U20 Rugby Championship 2025
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Nice strike play off the lineout. Better start to the NZ U20s in the second half. 22-17 to NZ.
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Simpson has put in some excellent kicks during this game. One of the better players for NZ so far.
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@Tim There's a lot of confusion about defensive assignments. Kunawave has been shooting up, clearly under instruction, but often it's been at the wrong times.
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Why on earth would you take the scrum when Ahloo flopped to the floor in the previous scrum? Terrible decision-making.
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@Mauss said in U20 Rugby Championship 2025:
Simpson has put in some excellent kicks during this game.
Apologies to Rico for the jinx.
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Yikes. Complete the lineout, that's all..
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To me, there was a pretty clear shift in momentum. After the penalty try to NZ made it 29-17, Sinton kicked the ball out on the full. Australia scored quickly afterwards and the game shifted back in their favour.
Couple that with the poor decision to go for the scrum on the Australian 5 metre-line, and all you can really say is that a draw is probably a fair result.
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As I thought the scrum is a concern, particularly at LH. Ahloo used to be a TH prop. NZ threw that game away with some bad misses in the lineout at the end. Oudenryn just needed to throw to the front - game over. There could be some injuries from the game too.
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@Bovidae said in U20 Rugby Championship 2025:
Oudenryn just needed to throw to the front - game over.
Tengblad is the caller, so the onus falls on him to not overcomplicate the call. I do think both hookers were guilty of underthrowing as well. A lot to fix.
The scrum, I don't see how that's going to correct itself this season. Pole and Faleafā did better than I expected but there's going to be refs who are going to penalize them heavily. Don't really think there's anyone to come back who can necessarily make a big difference in that regard either.
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What coaching experience do Jarrad Hoeata and Craig Dunlea even have? I understand Alex Robinson is at Canterbury NPC? Seems like an unusual weak coaching group for an NZ u20s team.
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