The Silver Fern

Chiefs awards:

348989885_3084115088399651_2003778518367112090_n.jpg

@ACT-Crusader said in Oceania U20: NZ v Australia:

@Bovidae said in Oceania U20: NZ v Australia:

I had a quick look on YouTube and Stan doesn't seem to have any highlights either. From the tweet above maybe they don't have the rights to do that.

The camera men around the ground were wearing Stan gear so I wonder what the go was there.

Anyways I didn’t think Stan did YouTube highlights of games they have exclusive rights to. The Wallabies games also have free to air coverage so YouTube is possible.

I noticed that as well walking around the ground ie, all camera people were in Stan gear.

@ACT-Crusader Bell also looks like a unit and I'm scared for all the other franchises about how good that Crusader's front row is going in be in a couple years.

@cgrant said in Blues U20 v Crusaders U20:

@Bovidae
Palmer (Chiefs) is a big munter. Not very tall (around 1.95) but bigger than most NZ locks.

He gives away stupid penalties so will need to sort that out. Palmer often alternated between lock and prop for TBC, but wasn't very good at the latter due to his height.

It would be good to have another lock like Lord in the U20s this year.

@Stargazer said in Barbarians U21 v Hurricanes U20:

@Bovidae Seen my post? Broughton just confirmed what his team mates posted on social media.

Something specific? He didn't go into details in the interview.

There were a lot of Canterbury players in the Barbarians.

I have finally skimmed through a viewing of this game. The Chiefs were completely dominated in the tackle so the backs were always on the back foot. Losing both 1st 5s by HT didn't help the Chiefs but I don't think it would have mattered.

Noah Hotham was definitely the most influential player on the field.

Te Hiwi was one of the form midfield backs in the tournament so deserves selection for the NZ U20s IMO.

@ploughboy going from today’s result it looks like you have enough talent to pick from.

As I understand it Brial is available for NZ U/20 selection that is why he is playing in this tournament for the Crusaders.

Just an add on the Family Michael Brial etc have been living in Queenstown since Joe was 9.So as I understand it the whole family has moved permanently to NZ.Even though Joe went back to Australia for secondary school.

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

@cgrant That depends on where he was born (maybe he was born here), but yes, he may have French nationality. Whether that makes him consider himself French, is another matter entirely.

I'll bet it does if it involves getting a lucrative Top14 Contract under the "local player" classification.

I hope our scrum will be good enough against the Argies. They dominated the Aussies in that area all game.

A brief summary of each team, including players to look out for, captains etc.

https://www.allblacks.com/news/preview-bunnings-warehouse-super-rugby-under-20/

@bovidae Too bad they can’t play curtain raiser to the Bledisloe cup games. I’m sure they’d develop just as much as playing NPC

It's quite impressive to think that Taranaki's two starting locks are so young that both have been in the U20s this year. A good test this weekend against Whitelock and co.

@cgrant Yes, he started in the first NZ Schools game, and was named on the bench for the second. However, he wasn't on the list for the first NZ U20 camp (3-8 December) for the 2019 campaign.

@Stargazer said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

@Steven-Harris said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

A lot is being said about our backs,but if you think back to some of the previous tournaments,our set piece lineout and scrum has always had a question mark next to it.

This years team apart from some early issues negating lineout drives in the main I thought were very solid,would love to see some stats in and around scrum and lineout,the first 3 x scrums including a tighthead set the tone in the final.

Still shaking my head how the South African no 8 Juarno Augustus,with the greatest respect having not seen many of the junior boks games won the player of the tournament.

Yep, I'm totally convinced that this 'player of the tournament' election results in the best player being elected. 🙄 Who on earth lets followers of a FB page decide? Should have asked a group of rugby experts (from various national backgrounds) instead. Now, it is just who comes from a country with the biggest population and only one nominee. Votes between the two English and between the two NZ nominees were always going to be split. And then probably the best player (Aumua) wasn't even nominated! Ah, well, it's that Cup and gold medals that count anyway.

I've never trusted them, especially since 2011 when Kaino didn't win the player of the year award because they favoured Dusatior on one game when his team lost.