2017 New Zealand U20s

[Stargazer]

Penalty goal Falcon. NZ lead 49 to 26.

[Stargazer]

Falcon subbed, Tua has come on. Leger taking over the kicking duties, but he misses the penalty kick.

Jacobson also replaced by Christie.

[Stargazer]

Haha, I was just typing that they should take Rakete-Stones off because he looked tired. And then he scores a try! He's still on the field.

NZ 56, Italy 26.

[Stargazer]

Awesome try Tua! Got his wheels on. Leger can't convert: 61-26 NZ.

[Kiwidom]

Great individual try from Tamati Tua!

[Rembrandt]

is there a site I can watch this on?

[Stargazer]

@Rembrandt From where?

[Stargazer]

@Rembrandt Game is almost over; less than 3 minutes to go.

[Rembrandt]

@Stargazer cheers, found one. Surprised the official one is geo blocked in oz

[Stargazer]

Good to see Mikaele-Tu'u can go the full 80 minutes. Has played very well tonight.

[mimic]

Samoa trailing 23-30 against Australia with 4 minutes to go..

[mimic]

Make that 26-30 with 3 minutes to go

[Stargazer]

Try Adrian Choat. The conversion from Leger is good.

Full time: New Zealand 68 - 26 Italy

[mimic]

What a b.s. call from the touchie.. looked like a good hit to me.. arms wrapped around after the hit

[Kiwidom]

Apart from Willie Lose's commentating, that was enjoyable to watch. Although the Italians fell away in the second half, they look a good side and had us under pressure at times

[mimic]

This Australian team would've finished last in NZs pool ..

[Kiwidom]

@Stargazer Your magpies have some talented young props coming thru - Mason Kean, Tim Farrell and Rakete Stones

[Stargazer]

@Kiwidom said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

@Stargazer Your magpies have some talented young props coming thru - Mason Kean, Tim Farrell and Rakete Stones

Yes, it's really good to see that in the next few years we'll have some good home grown props. It's a pity that Farrell had to go home injured, but fortunately he will still be eligible for the U20s next year.

[Stargazer]

@Rembrandt said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

@Stargazer cheers, found one. Surprised the official one is geo blocked in oz

Yes, they geo-block the WR site in every country where the JWC is televised (even if only some games are shown).

[Steven Harris]

@Stargazer stopping the maul from a lineout drive seems to be a real issue not just the NZ 20s,but also the Blues in super rugby.

How do you stop it..?,sack the catcher once he hits the ground,but you need at least 2 -3 guys to smash also the support lifters around him.,that will either stop it stone cold,or force the attacking team to restart another maul,which won't have the immediate numbers,and the same process starts again..

What your wanting them to do,is change lanes,illegally or get isolated,teams often get penalised starting a new maul,and players join that maul in front of the ball carrier..

On saying all that,it's something the European teams put a lot of work into because of their size and style of game they play,where we tend to sacrifice this area of the game,because we want out athletes to be more mobile and have great ball handling skills.