2023 World Rugby U20 Championship

[Machpants]

Yawn, more slow down of the game with minor shit called back

[taniwharugby]

@Machpants you'd hope there is an allowance for margin of error, cos how many lineout throws are not actually straight? I've always felt if the other team doesnt contest, then not straight doesnt matter.

The 2 best parts is on forward passes and crossing the touchline, but even then, particularly on the former there are going to be some marginal ones surely? Best hope they dont apply it to scrum feeds too, cos those are always tough to adjudicate on....

But yeah, agree, will likely slow the game down further, may as well remove the ref from the field of play completely, just have them on the sideline watching and calling from there

[Stargazer]

A few familiar names in that Fiji U20 line-up:

[Stargazer]

The first game between Argentina and Italy has been played!

Full time result:

Spoiler

Argentina 43 - 15 Italy

From 11.30pm on Sky Sport 2:
England v Ireland

From 12.00am on Sky Sport 1:
France v Japan

[MiketheSnow]

@Stargazer said in 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship:

The first game between Argentina and Italy has been played!

Full time result:

Spoiler

Argentina 43 - 15 Italy

From 11.30pm on Sky Sport 2:
England v Ireland

From 12.00am on Sky Sport 1:
France v Japan

Big win for the Argies

[Stargazer]

Livestreams:

[MiketheSnow]

Why the fuck would you have two matches on at the same time?

Dolts

[Stargazer]

@MiketheSnow Yeah, that will happen several times during this tournament, unfortunately.

[KiwiMurph]

Brilliant try by England then Irish respond with a cracker of their own.

[MiketheSnow]

Great match

[Stargazer]

Red card?

Edit: yes, green 13 sent off.

[OomPB]

Lots of OomPB sweat, tears and footsteps around that rugby field at Gim. Stayed just a block from Gim.

[Stargazer]

There was no stream of the Argentina v Italy game on YouTube, but I found the highlights.

[KiwiMurph]

Aus vs Fiji going down to the wire.

Fiji lead by 1 against 14 man Aus with 13 to play

[Stargazer]

South Africa v Georgia livestream:

[KiwiMurph]

Class from a 14 man Aus who come home strong.

46-37 Aus win over Fiji.

[Stargazer]

Going by the comments on Twitter, Isaiah Ravula-Armstrong had an excellent game for Fiji.

[Stargazer]

Day 1 results:

[Rapido]

Presumably the Eng v Ire draw will ensure both go through to top 4, assuming others in their pool aren't top threats?

[Stargazer]

I can't find any match stats for the U20s games. World Rugby only produces empty pages in their match centre. Are there stats anywhere else? I've already checked ESPN. Nada.

Only the rugby.com.au website has some, but they don't include player stats.

World Rugby U20 Championship 2023 Round 1: Wales U20 vs New Zealand U20 (26 - 27)

Full match report, highlights, and analysis of the World Rugby U20 Championship draw between Wales U20 and New Zealand U20 at Paarl Gimnasium on June 24, 2023