2018 New Zealand U20s
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Shed-loads of goal-kicking options too I think.
The 3 10s (Plummer, Matoe, Trask), plus Faingaanuku on the wing kicked for NZ schoolboys last year. Pus also Carlos Price? although I may just be placing too much weight here on just being the 1st XV kicker.
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@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Shed-loads of goal-kicking options too I think.
LOL like that matters - your guys will score more tries per game than most of these sides could score the whole tournament.
In fact, I'd like to implement a system of the NZ team being forced to dropgoal all kicks at goal
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@nta said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Shed-loads of goal-kicking options too I think.
LOL like that matters - your guys will score more tries per game than most of these sides could score the whole tournament.
In fact, I'd like to implement a system of the NZ team being forced to dropgoal all kicks at goal
At the Oceania tournament, yes. But the JWC is pretty even. NZ have their fallow years and their average years.
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@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Sorry to digress.
But is seems an unnecessary apostrophe.They spell their names differently on social media, so I guess it is necessary. You've piqued my interest so I've reached out to a Samoan mate who'll tell me.
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@antipodean said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Sorry to digress.
But is seems an unnecessary apostrophe.They spell their names differently on social media, so I guess it is necessary. You've piqued my interest so I've reached out to a Samoan mate who'll tell me.
I'm interested if Telea is an anglicised spelling of Tele'a, as 1960s/70s NZ bereaucracy didn't know what to do with an apostrohe between 2 vowels ......
I'm quite interested in the way names can change and show the era someone emigrated. E.g. a Poliakoff v a Polyakov etc Vodanovich v Dokic etc.
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These games are always messy as boys try to stick to structure but play what's in front. 10 will be interesting battle as well as 8. Matoe and flair v Plummer and workrate of Flanders vs power of Sotutu.
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@antipodean said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Sorry to digress.
But is seems an unnecessary apostrophe.They spell their names differently on social media, so I guess it is necessary. You've piqued my interest so I've reached out to a Samoan mate who'll tell me.
If I recall correct, whenever a vowel follows another vowel in a row there's actually supposed to be an apostrophe, but over time it's been dropped? Most likely wrong though.
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both kickoffs we have looked rusty. florence started well and Faingaanuku
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@number-10 They also share the same last name. His name is Levi Valentino Fakatava.
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Catch n pass and aerial skills (of forwards) off. Been impressed with Trasks catch n pass, really on the money and opening up the outsides.
