2023 New Zealand U20s

[Canes4life]

@kiwi_expat true, maybe this was earlier in the year so in that case ignore the above.

[Stargazer]

Does anyone know whether you can actually go to NZCIS to watch the game? Do they allow entry to spectators?

[Canes4life]

Yeah you can walk up and watch but it's not suited to the biggest crowd as you can see in the video below.

[Bovidae]

Hmmm...some of these innovations might be better in theory than in practice, particularly the lineout throws.

worldrugby.org

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.

[Dan54]

Why do I not like this idea very much? I not real comfortable with where we going with things like this.

[Kirwan]

@Dan54 Yeah, that tech will never work correctly - too many variables.

[Chris]

@Dan54

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.

[Crucial]

@Chris said in 2023 New Zealand U20s:

@Dan54

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.

[Chris]

@Crucial

Yep you would hope so Tolerance I mean.Otherwise it could be painful.

[Bovidae]

Has anyone in Wellington had a sneaky look at their training camp? The first test vs Aust is on Monday.

Obviously Hotham won't be involved.

[SouthernMann]

I've got Monday off, so might head up the Valley for a bit of a look

[Canes4life]

Weird that there's been no announcement of a NZ side for this game considering it's tomorrow.

[TheMojoman]

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.

[Canes4life]

@TheMojoman have they named a match day 23?

[Bovidae]

No news about the NZ team so far. Maybe tomorrow morning.

[Stargazer]

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.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer nice find, I have a meeting at 2pm so will hopefully tune in after.

[Bovidae]

You would think there will be some rotation of players over these two games to give everyone an opportunity to play and impress.

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae you'd think they would select their preferred 23 for the game on Saturday, with it being televised.

[Stargazer]

I'd love to know why it's only two games v Australia. Why not invite the Argies again? They were really good, last year, finishing ahead of the Junior Wallabies. With Fiji as the fourth team.