NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship)
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@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.
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@Steven-Harris I think that's mainly due to our pack, particularly the frontrow.
Make that equal, and you get a different game.
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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.
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@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
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
