2023 New Zealand U20s

[Chris]

@Crucial

Yep you would hope so Tolerance I mean.Otherwise it could be painful.

[Bovidae]

Has anyone in Wellington had a sneaky look at their training camp? The first test vs Aust is on Monday.

Obviously Hotham won't be involved.

[SouthernMann]

I've got Monday off, so might head up the Valley for a bit of a look

[Canes4life]

Weird that there's been no announcement of a NZ side for this game considering it's tomorrow.

[TheMojoman]

Strong side, good blend of U20’s last year and the U19’s who toured South Africa. A good number of Super players too. It’ll great to see how we fare against the Euro countries and SA.

[Canes4life]

@TheMojoman have they named a match day 23?

[Bovidae]

No news about the NZ team so far. Maybe tomorrow morning.

[Stargazer]

I haven't seen a team line-up, but today's game will be livestreamed (two streams).
From the NZCIS Facebook page:

New Zealand :new_zealand: U20s v Australia :australia: U20s

Monday 29th May - 2pm @ NZCIS Field #1.

STREAM Two options:

1️⃣ Select the Self Tracking for a general view

2️⃣ Select the Breakdown Cam to get up close

Hack: if you want both views, open 2 windows in your browser.

️Apologies: No commentary or scorecards this time around.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer nice find, I have a meeting at 2pm so will hopefully tune in after.

[Bovidae]

You would think there will be some rotation of players over these two games to give everyone an opportunity to play and impress.

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae you'd think they would select their preferred 23 for the game on Saturday, with it being televised.

[Stargazer]

I'd love to know why it's only two games v Australia. Why not invite the Argies again? They were really good, last year, finishing ahead of the Junior Wallabies. With Fiji as the fourth team.

[Canes4life]

Only information about the team has come from Wellington rugby.

Dominic Ropeti starting at lock, Peter Lakai starting at 8, and Bradley Chrichton to come off the bench.

Other team info is unknown.

[Bovidae]

Ropeti wasn't in the initial wider training squad so there must be at least two locks injured.

[SouthernMann]

I understand Finn Hurley is also with the squad again. I think Paul Dwywr mentioned it in an ODT video

[Bovidae]

@SouthernMann said in 2023 New Zealand U20s:

I understand Finn Hurley is also with the squad again.

The squad named in April had plenty of fullback cover:

Tangitau
Nordstrom
Godfrey
Springer
Spencer

[SouthernMann]

It is a bit unpleasant in Lower Hutt at the moment. Suspect it is the same up the road

[Wurzel]

1 through 25, for some reason

*Ben Ake (Auckland)
Vernon Bason (Manawatū)
Maliu Niuafe (Auckland)
Dominic Ropeti (Wellington)
Tom Allen (Hawke’s Bay)
Malachi Wrampling-Alec (Waikato)
Cooper Flanders (Hawke’s Bay)
Peter Lakai (Wellington) – Co-captain
Riley Williams (Auckland)
Taha Kemara (Waikato) – Co-captain
Codemeru Vai (Bay of Plenty)
Xavi Taele (Auckland)
Essendon Tuitupou (Auckland)
Isaac Hutchinson (Canterbury)
Payton Spencer (Auckland)
Raymond Tuputupu (Manawatū)
Malakai Hala (Manawatū)
Bradley Crichton (Wellington)
Rory Woods (Northland)
Sam Hainsworth-Fa’aofo (Auckland)
Che Clark (Auckland)
Nic Shearer (Canterbury)
Ajay Faleafaga (Otago)
Aki Tuivailala (Waikato)
Finn Hurley (Otago)

[Duluth]

Match thread for the first NZ v Aus game is here:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6013/nz-u20-v-junior-wallabies-i

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