2017 New Zealand U20s

[Frye]

@Stargazer said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

Oh, c'mon. That wasn't forward.
Edit: it was forward. No hat-trick for Jordan.

Agreed.
Flat at worst.

The ref asked for a reason NOT to award it, so the TMO says "pass was clearly forward"
bullshit

[Stargazer]

Irish player sent to the bin for tripping McKay (?).

[Stargazer]

Conversion Falcon: 57-3 NZ

[Stargazer]

Try Falcon!

[antipodean]

How was that not a YC at the ruck?

[Tordah]

@antipodean said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

How was that not a YC at the ruck?

cynical as fuck but lucky for him, he was wearing a green shirt

[antipodean]

Learn to kick Falcon ffs.

[Stargazer]

@antipodean Geez man, calm down. He's 19.

[antipodean]

More deliberate foul play by Green, no YC.

[antipodean]

@Stargazer said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

@antipodean Geez man, calm down. He's 19.

I've seen plenty of colts make those kicks. The rest of his game is excellent. but his kicking today has been dreadful.

[Tordah]

"106 carries, 854 meters, that's an average of 100 meters a carry. Or just over."

The genius of the Irish commentator.

[Stargazer]

@antipodean Good on them! Falcon usually makes them, too. Sometimes a player has a day that the boot isn't that good. Ask Barrett, Cruden and others.

[Tordah]

Baby Blacks lock (4) looks like a future star. Carries strongly and some neat handling skills

[Stargazer]

Full time: New Zealand 69 - 3 Ireland

[Tordah]

@Stargazer said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

Full time: New Zealand 69 - 3 Ireland

Weird to say, but I think the scoreline flatters Ireland quite a bit.

[antipodean]

11 tries to nil. Baby Blacks look very good against poor opposition.

South Africa did the same to Argentina.

[Stargazer]

Great defence from the Baby Blacks, even against the line-out drive. Attack was very good, too. Too many good players to name.

[antipodean]

England will have to beat Australia by 62 points to top the differential.

[Stargazer]

Does anyone know whether stats on these U20s games are published somewhere? Match "reports" on the WR website only record line-ups, tries, penalties and conversions. I'd be interested to see more stats.

[Bovidae]

Clarke's try when NZ were down to 13 men summed up the effort today as that was on the back of outstanding defence to force a turnover.