2018 New Zealand U20s

[Chris B.]

@stargazer Wow! That one seemed pretty black or white to me.

Either it was accidental or it was intentional and if the latter he would go for a significant skate.

Not sure where this shade of grey comes from.

[booboo]

@stargazer said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:

CITING COMMISSIONER WARNINGS

Jay Renton (New Zealand)

New Zealand replacement Jay Renton was issued a Citing Commissioner Warning by Citing Commissioner Eugene Ryan (Ireland) for stamping in breach of Law 9.12 in the 58th minute of their World Rugby U20 Championship 2018 semi-final against France on 12 June, 2018 in Perpignan. The Citing Commissioner Warning forms part of Renton’s disciplinary record for the tournament

Another win for The Illuminati

[Bovidae]

Tele’a should be pissed off. His tackle was innocuous in comparison.

[Stargazer]

@chris-b Accidental or reckless or intentional. Intentional would always have been red. Accidental, would always be a penalty only or at most a YC. But when it's considered reckless, other factors come into play, such as whether Renton's foot made contact with the head and things like whether the player on the ground was moving.

It's really unfortunate that they don't always seem to publish the reasons for these warnings.

[ShadowTrooper]

Thought in the semi, the BBs lacked punch (no pun intended) up front and incision at the back. Where were the big ball runners? Lost count of how many times the ball was stripped or dropped. Also our kicking game was poor. If you're going to kick, it should be pinpoint for your chasers to run on to and regather.
We looked very rugby=league like and not in a good way, fanning out too much on D. Hell. we just gave them too much ball, and we squandered our own opportunities.

You know I'm really beginning to dislike the French. Hopefully sunday morning we can wake up and still be talking abou the rugby played...

[Stargazer]

day	NZ date	NZT	Local	match	where	stage	watch
Sun	17 June	9.00pm	11.00am	Ireland v Japan	Béziers	11th place play-off	WR YouTube
Sun	17 June	11.30pm	1.30pm	Scotland v Georgia	Béziers	9th place play-off	WR YouTube
Mon	18 June	12.00am	2.00pm*	Argentina v Australia	Béziers	5th place-play-off	Duke (replay 12.35pm); WR YouTube geo-blocked
Mon	18 June	2.00am	4.00pm*	Wales v Italy	Béziers	7th place play-off	WR YouTube
Mon	18 June	2.30am	4.30pm*	S Africa v NZ	Béziers	3rd place play-off	Duke (replay 2.30pm); WR YouTube geo-blocked
Mon	18 June	5.00am	7.00pm*	England v France	Béziers	Final	Duke (replay 4.30pm); WR YouTube geo-blocked

[Stargazer]

NZ U20 squad for the bronze final:

1 Oliver Norris - Waikato
2 Ricky Jackson - Otago
3 Kaliopasi Uluilakepa - Wellington
4 Laghlan McWhannell - Waikato
5 Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa - Auckland
6 Devan Flanders -Hawke'sBay
7 Tom Christie - Captain - Canterbury
8 Hoskins Sotutu - Auckland
9 Jay Renton - Southland
10 Kaleb Trask - Bay of Plenty
11 Caleb Clarke - Auckland
12 Harry Plummer - Auckland
13 Billy Proctor - Wellington
14 Bailyn Sullivan - Waikato
15 Ngane Punivai - Canterbury

16 Flynn Thomas - Southland
17 Sione Asi - Manawatu
18 Suetena Asomua - Counties Manukau
19 John Akau'ola Laula - Auckland
20 William Tremain - Hawke's Bay
21 Xavier Roe - Waikato
22 Scott Gregory - Northland
23 Jamie Spowart - Ta$man

NOTE: Xavier Numia, Tevita Mafileo and Will Tucker have all been ruled out with injury. Suetana Asomua and Sam Matenga have joined the squad as replacements.

Injury has forced a number of changes to the team that went down to France in the semi final.

Waikato prop Oliver Norris gets his first start, in his first match at the tournament, while Kaliopasi Uluilakepa joins him on the otherside of the front row. Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa moves from the flanks to lock, to replace Will Tucker, making room for Hoskins Sotutu to start at number 8.

Changes to the backline see Kaleb Trask start at first five-eighths, moving Harry Plummer to the midfield, while Canterbury’s Ngane Punivai gets his first chance of the tournament, starting at fullback.

http://www.allblacks.com/News/32576/new-zealand-under-20-team-named-to-play-south-africa

[JustAnotherFan]

Baby boks finally wake up ... run it from their 22. 33-25 to Baby Boks with 15 mins to go. Tides have turned all due to a yellow card

[JustAnotherFan]

NZ score in final movement of the game to lose 40-30 . It was 25-14 to NZ at one stage. Baby Boks scored 26 points in a row.

[Stargazer]

Results from the finals below:

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1st: France (33) beats
2nd: England (25)

3rd: South Africa (40) beats
4th: New Zealand (30)

5th: Australia (41) beats
6th: Argentina (15)

7th: Wales (34) beats
8th: Italy (17)

9th: Georgia (39) beats
10th: Scotland (31)

11th: Ireland (39) beats
12th: Japan (33)

Japan drops out of the Championship. The winner of the World Rugby U20 Trophy will take its place in next year's tournament in Argentina.

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[Rapido]

Good by Georgia. Beating both Scotland and Ireland in that tournament and finishing above them.

6 Nations teams don't even include Georgia in their U20 tournaments, unlike what we bastions of the game do down here with the Oceania U20s.

The Celts, stifling rugby's growth since ages ago .......

[Dice]

How did I know Tom Christie was from Canterbury without looking it up? Because he looks 40 :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

[Nepia]

@dice said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:

How did I know Tom Christie was from Canterbury without looking it up? Because he looks 40 :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

Shouldn't he be from Fielding then?

[Stargazer]

Highlights from the finals:

Ireland v Japan

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Scotland v Georgia

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Wales v Italy

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Argentina v Australia

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New Zealand v South Africa

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England v France

[Bovidae]

Happy to see France won, although it appears none of us watched the final games.

[Stargazer]

@bovidae The NZ game is still on MySky. Haven't had the time to watch it yet. Not sure I want to, knowing the result. :unamused_face:

[Stargazer]

Last weekend, Fiji U20 won the 2018 World Rugby U20 Trophy. This means that Fiji will play in the World Rugby U20 Championship in 2019 instead of Japan, that finished last in this year's U20 Championship.

Fiji beat Samoa U20 58-8 in the Final.

https://www.worldrugby.org/u20/news/357232

[Stargazer]

This thread seems to be the best place to post this.

While the World Rugby U20 Trophy is the qualification tournament for the World Rugby U20 Championship, the Oceania Rugby Under 20s tournament is a qualification tournament for the World Rugby U20 Trophy. The next WR U20 Trophy will be played in Brazil, next year.

Today, is the first match of the Oceania tournament between Samoa U20 and Tonga U20. The second is on Saturday.

Charles Alaimalo has been named in the Samoan squad:

Tongan squad:

[Bovidae]

@stargazer You'll probably find quite a few from the recent U19 tournament in both teams.

Brian Lima also played for Waikato. He's the son of The Chiropractor.

[Stargazer]

@bovidae Yeah, several names looked familiar to me, but I couldn't remember who they are or where they played.