.

[Steven Harris]

@taniwharugby Jordon Hutchings , Dargaville HS product

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life Viljoen's passing has been off, too.

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life Haha, and now a great try assist from Godfrey.

[Stargazer]

It's a pity there's so much wind. It affects the throwing, passing, kicking.

[Stargazer]

I see Hurricanes 23 on the field. Ezra Malo, not sure who he has replaced.

[Canes4life]

Hopefully the Canes will be a lot more effective with the wind.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer I think Brown at centre.

[Bovidae]

The Blues have gone from having a dominant scrum last year to a scrum under heaps of pressure this year.

Saumaki was big when he played for STAC but looks huge now.

[Stargazer]

Half time: Hurricanes U20 12 - 10 Blues U20

[Steven Harris]

This Blues team is not a patch on last years version …there will be 20 points between these 2 teams at games end .
They look poorly coached , and defensively through the inside channels they are woeful ..if i were the Canes i would use the winger thats built like a prop around the first channel even as a decoy

[Tim]

@Steven-Harris Legacy of not playing much rugby last year?

[Canes4life]

@Steven-Harris yeah and this Canes team has plenty of experience lead by Higgins who debuted for the Hurricanes main side a couple of weeks ago.

[Steven Harris]

@Tim yep thats definetly played a part , we never got to see many youngsters from either Harbour or Auckland because of Covid restrictions .
The reason they named the team so late , they were still looking at some kids running around in premier rugby at the start of the season ..
The also had 2 games cancelled because of covid against Harbour Dev & Northland Dev

[Stargazer]

One of the Blues U20 tries was scored by no. 14 Cephus Salavao. Remind me again, who scored the other Blues try?