2018 New Zealand U20s

[Stargazer]

Lose: "Wonderful defence from France".

[Stargazer]

Try Sullivan; not converted. We're back in the lead.

15 - 10 NZ

[Stargazer]

NZ's line-speed is making things difficult for Wales; Flanders is excellent again. Florence is good, too.

Awesome try from Tom Christie, after great work from Koroi and Sullivan.

Plummer converts. 22 - 10 NZ after 31 minutes.

[Stargazer]

Geez, yellow for Florence for a shoulder against the face. Not red because the Welsh player was going down.

Ref says he never used his arm. Complete bullshit. Harsh call again.

[Billy Tell]

These players slipping into the tackle and then getting the opponent a YC is bullshit.

[Stargazer]

The annoying thing with these stupid, un-deserved yellow cards is that they all go on a player's record. They not only need to watch out to get another yellow during the same game, but two more yellows in other games of the tournament will also earn them a visit to the judiciairy.

[Stargazer]

NZ's 7-man-scrum destroys the Welsh 8-man-scrum.

Penalty goal kick from Plummer from 47 metres ... it's good.

Half time: New Zealand 25 - 10 Wales

[Salacious Crumb]

Excellent long strike in pouring rain and slippery turf to perfectly land penalty to the sheds. Baby Blacks dominated that period after the yellow.

[Stargazer]

Just saw the replay of Sullivan's try. It was a real beauty.

[Billy Tell]

Xavier Roe reminds me of Rhys Duggan. At least from a distance.

[Salacious Crumb]

Ball is a slippery bar of soap, these first 8 minutes of 2nd half been really sloppy.

[Billy Tell]

Does it rain in NZ? Diabolical 2nd half from both sides in the wet.

[Rebound]

@stargazer And some ferners were worried about the scrum during the Oceania tournament. It was the same last year, scrum struggled against Australia only to come right during the championship

[Salacious Crumb]

Blacks have had ample opportunities to put this game away, but Wales defending valiantly and waiting for knock-ons.

[Stargazer]

Uluilakepa replaced by Mafileo.

58 minutes played and it's still 25 - 10 to NZ

[Billy Tell]

Lose is dodgy on the laws. The cross the plane law is gone for a few months now. It was still out but not for that reason.

[Stargazer]

Btw, did any of you hear why Clarke doesn't play? I assume he's injured?

[Stargazer]

Florence replaced by Tremain. Florence seems to have an arm/shoulder injury.

[Stargazer]

I consider Jackson the better hooker in the squad, but he's made several mistakes in this game.

[Stargazer]

Plummer scores a penalty goal from right in front of the sticks. At least we keep adding points, but I find the game quite boring. Too many mistakes. I guess the rain has something to do with that, but still ...

28 - 10 NZ