2023 New Zealand U20s
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MATCH ONE: NZ U20 v Junior Wallabies - Monday 29 May, 2.00PM (NZST), NZCIS, WELLINGTON
MATCH TWO: NZ U20 v Junior Wallabies – Saturday 3 June, 4.30PM (NZST), Sky Stadium, WELLINGTON-
The second match will be played as a curtain raiser to the Hurricanes v Crusaders and kicks off Saturday 3 June at 4.30PM (NZST), at SKY Stadium. This match will be broadcast live and exclusive on Sky Sport.
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The final New Zealand Under 20 squad of 30 for the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa will be announced following their second match in Wellington, on Monday 5 June.
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Looks like all the Super Rugby players were at the leadership camp over the last week - Lakai, Springer, Hotham, Godfrey etc so obviously no longer available for their respective Super sides going forward.
Seems like a talented side, hopefully they can do the business.
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@Canes4life said in 2023 New Zealand U20s:
Looks like all the Super Rugby players were at the leadership camp over the last week - Lakai, Springer, Hotham, Godfrey etc so obviously no longer available for their respective Super sides going forward.
Seems like a talented side, hopefully they can do the business.
Isn't Laidlaw still the men's sevens coach? I thought he was at the Toulouse event.
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@kiwi_expat true, maybe this was earlier in the year so in that case ignore the above.
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Yeah you can walk up and watch but it's not suited to the biggest crowd as you can see in the video below.
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Hmmm...some of these innovations might be better in theory than in practice, particularly the lineout throws.
Rugby’s smart ball set to support match officiating at the World Rugby U20 Championship | World Rugby
World Rugby is collaborating with Sportable and Gilbert to undertake the world’s first trial of smart ball technology in a live match officiating capacity at the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa in June.
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@Chris said in 2023 New Zealand U20s:
Yep some of that might slow the game down not speed it up,Lineout throws are one of those do we have any that are 100% accurate ?.
Nearly every line out may get blown up by the ref.I would hope there is a tolerance.
I think that if the ref gets a beep in the ear to confirm a not straight throw (outside of tolerance), that will cut out a lot of argument. We do see a lot missed even at the top level. -
I've got Monday off, so might head up the Valley for a bit of a look
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Weird that there's been no announcement of a NZ side for this game considering it's tomorrow.
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Strong side, good blend of U20’s last year and the U19’s who toured South Africa. A good number of Super players too. It’ll great to see how we fare against the Euro countries and SA.
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@TheMojoman have they named a match day 23?
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I haven't seen a team line-up, but today's game will be livestreamed (two streams).
From the NZCIS Facebook page:New Zealand
U20s v Australia 
U20s
Monday 29th May - 2pm @ NZCIS Field #1.STREAM 📺 Two options:
1️⃣ Select the Self Tracking for a general view
2️⃣ Select the Breakdown Cam to get up close
💡 Hack: if you want both views, open 2 windows in your browser.
❗️Apologies: No commentary or scorecards this time around.
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@Stargazer nice find, I have a meeting at 2pm so will hopefully tune in after.
