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    New lower tackle rule to be trialled.

    At what age does the nipple line stop being the 'high point' anyway? TR Jnr plays U13 and the nipple line is thier high point...is it U14 and up where it is same line as adults?

    Stuff
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    U20 Championship 2018: Did you know ...?

    We bring you some statistics to whet your appetite ahead of the start of the World Rugby U20 Championship 2018 in France on Wednesday
    
    With only five days to go until the 11th edition of the World Rugby U20 Championship kicks off in France, we bring you some statistics to whet your appetite ahead of what looks set to be the most competitive tournament yet.
    
    On the road … The host nation has only won the tournament twice, South Africa in 2012 and England in 2016
    
    Trophy lifters … The 10 winning captains are Chris Smith (2008), Aaron Cruden (2009), Tyler Bleyendaal (2010), Luke Whitelock (2011), Wiaan Liebenberg (2012), Jack Clifford (2013), Maro Itoje (2014), Atunaisa Moli (2015), Harry Mallinder (2016) and Luke Jacobson (2017)
    
    Final appearances … England (8), New Zealand (7), South Africa (2), Wales (1), Australia (1) and Ireland (1)
    
    Winning percentage … New Zealand have an 85.71 per cent success rate in finals, having won on six of their seven appearances. England have reached eight finals but won only three
    
    Semi-final heartbreak … Argentina and France are the only other sides to make a semi-final
    
    Record-breakers ... New Zealand ripped up the U20 Championship record books in beating England 64-17 in the 2017 final, scoring the most tries and points in a title decider
    
    Welcome back to France … France becomes the second country after Italy to host the pinnacle event of age-grade rugby twice, having first hosted in 2013
    
    Top for tries … New Zealand winger Tevita Li (main picture) scored a record 13 tries across his two appearances in the U20 Championship
    
    Ten of the best … Australia’s Andrew Kellaway holds the record for the most tries in a single U20 Championship with 10 in 2014
    
    Welcome back … Japan bounced back to the U20 Championship stage at the first attempt by winning the sister event, the U20 Trophy in 2017
    
    Longest unbeaten run … New Zealand won their first 21 matches in the U20 Championship before slipping to a shock 9-6 defeat to Wales in the 2012 pool stages
    
    Fast-tracked … Handré Pollard suffered heartbreak in the 2014 final as South Africa captain and was named Junior Player of the Year, but eight days later the fly-half enjoyed the high of making his Springbok debut against Scotland
    
    The future stars of world rugby … More than 570 players have taken part in an U20 Championship and gone on to play test rugby
    
    Breeding ground … Argentina boast the most of these U20 Championship graduates with 58
    
    In on the act … Five nations who have never graced the U20 Championship stage have capped players who have played in the tournament in the Bahamas, Hong Kong, Romania, Spain and Zimbabwe
    
    World Rugby Men's Player of the Year … Brodie Retallick became the first U20 graduate to receive the accolade in 2014 and was followed by his fellow All Black Beauden Barrett in 2016 and 2017. The likes of David Pocock, Julian Savea, Leigh Halfpenny, Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and Billy Vunipola have all been nominated for the award.
    
    Back to back … All Black Sam Whitelock is the only U20 graduate with two Rugby World Cup winners’ medals
    
    RWC winners … There were three U20 graduates in the All Blacks' RWC 2011 winning squad on home soil and 10 four years later in England
    
    Quarter-time … More than a quarter of players at RWC 2015 had come through the U20 Championship pathway. If you include U20 Trophy graduates that figure rises to more than a third
    
    Kicking competition … In the knockout stages, only once in 10 tournaments has a kicking competition been required to decide the winner of a match – in 2010 when hosts Argentina beat Wales 9-8 to reach the fifth-place play-off after the sides had been locked at 19-19 after extra-time.
    
    First draw … France and South Africa played out the first draw in the pool stages of an U20 Championship last year in Georgia, the Junior Springboks converting a last-gasp try to salvage a 23-23 draw
    
    Most capped graduate … Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) with 96 tests
    
    First U20 Championship graduate … Alatasi Tupou of Samoa made his debut against New Zealand on 3 September, 2008 and now captains Samoa on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
    
    Most recent U20 Championship graduate … Mathieu Babillot of France, who made his debut against Wales on 17 March
    
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    The NZ U20s team to play Japan has been named. Probably the easiest opponent of the tournament, so that may explain why this isn't the strongest possible line-up.

    Kick-off: 7.00am NZT; LIVE on Duke.

