WR U20 Championship 2025
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@Mamuka said in WR U20 Championship 2025:
Where is Eli and Maloni? Mathis?
Vaenuku would be the no.1 winger so they've moved Solomon to accommodate Simpson at fullback. I expect all players will get a game in the pool matches. The Italians look to have some giant forwards. Let's see how Wallace's return helps the scrum.
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Junior Wallabies are getting smacked by the Junior Boks in Italy. Some poor kicking by Sharples, Fowler and Harvey has given the Junior Bok back 3 plenty of opportunities to attack in open space. Couple that with Junior Wallaby handling errors and a malfunctioning set-piece, and you’re looking at a hard road back for them in the 2nd half.
As far as the Junior Boks are concerned, players like Haashim Pead and Gilermo Mentoe look a whole lot better with space and a hard pitch to run around on. Still a bit concerned that some of those Saffa fatties are going to run out of gas sooner rather than later. Still looking good so far, though.
Halftime score Junior Wallabies 5-33 Junior Boks.
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Well, it didn't improve much in the second half, as it finished 73-17 in favour of the Junior Boks.
While things genuinely didn't go their way, the Junior Wallabies made some poor errors in their planning as well, seemingly not having (or executing) a proper kicking strategy while being way too loose in their attacking structures. The (counter-)attacking prowess of the Junior Boks shouldn't have come as a surprise to them, though, as the game against the NZ U20s already showed that they're a side with a lot of attacking potential.
The Junior Boks looked good, Pead and the back three looking very dangerous on counter-attack. It'll be interesting to see how they fare against the England U20s.
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Jeez, the interruptions in this game are insane. Game 35 minutes in, 22 mins of play.
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Italy starting to looked cooked?
@Victor-Meldrew said in WR U20 Championship 2025:
Italy starting to looked cooked?
I mean, Will Cole also just vomited all over the pitch before halftime, so I assume that both teams are pretty much at their limit.
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Temperature of 29c. With a feels like 34c. That is some nasty rugby playing conditions.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in WR U20 Championship 2025:
Italy starting to looked cooked?
I mean, Will Cole also just vomited all over the pitch before halftime, so I assume that both teams are pretty much at their limit.
I was thinking Italy were starting to look more disjointed
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This is a hard watch. Pretty poor
