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<p>Peter Umaga-Jensen has joined the side (I think because Lowe injured himself?), so Tuitama's suspension should mean he gets some game time</p>
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<p>Did they fly him over just for that one game? Must mean Trainor is not available either. Or maybe he was brought over to cover for Trainor?</p>
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<p>Yes, Lowe ended up at the bottom of a pile of bodies after being tackled and stayed on the ground - grabbing his leg - afterwards. Looked like hamstring injury, but haven't read/heard anything.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Stargazer" data-cid="590741" data-time="1466645908"><p>Did they fly him over just for that one game? Must mean Trainor is not available either. Or maybe he was brought over to cover for Trainor?<br>
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Yes, Lowe ended up at the bottom of a pile of bodies after being tackled and stayed on the ground - grabbing his leg - afterwards. Looked like hamstring injury, but haven't read/heard anything.</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>NZ team</strong> to play Australia for 5th place (Sunday 26 June from 3.35am on SKY Sports 1):</p>
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<div>1. Ayden Johnstone 2. Leni Apisai (c) 3. Sosefo Kautai 4. Quinten Strange 5. Hamish Dalzell 6. Luke Jacobson 7. Mitchell Jacobson 8. Marino Mikaele-Tuâ€
u 9. Sam Nock 10. Stephen Perofeta 11. Jonah Lowe 12. Jordie Barrett 13. Patelesio Tomkinson 14. Caleb Makene 15. Shaun Stevenson</div>
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<div>Reserves: 16. Asafo Aumua 17. Sean Paranihi 18. Alex Fidow 19. Hapakuki Moala Liavaâ€a 20. ? 21. Jonathan Taumateine 22. TJ Vaâ€a 23. Peter Umaga Jensen</div>
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<div>Changes made:</div>
<div>Prop Ayden Johnstone replaces Sean Paranihi who drops to the bench, Marino Mikaele-Tuâ€u reclaims the number 8 jersey from Hapakuki Moala Liavaâ€a, while Peter Umaga Jensen will start from the bench, having flown over to join the squad as injury cover.</div>
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<div>It looks like Umaga Jensen has replaced Malo Tuitama on the bench.</div>
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<div><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.allblacks.com/News/29368/nz-u20-ready-for-showdown-with-australia'>http://www.allblacks.com/News/29368/nz-u20-ready-for-showdown-with-australia</a></div>
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<p>Two hours later, the All Blacks account posts an update on Twitter:</p>
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<p>#NZU20 UPDATE | Jonah Lowe is replaced at 11 by Peter Umaga-Jensen with Orbyn Leger coming in at number 23.</p>
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<p>What do they know now that they didn't know 2 hours ago? Weird. Still unclear who's at 20.</p>
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<p>New line-up:</p>
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<div>1. Ayden Johnstone 2. Leni Apisai (c) 3. Sosefo Kautai 4. Quinten Strange 5. Hamish Dalzell 6. Luke Jacobson 7. Mitchell Jacobson 8. Marino Mikaele-Tuâ€u 9. Sam Nock 10. Stephen Perofeta 11. Peter Umaga-Jensen 12. Jordie Barrett 13. Patelesio Tomkinson 14. Caleb Makene 15. Shaun Stevenson</div>
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<div>Reserves: 16. Asafo Aumua 17. Sean Paranihi 18. Alex Fidow 19. Hapakuki Moala Liavaâ€a 20. ? 21. Jonathan Taumateine 22. TJ Vaâ€a 23. Orbyn Leger</div> -
<p>The World Rugby site has Isaia Walker-Leawere at 19 and Moala-Liava'a at 20. Which would seem to make more sense.</p>
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<p>Maybe they were hoping Jonah Lowe would come right before the game? Either way, glad that Peter Umaga-Jensen is getting a start.</p>
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<p>Great to see Peter Umaga Jensen selected, though Ive never seen him play 11. Usually a Fullback or Centre.</p>
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<p>The World Rugby site has Isaia Walker-Leawere at 19 and Moala-Liava'a at 20. Which would seem to make more sense.</p>
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<p>Maybe they were hoping Jonah Lowe would come right before the game? Either way, glad that Peter Umaga-Jensen is getting a start.</p>
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<p><strong>What was the point of bringing Leger along?</strong> I don't think they've even used him?</p>
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<p>Yeah, and what was the point of including Trainor in the squad? Emerson could have made a big difference. I know I'm repeating myself, but I'm still annoyed about his non-selection.</p> -
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<p>Yeah, and what was the point of including Trainor in the squad? Emerson could have made a big difference. I know I'm repeating myself, but I'm still annoyed about his non-selection.</p>
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<p>I'm no Emerson fluffer (he's got the Lindersfarne black mark against him of course ;)) but it was weird that he didn't make this team - he was one of the top 3 in the game the team actually won against the convicts and he seems to suit wing better than Lowe (as one example of a player who made the team ahead of him).</p> -
Popoali'i not made the team at all in any game in this junior rwc either has he?<br><br><br>
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<p>Yeah, and what was the point of including Trainor in the squad? Emerson could have made a big difference. I know I'm repeating myself, but I'm still annoyed about his non-selection.</p>
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<p>Trainor deserved to get in the team after his U19, Ranfurly Shield, and Blues Dev performances. They didn't know Trainor was going to get injured after one game.</p> -
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<p>Popoali'i not made the team at all in any game in this junior rwc either has he?<br><br><br>
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<p>I think he made the bench in the first game, but I don't think he got on. With how Jacobson has been going, he probably should've got this last game.</p> -
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<p>Trainor deserved to get in the team after his U19, Ranfurly Shield, and Blues Dev performances. They didn't know Trainor was going to get injured after one game.</p>
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<p>Trainor was seriously injured before the tournament (ruptured spleen?) and was expected to be out for much longer. They took a big gamble by selecting him and it miss-fired. In his only game, he didn't play well at all. Emerson deserved to be included just as much; thanks to him, the Magpies won the ITM Cup Championship Final in which he scored the winning try. He also performed well in the warm-up matches.</p> -
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<p>Trainor was seriously injured before the tournament (ruptured spleen?) and was expected to be out for much longer. They took a big gamble by selecting him and it miss-fired. In his only game, he didn't play well at all. Emerson deserved to be included just as much; thanks to him, the Magpies won the ITM Cup Championship Final in which he scored the winning try. He also performed well in the warm-up matches.</p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">He wasn't really expected to be out longer, no one really knew TBF, because it wasn't a common injury. They said he could've been out for between 6 weeks to a year, but it was much closer to 6 weeks than a year. </span></p>
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<p>In his one game, I thought he was ok, not bad. He hooked up well with the wingers in bad conditions and he had to play behind a well beaten pack.. He got hurt after taking a big hit to set up Tuitama for a try.</p>
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<p>Emerson probably did deserve to make the team, but not for Trainor. I doubt he makes a big difference in this tournament though, as he can't scrum, win lineouts or muscle up in the tight. The wingers in this team weren't a problem in this tournament.</p> -
Shaun Stevenson has had to pull out of the game and caleb makene now goes to full back<br><br><br>
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<p>Shaun Stevenson has had to pull out of the game and caleb makene now goes to full back<br><br><br>
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<p>The injuries not stopping NZ from scoring tries. They're dominating Australia with 3 converted tries to 1: 21-7.</p>
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<p>By the way, I saw on the WR website that Italy beat Japan 41-17. That means that Japan will drop out of the tournament next year.</p>
