2023 New Zealand U20s
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@booboo There is an overlap with SR, so none of them can be involved. The same will apply to NPC coaches and pre-season preparations. NZR does like to recycle coaches.
Edit: Marty Bourke is the Canterbury coach, so it obviously depends for NPC commitments.
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@Tim Maybe not important for professional success, but I know from several players that they value wearing that black jersey. For some, it will be the only black jersey they'll ever wear (or the most senior black jersey, if they've played for NZ Schools).
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Article about Cooper Flanders.
'I got sick of passing the ball': Former halfback's journey to New Zealand U20s as a No 8
The industrious loose forward, selected for the New Zealand Under 20s, prefers to deal in actions rather than words.
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New Zealand Under 20 to play two matches against the Junior Wallabies in Wellington
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced the New Zealand Under 20 team will play the Junior Wallabies in Wellington twice, ahead of the World Rugby U20 Championship kicking off in South Africa next month.
MATCH ONE: NZ U20 v Junior Wallabies - Monday 29 May, 2.00PM (NZST), NZCIS, WELLINGTON
MATCH TWO: NZ U20 v Junior Wallabies – Saturday 3 June, 4.30PM (NZST), Sky Stadium, WELLINGTON-
The second match will be played as a curtain raiser to the Hurricanes v Crusaders and kicks off Saturday 3 June at 4.30PM (NZST), at SKY Stadium. This match will be broadcast live and exclusive on Sky Sport.
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The final New Zealand Under 20 squad of 30 for the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa will be announced following their second match in Wellington, on Monday 5 June.
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Looks like all the Super Rugby players were at the leadership camp over the last week - Lakai, Springer, Hotham, Godfrey etc so obviously no longer available for their respective Super sides going forward.
Seems like a talented side, hopefully they can do the business.
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@Canes4life said in 2023 New Zealand U20s:
Looks like all the Super Rugby players were at the leadership camp over the last week - Lakai, Springer, Hotham, Godfrey etc so obviously no longer available for their respective Super sides going forward.
Seems like a talented side, hopefully they can do the business.
Isn't Laidlaw still the men's sevens coach? I thought he was at the Toulouse event.
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@kiwi_expat true, maybe this was earlier in the year so in that case ignore the above.
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Yeah you can walk up and watch but it's not suited to the biggest crowd as you can see in the video below.
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Hmmm...some of these innovations might be better in theory than in practice, particularly the lineout throws.
Rugby’s smart ball set to support match officiating at the World Rugby U20 Championship | World Rugby
World Rugby is collaborating with Sportable and Gilbert to undertake the world’s first trial of smart ball technology in a live match officiating capacity at the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa in June.
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@Chris said in 2023 New Zealand U20s:
Yep some of that might slow the game down not speed it up,Lineout throws are one of those do we have any that are 100% accurate ?.
Nearly every line out may get blown up by the ref.I would hope there is a tolerance.
I think that if the ref gets a beep in the ear to confirm a not straight throw (outside of tolerance), that will cut out a lot of argument. We do see a lot missed even at the top level. -
I've got Monday off, so might head up the Valley for a bit of a look
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Weird that there's been no announcement of a NZ side for this game considering it's tomorrow.
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Strong side, good blend of U20’s last year and the U19’s who toured South Africa. A good number of Super players too. It’ll great to see how we fare against the Euro countries and SA.
