2019 under 20's
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Teams for NZ v Scotland (Sun 9 June 2019, kick-off 6.30am NZT):
New Zealand Under-20s:
1 George Dyer, 2.Shilo Klein, 3.Kaliopase Uluilakepa, 4.Taine Plumtree, 5.Tupou Vaa'I, 6.Kaylum Boshier (captain), 7.Jeriah Mua, 8.Simon Parker, 9.Taufa Funaki, 10.Ferg Burke, 11.Etene Nanai Seturo, 12.Quinn Tupaea, 13.Billy Proctor, 14.Lalomili Lalomilo, 15.Scott Gregory.Substitutes:
16 Kianu Kereru Symes, 17.Ollie Norris, 18.Tamaiti Williams, 19.Fletcher Newell, 20.Cullen Grace, 21.Samipeni Finau, 22.Kohan Herbert, 23.Devan Flanders, 24.Leroy Carter, 25.Rivez Reihana, 26.Dallas McLeod, 27. Cole Forbes, 28.Leicester Faingaanuku.Scotland Under-20:
1 Andrew Nimmo, 2.Rory Jackson, 3.Will Hurd, 4.Ewan Johnson, 5.Ross Bundy, 6.Jack Hill, 7.Teddy Leatherbarrow, 8.Kwagga van Niekerk, 9.Murray Scott, 10.Nathan Chamberlain, 11.Jack Blain, 12.Robbie McCallum, 13.Rory McMichael, 14.Lomond MacPherson, 15.Ollie Smith.Substitutes:
16 Ewan Ashman, 17.Murphy Walker, 18.Euan McLaren, 19.Mak Wilson, 20.Cameron Henderson, 21.Marshall Sykes, 22.Tom Marshall, 23.Roan Frostwick, 24.Connor Boyle, 25.Ross Thompson, 26.Grant Hughes, 27.Cameron Anderson, 28.Matt Davidson.
As I predicted, rotation, rotation, rotation. This, unfortunately, means that some of the few players who stood out in the first game, have now been named on the bench, although the backline includes some of the best players (at 11-15). But, Gregory at fullback? Has he ever played there?
Scotland looked good in their first game against South Africa (big and physical), despite their loss, so it's probably going to be a tough game.
http://www.allblacks.com/News/34239/preview-nz-under-20s-v-scotland-under-20s
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14-0 to nz so far
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21-5 now
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26-5
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26-12
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26-17
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Italy beating England 16-7
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31-19 to nz now
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23-14 to Italy now against England
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38-19 to nz now
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45-19 nz winning now
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45-26
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45-33 now
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England won 24-23
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52-33 no won
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Good win, just a bit concerned about the amount of points conceded ..have not seen yet, thoughts anybody..?
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@Canes4life heard the Spark coverage went down again..?
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Just watched the game and made a lot of notes. This is what I've taken away from this game.
Coaching: terrible. Some of the substitutions came way too late. Several players suffered from cramp (particularly Mua, Funaki) or minor injuries that seemed to bother the players (esp Lalomilo) and it took ages before they were replaced. The conditions were apparently hot; replacements must be timed better.
Game management: mixed bag. The play still went from side to side too often (esp in the first half), and we just couldn't move forward.
Some really bad handling errors in this game, including unnecessary knock ons. Passing sometimes also sloppy (including from both halves).
Line-outs: went well, both throwing and catching, also after substitutions.
Scrum: there were few in the first half; in the second half we struggled.
Defence against line-out mauls: mixed (there were few of them in the game).
Kicking: goal kicking - mixed results; kicks in play: not too many, but there were some really good ones (from different players)
Tackling: obviously, too many missed tackles. Too many easy scores for the Scots.
Stand-outs: Plumtree, Gregory, Lalomilo (the only reason I left Tupaea out of this list is his missed tackles)
Disappointing: Boshier, Va'ai, Uluilakepa (apart from his early try)
Busiest: Tupaea and Proctor (but not always successful)
Invisible for most of the game: Nanai-Seturo (exceptions were some good runs and a turnover in the 2nd half), Parker
Good bench impact: Williams, Kereru-Symes