    Squad:
    1 Xavier Numia - Wellington
    2 Flynn Thomas - Southland
    3 Tevita Mafileo - Bay of Plenty
    4 John Akau'ola-Laula - Auckland
    5 Will Tucker - Canterbury
    6 Tom Florence - Taranaki
    7 Tom Christie - captain - Canterbury
    8 Hoskins Sotutu - Auckland
    9 Xavier Roe - Waikato
    10 Kaleb Trask - Bay of Plenty
    11 Leicester Faingaanuku - Ta$man
    12 Billy Proctor - Wellington
    13 Bailyn Sullivan - Waikato
    14 Jamie Spowart - Ta$man
    15 Vilimoni Koroi - Otago
    16 Ricky Jackson -Otago
    17 Sione Asi - Manawatu
    18 Rob Cobb - Auckland
    19 Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa - Auckland
    20 Will Tremain - Hawke's Bay
    21 Jay Renton - Southland
    22 Harry Plummer - Auckland
    23 Scott Gregory - Northland

    In selecting the team for the first match against Japan, Philpott said workload management was at front of mind.
    
    “We’ve got five Test matches in 19 days and a squad of 28; you need to make sure you manage combinations so that you get the very best out of all 28 players. Over these first two games we want to make sure everybody gets an opportunity to contribute and so we are managing the workload accordingly.”
    

    http://www.allblacks.com/News/32483/nz-under-20-side-named-world-cup-opener-against-japan

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    Koroi for a first half hat trick!

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    #250

    I admit to being a critic of Sky, but this shows how things deteriorate when Sky isn't the broadcaster in NZ. This year, we can only watch two games from each match day (on tv and online). IIRC, Sky used to televise two games (live) simultaneously on two different channels, and show replays of the other games.

    This is Duke's broadcast schedule for match day 1 (on tv and online):

    day NZ date NZT Local match where pool watch/results
    Thu 31 May 4.30am 6.30pm* S Africa v Georgia Perpignan C
    Thu 31 May 4.30am 6.30pm* England v Argentina Narbonne B
    Thu 31 May 4.30am 6.30pm* Scotland v Italy Béziers B Duke (live); replay 2.50pm (Thu)
    Thu 31 May 7.00am 9.00pm* New Zealand v Japan Narbonne A Duke (live); replay 4.40pm (Thu) / 11.35am (Sat)
    Thu 31 May 7.00am 9.00pm* Australia v Wales Béziers A
    Thu 31 May 7.00am 9.00pm* France v Ireland Perpignan C

    ^previous day

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    Edit: all games will be livestreamed on the World Rugby website, but may be geo-blocked.

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    Remember this awesome 50-metre try from Georgian halfback Gela Aprasidze in 2017? He's back for his 3rd U20s tournament!

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    Wow, first try after 50 seconds. Will Tucker.

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    Trask can't convert from close to the touch line. 5 - 0 NZ

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    Great break from Xavier Roe; equally good off-load; Faingaanuku scores in the corner! 4 minutes played.

    Trask again can't convert: 10 - 0.

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    This is the Japanese squad (15 - 1): Kyohei Yamasawa, Halatoa Vailea, Siosaia Fifita, Yuto Mori, Koga Nezuka, Hiroto Mamada, Shinobu Fujiwara; Asipeli Moala, Hisanobu Okayama, Kai Yamamoto, Ryuga Hashimoto, Kanji Shimokawa, Gakuto Ishida, Miyu Arai, Yusuke Yamada.

    Reserves: Yuichiro Taniguchi, Ryunosuke Momoji, Rento Tsukayama, Kaito Aibe, Shota Fukui, Atora Hondo, Yu Saruta, Yoshiyuki Koga.

    Some Pacific names in that squad.

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    Nice team try from Koroi. Ten minutes played. Trask converts: 17 - 0 NZ.

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    #257

    Stats after 14 minutes:

    Tackles made:
    15 by both teams

    Tackles missed:
    1 NZ
    15 Japan

    That will be more now. Spowart dots down after a pass from Roe after the line-out. Unfortunately, the pass was forward, so the try is correctly disallowed. 15 minutes gone.

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    Great finish from Leicester Faingaanuku after an equally good break from Roe. Trask adds the extras: 24 - 0 NZ after 20 minutes.

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    Wow, what an awesome coast-to-coast try from Bailyn Sullivan! Best try thus far. Should add that Japan's defence is awful.

    Very good kick from Trask: 31 - 0 after 22 minutes. This is going to be a massacre. As expected, against the weakest opponent in the tournament.

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    Japan's no. 8, Asipeli Moala, dots the ball down, but the "try" is disallowed. He was offside. 28 minutes gone. Still 31 - 0 NZ

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    Try Tom Christie? Looked held up by Yuto Mori, but try awarded. Trask converts the try. 38 - 0 NZ. One minute to go in the first half.

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    Half time: NZ 38 - 0 Japan (6 tries to nil)

    Faingaanuku, Roe and Tucker are my picks of the first half. Sotutu has been disappointing. Hands like Brad Shields; workrate not good enough.

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    Defence and set piece highlights of nz first half. Agree about Sotutu, Flanders far better option

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    In the mean time, Xavier Roe has scored a try; not converted by Trask. 43 - 0 to NZ after 45 minutes.

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    Roe taken out in the air? Not penalised.

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