2017 New Zealand U20s
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Greatest age group rugby union sides
1992/1993: New Zealand Schools: Played: 6, Won: 6, Points For: 318, Points Against: 57 The New Zealand Schools team made their debut in 1978 and have fashioned a formidable record over the years, winning 118 of their 135 matches. The class of 1992 and 1993 was without doubt the best. Record victories over Australia (32-7) and England (51-5) were achieved and 14 future internationals were produced. The 12 All Blacks were: Daryl Gibson, Carl Hoeft, Jonah Lomu, Isotola Maka, Todd Miller, Carlos Spencer, Jeremy Stanley, Royce Willis, Jeff Wilson, Pita Alatini, Andrew Blowers and Chresten Davis while Trevor Leota played 30 Tests for Samoa and George Leaupepe 26. In the record win against Australia in 1993 Jonah Lomu scored two tries and Carlos Spencer won the man of the match award. Against England, Lomu scored a try and Jeff Wilson amassed 16 points.2002: New Zealand Under-19 – Played: 4, Won: 4, Points For: 275, Points Against: 45 The IRB staged seven Under-19 World Championships between 1999 and 2006. New Zealand won four of them and 28 out of 33 matches. The 1999 New Zealand team produced Richie McCaw and Mils Muliaina, however the 2002 side was the most dominant. New Zealand smashed Korea (83-10), Italy (80-8) and South Africa (41-9) to storm into the final where they met France. Against France, New Zealand won by a staggering score of 71-18, a record in any IRB World final. New Zealand outscored France 10 tries to two with future New Zealand Maori representatives, Pehi Te Whare and Cory Aporo scoring two tries each. Future All Blacks, Jerome Kaino (two), Ben Atiga, Ben Smith and Luke McAllister also scored tries with McAllister contributing 24 points in total. Future English International Thomas Waldrom scored a try as well. Other internationals involved in the New Zealand team were All Blacks, James Ryan, Tamati Ellison and Benson Stanley while Captain Ti’i Paulo and Paul Williams represented Samoa. The French side was hardly a bad one. Dimitri Szarzewski and Yannick Nyanga have since become regular internationals. -
The 1989 u21s had a backline of
15 Ridge
14 Timu
13 Innes
12 Little
11 TuigamalaDon't remember the halves or the forwards. But think Pat Lam may have been captain, Jamie Joseph lock.
Jason Goldsmith was age eligibile also in that backline, but had smashed his leg)The 1995 u21s I can almost remember off the cuff;
15 Cullen
14
13 Stanley
12
11 Randle
10 Spencer
9 Robinson
8 X Rush
7 S Robertson or A Blowers
6 Randell or C Davis
5 Maxwell
4 Willis
3 Meuws
2 Oliver
1 Hoeft(Lomu was age eligible, but in the ABs)
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@Crash said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:
Why can't these fucking English comms team say Umaga properly? UU-MAA-NGAA ffs
They actually made some very good work on a lot of the PI names but there are certain words they simply can't seem to want to change from their own version. Ugh-Manga, Hakka......
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Without checking back in the thread can anyone confirm whether this England side was as badly weakened as I have heard?
I have read a claim of 15 starters unavailable for that game either through injury or being drafted up by Eddie to Argentina.
The counter is that you can have those guys back as long as we can have Falcon, Ioane and JB. -
@Crucial said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:
Without checking back in the thread can anyone confirm whether this England side was as badly weakened as I have heard?
I have read a claim of 15 starters unavailable for that game either through injury or being drafted up by Eddie to Argentina.
The counter is that you can have those guys back as long as we can have Falcon, Ioane and JB.I can't answer your question, but this was England's team:
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@Stargazer Those are NZ Youth teams, not NZ U21s, they were baabaa style teams who toured.
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@taniwharugby I had a squiz today and couldn't find much
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@Rapido said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:
The 1989 u21s had a backline of
15 Ridge
14 Timu
13 Innes
12 Little
11 TuigamalaDon't remember the halves or the forwards. But think Pat Lam may have been captain, Jamie Joseph lock.
Jason Goldsmith was age eligibile also in that backline, but had smashed his leg)I don't have the full team lists but based on the info I have the halfback was Jason Hewett. Konia is also amongst the backs.
Forwards included Brain, Perelini, Carter, Dowd, Roose, Hewitt, Turner. A few others were either provincial reps or unfamiliar to me.
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@Margin_Walker said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:
Not a great year for tight five talent. Couple of injured props including our best tighthead (Street) and the best lock in this age group is in Argentina with the seniors.
Men against boys today and could get pretty ugly
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@Bovidae I think that Little may have played 10 that year and there was a 12 by the name of Sean Fitzsimmons (maybe?), Maori guy from Gisborne who never went anywhere with his senior career. That maybe 100% incorrect though and I may be thinking of a schools team instead.
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@Crucial said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:
Without checking back in the thread can anyone confirm whether this England side was as badly weakened as I have heard?
I have read a claim of 15 starters unavailable for that game either through injury or being drafted up by Eddie to Argentina.
The counter is that you can have those guys back as long as we can have Falcon, Ioane and JB.It's definitely a depleted team, but 15 starters being out is rubbish. By my count there are 14 players not here that would have been. 5 in Argentina with the seniors (B Curry, T Curry, Isiekwe, Cokanasiga, Maunder) 2 injured before the tour (Shilcock, Evans) and 6 injured during the JWC pre final (Aspland-Robinson, Morris, Wright, Crossdale, Brophy Clews, Street).
However many of those are in duplicate positions so perhaps 9 starters or so. Backline was hardest hit with probably only Malins at 10 who would have started in some hypothetical world where everyone is fit. Injuries and call ups happen though and all teams have to deal with it. None of the players missing are in RI/JB's class and this JAB team would have won comfortably either way.
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I did a quick glance at the 6N team in the final game v the team put out in the final and if you allow for those demoted to the bench the changes aren't that big. I have no idea if front liners weren't available for the 6N though.
All teams get injuries etc or have players made unavailable. I can understand if England were seriously depleted across the board but then compare that with the loss of two players deemed good enough to play for the best team in world. The young England players are no doubt rated well but they were also unlikely to be in an adult England touring squad if the BIL guys were available.
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@Margin_Walker I thought Malins was starting?
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Sorry, should have been clearer. Argument to be made that Malins would be the only back who started the JWC final, that would have started if everyone available. Butler would have been in with a shot, but think they'd have gone with Brophy Clews at 12 as the senior player with AP experience.
Few frontliners unavailable due to club commitments and injury in the 6N. Really not worth debating too much though as JAB clearly very strong this year and every team deals with unavailability of players. Agree that if it wasn't a Lions year Eddie probably wouldn't have taken any of the 5 on tour. He's just used it as a development opportunity.
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@Rapido Other guys in that 1995 team were props Michael Collins and Paul Thomson. Locks Chris Hammett(brother of you know who), and Andrew Gallagher. Reserve loosies were Isitola Maka and Duncan Blaikie. From. Memory Danny Lee was there, along with Daryl Gibson and Cameron Rackham from the first Blues team. Centre Adam Larkin from North Harbour(who went on to play for Ulster for years) was there and James Kerr and Brad Fleming on the wings I think...
