NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship)

[Chris]

Coaching is not good for the NZ side,we seem to really not have a game plan for the conditions or to combat the French.
What are we really trying to achieve
The players look like they have been thrown out there with a hope you can turn shit into gold.
They look lost and under prepared.

[frugby]

@Steven-Harris Will be fascinating to see the progress of Lakai and Clark, but the rest of the forward pack just is not there. Tangitau and Springer perhaps, I always thought Faleafaga was highly rated, so intriguing he was taken off. Everytime I watch him, he has looked slick. They might get him on at the break.

[Stargazer]

@Steven-Harris I think that's mainly due to our pack, particularly the frontrow.

Make that equal, and you get a different game.

[frugby]

@Chris Bodes well for Hurricanes fans... really don't think they are challengers next year, though that is another argument for another day.

[Bovidae]

@Duluth said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):

Some grass cutter tackles there. Lucky the ref didn’t call them

Yeah, Cahill did a few.

[KiwiMurph]

Ironically the scrum has held up well

[Stargazer]

@KiwiMurph Yeah, but the maul ...

[Chris]

@frugby

I am not going to bag the players as some have looked good in other environments during SR.

They look lost poor buggers.

[frugby]

Changing the subject, surely this Tuilagi bloke is going to end up a prop. Looks nothing like a lock.

[canefan]

If these conditions are representative of SA in the Winter, I can see why SA like to play it tight

[canefan]

We just seem to lack cohesion, and the forwards are running one out instead of playing narrow and tight

[Stargazer]

@canefan It's a big country. I assume there are plenty of regional variations. @OomPB will know.

[ACT Crusader]

Scrum has gone well but the lineout is poor and the attack has not fired much of a shot.

French defence superb and impressed with their ruck organisation.

[canefan]

@Stargazer said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):

@canefan It's a big country. I assume there are plenty of regional variations. @OomPB will know.

Looks like a highland location. Maybe it's drier out near the coast

[Stargazer]

@ACT-Crusader I thought the line-out went reasonably well. What they did with the ball after the line-out was more the issue, I think.

[akan004]

@Steven-Harris said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):

Cant see many future All Blacks in this lot

We said the same thing during the 2019 tournament, and 8 ABs have been produced form that team.

Wouldn't write them off just yet.

[Stargazer]

This game is a typical example of when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong.

[KiwiMurph]

@Stargazer said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):

This game is a typical example of when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong.

NZ U20s made a lot of these similar errors vs Wales and Aus.

The difference is France is a whole different level and punish accordingly.

[Stargazer]

Sign, there we go again. Tuilagi again.

[frugby]

@Stargazer said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):

This game is a typical example of when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong.

Think that is kind. They are just far better than us.