NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship)
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@canefan That's quite possible, as well.
Our backs always seem to be highly competitive, though - but, this year's crop include Hotham, Springer and Godfrey who I presume are all fulltime pros now - and I recall the same in some other years
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@Stargazer said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
@Winger Those stats show that the French pack is considerably heavier. Bigger boys v smaller boys.
20kg. Accounted for by one lock
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@Chris-B said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
@canefan That's quite possible, as well.
Our backs always seem to be highly competitive, though - but, this year's crop include Hotham, Springer and Godfrey who I presume are all fulltime pros now - and I recall the same in some other years
It would be interesting to look at world U20 rankings over the last 20 years and see how that translates into performance at senior level once each cohort makes the jump
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The traditional excuse has been other nations prioritise set piece and size and strength, whereas NZ prioritises ball skills. Ball skills are harder to improve when you're a huge lump, whereas size and strength are one of the easiest things to work on. Whether that is true anymore, I have no idea.
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@Machpants said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
The traditional excuse has been other nations prioritise set piece and size and strength, whereas NZ prioritises ball skills. Ball skills are harder to improve when you're a huge lump, whereas size and strength are one of the easiest things to work on. Whether that is true anymore, I have no idea.
It’s also technique and judging what a players ceiling is.
Is it the right decision? We would need to check previous u20 sides and see how successful we’ve been at converting them into quality adult players. I think we’ve done ok at that?
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Yeah I don’t fancy these conditions for us at all, looks like a grind coming up.
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Could not imagine NZ hosting a World under U20 comp in ground conditions this bad
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@Steven-Harris South Africa will host it again, next year.
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@Stargazer said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
Playing in white.
Ugh. At least it's not silver. That ground is a disgrace
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I think i am going to hide behind the couch for the first scrum
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We haven't won the tournament since 2011, and only featured in the final three times since then
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@canefan said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
We haven't won the tournament since 2011, and only featured in the final three times since then
I think you should have a look at the winners of the 2015 and 2017 tournaments.
World Rugby U20 Championship - Wikipedia
