2018 New Zealand U20s
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Pretty predictable team. Most surprising to not be named who was not listed as injured would be Sione Asi (although fitness at this level would be an issue). in terms of last years schools players apart from maybe Etenai and Vaa'i (Who was in last cut but just turning 18) There is a massive gap and I could not see any of them getting close to those selected.
top team would be maybe
Cobb
Thomas
Mafileo
McWhannell
Tucker
Sotutu
Christie
Flanders
Price
Matoe/Plummer
Faingaanuku
Telea
Protctor
Sullivan
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First game tomorrow night.
Live streamed
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@98blueandgold said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
First game tomorrow night.
Live streamed
http://www.oceaniarugby.com/pageitem.aspx?id=139115&id2=1&eID=66726&entityID=66726It will be livestreamed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceaniarugbyunion/
Fri 27/4, 7:00pm NZT (5.00pm AEST): NZ v Tonga
Fri 27/4, 9:00pm NZT (7.00pm AEST): Australia v Fiji -
NZ U20 for tonight's game v Tonga:
1 Robert Cobb (Auckland)
2 Ricky Jackson (Otago)
3 Kaliopasi Uluilakepa (Wellington)
4 Laghlan McWhannell (Waikato)
5 John Akau'ola-Laula (Auckland)
6 Tom Florence (Taranaki)
7 Tom Christie - captain (Canterbury)
8 Devan Flanders (Hawke's Bay)
9 Carlos Price (Wellington)
10 Harry Plummer (Auckland)
11 Leicester Faingaanuku ( Ta$man)
12 Tanielu Tele'a (Auckland)
13 Billy Proctor (Wellington)
14 Bailyn Sullivan (Waikato)
15 Kaleb Trask (Bay of Plenty)Reserves
16 Flynn Thomas (Southland)
17 Sione Asi (Manawatu)
18 Tevita Mafileo (Bay of Plenty)
19 Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa (Auckland)
20 William Tremain (Hawke's Bay)
21 Hoskins Sotutu (Auckland)
22 Xavier Roe (Waikato)
23 Ciarahn Matoe (Taranaki)“We are still very much in selection mode if we’re looking at the World Champs. We’ve got 29 players over here and we want all of them to get game time.http://www.allblacks.com/News/32337/nz-under-20-team-named-for-tonga-clash
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@stargazer said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Tanielu Tele'a
Sorry to digress.
But is seems an unnecessary apostrophe.
Was Alex Telea's name spelt wrong all those years ago? Or are these 2 different names? If so what's the difference in pronunciation?Genuine question.
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Shed-loads of goal-kicking options too I think.
The 3 10s (Plummer, Matoe, Trask), plus Faingaanuku on the wing kicked for NZ schoolboys last year. Pus also Carlos Price? although I may just be placing too much weight here on just being the 1st XV kicker.
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@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Shed-loads of goal-kicking options too I think.
LOL like that matters - your guys will score more tries per game than most of these sides could score the whole tournament.
In fact, I'd like to implement a system of the NZ team being forced to dropgoal all kicks at goal
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@nta said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Shed-loads of goal-kicking options too I think.
LOL like that matters - your guys will score more tries per game than most of these sides could score the whole tournament.
In fact, I'd like to implement a system of the NZ team being forced to dropgoal all kicks at goal
At the Oceania tournament, yes. But the JWC is pretty even. NZ have their fallow years and their average years.
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@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Sorry to digress.
But is seems an unnecessary apostrophe.They spell their names differently on social media, so I guess it is necessary. You've piqued my interest so I've reached out to a Samoan mate who'll tell me.
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@antipodean said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Sorry to digress.
But is seems an unnecessary apostrophe.They spell their names differently on social media, so I guess it is necessary. You've piqued my interest so I've reached out to a Samoan mate who'll tell me.
I'm interested if Telea is an anglicised spelling of Tele'a, as 1960s/70s NZ bereaucracy didn't know what to do with an apostrohe between 2 vowels ......
I'm quite interested in the way names can change and show the era someone emigrated. E.g. a Poliakoff v a Polyakov etc Vodanovich v Dokic etc.
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These games are always messy as boys try to stick to structure but play what's in front. 10 will be interesting battle as well as 8. Matoe and flair v Plummer and workrate of Flanders vs power of Sotutu.
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@antipodean said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
@rapido said in 2018 New Zealand U20s:
Sorry to digress.
But is seems an unnecessary apostrophe.They spell their names differently on social media, so I guess it is necessary. You've piqued my interest so I've reached out to a Samoan mate who'll tell me.
If I recall correct, whenever a vowel follows another vowel in a row there's actually supposed to be an apostrophe, but over time it's been dropped? Most likely wrong though.
