2019 under 20's
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@Canes4life said in 2019 under 20's:
Proctor will most likely start at centre if he is released - Toala to fullback.
It looks like Proctor hasn't been released. He's in the MSP line-up to play club rugby tomorrow.
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Interesting, I think he will be available for the WC though won't he??
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Finally, the NZU20 team to play Fiji has been named:
1 Ollie Norris (Waikato)
2 Kianu Kereru Symes – captain (Hawke’s Bay)
3 Kaliopasi Uluilakepa (Manawatu)
4 Naitoa Ah Kuoi (Wellington)
5 Tupou Vaa’i (Taranaki)
6 Samipeni Finau (Waikato)
7 Jeriah Mua (Bay of Plenty)
8 Devan Flanders (Hawke’s Bay)
9 Leroy Carter (Bay of Plenty)
10 Fergus Burke (Canterbury)
11 Sam Gilbert (Canterbury)
12 Dallas McLeod (Canterbury)
13 Quinn Tupaea (Waikato)
14 Lalomilo Lalomilo (Bay of Plenty)
15 Danny Toala (Hawke’s Bay)Reserves:
16 Shilo Klein (Canterbury)
17 George Dyer (Waikato)
18 Fletcher Newell (Canterbury)
19 Tamaiti Williams (Canterbury)
20 Taine Plumtree (Wellington)
21 Cullen Grace (Canterbury)
22 Kaylum Boshier (Taranaki)
23 Kohan Herbert (Bay of Plenty)
24 Simon Parker (Waikato)
25 Taufa Funaki (Auckland)
26 Rivez Reihana (Waikato)
27 Chay Fihaki (Canterbury)
28 Cole Forbes (Bay of Plenty)A World Rugby trial sees a 13-man bench, with eight players able to be used as replacements during the match. Hawke’s Bay’s Kianu Kereru Symes will captain the team from the front row and is flanked by Ollie Norris and Kaliopasi Uluilakepa who are both returning from the 2018 campaign. Devan Flanders, also a member of the 2018 team, gets the start at eight, while Waikato’s Quinn Tupaea will bring his Mitre 10 Cup experience to the midfield.Games will be live streamed on the Oceania Rugby facebook page.
http://www.allblacks.com/News/34033/nz-under-20s-named-for-oceania-opener
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A World Rugby trial sees a 13-man bench, with eight players able to be used as replacements during the match.
Sheesh!
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@taniwharugby said in 2019 under 20's:
A World Rugby trial sees a 13-man bench, with eight players able to be used as replacements during the match.
Sheesh!
WHAT??!! That's the last thing the game needs!!
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@Stargazer said in 2019 under 20's:
Finally, the NZU20 team to play Fiji has been named:
3 Kaliopasi Uluilakepa (Manawatu)When did he sign for the 'Poo as he was still playing at tighthead for Petone as late as 13 April?
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Kaliopasi Uluilakepa is from Wellington, is that Manawatu a typo or has he signed for them?
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@mariner4life said in 2019 under 20's:
@taniwharugby said in 2019 under 20's:
A World Rugby trial sees a 13-man bench, with eight players able to be used as replacements during the match.
Sheesh!
WHAT??!! That's the last thing the game needs!!
I'm starting to believe World Rugby hates the game.
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@Stargazer said in 2019 under 20's:
A World Rugby trial sees a 13-man bench, with eight players able to be used as replacements during the match.
Looks simply to be some sort of organised payback to the jersey manufacturers if all teams have to have jerseys numbered from sixteen through to and including twenty eight. Not sure what the rationale behind it is as most club sides below Premier struggle to have more than three or four on their bench at the best of times.
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@Canes4life said in 2019 under 20's:
Kaliopasi Uluilakepa is from Wellington, is that Manawatu a typo or has he signed for them?
Not really, he was "encouraged" to come to Wellington by a paid employee of the WRFU and surprise surprise ended up playing for a club the paid employee has had an association with.
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@Higgins One rationale could be to prevent a situation like in the Reds v Crusaders match, where a player goes off and the replacement player gets injured, and the team is not able to replace the injured player because they've run out of players on the bench that can replace him. With the new rule, they won't be able to sub more players than is the case now, but they have a larger number of players to pick their subs from.
As WR is very focused on player welfare in most of its law trials, I assume there's a player welfare reason behind it.
It's only a trial; there's no way we can predict whether they aim to introduce this new law at all levels of rugby (if at all). Maybe only for U20, or only for national representative teams.
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@Higgins I don't mean he was born here, I was meaning that he is playing his rugby in Wellington. Must be a shocking culture at the Lions - that's Carlos Price, Malo Tuitama, Uluilakepa and Walker-Leawere all deciding to move on from Wellington Rugby.
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@Stargazer I think in the event that 2 TH props or 2 hookers or 2 LH props are injured in a game (must be fairly rare, although not unheard of) having to go back to golden oldies isnt a huge deal for as how infrequently it will happen, cos we know this is where the concerns are mostly...
Of those 13 on the bench, assume it will be pretty heavy (front rowers) that reason?
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@Canes4life Only one of those three are from Wellington in the first place so don't really hold any affiliation or affection to the place. Maybe it is simply a financial reason with the WRFU not having as much ready cash available for Mitre10 Cup salaries as some other provinces. Maybe John Plumtree has got his six foot eleven lock ready to go and has offered him to the WRFU for Mitre10 Cup use and IWL seeing the writing on the wall and leaving for greener pastures where he does not have James Blackwell to contend with for a starting spot.
Not sure how Waikato are managing to hoover up a number of new signings recently as it was not long ago that they were almost booted out of Rugby Park through not paying their rent. Maybe they have got a whizz bank sponsorship seller on their payroll that has the ability to elicit vast amounts of money from sponsors?
