2020 New Zealand U20s
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@Stargazer simply not good enough I suppose.
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@Canes4life He's still eligible for U19s this year, so it could be something as simple as his age.
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What NZ U20s need is big forwards with plenty of grunt. They were demolished up front during the last two championships. From what I have seen from the Six Nations so far, France, England and Italy all have a very big pack. In the backs, the French right wing and fullback are superstars in the making (Dridi and Tiberghien).
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Some good players but don’t think we will break the duck with this group. Don’t see enough game breakers across board and world class u20 players.
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Article about (ineligible) prop Saula Mau, who has been invited to attend the U20 camp.
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The NZU20s may get better coaching this way, but they also need better selectors.
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I hope the German panzer tank gets selected. It’s kind of Hollywood movie stuff if he ends up playing for NZ.
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@Billy-Tell In case you mean Anton Segner, he's not eligible for NZU20 this year.
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@Stargazer said in 2020 New Zealand U20s:
@Billy-Tell In case you mean Anton Segner, he's not eligible for NZU20 this year.
Why not?
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@Billy-Tell IIRC it's because the residency requirement only starts to run once a player leaves school (unless his family lives here, too, but that's not the case). He was still at school in 2019.
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Philpott's comments about having better kicking to play a territorial game isn't addressing the main problem. As usual, it will come down to whether the NZ tight five are competitive against the NH teams and SA/Aust.
Havila Molia is an interesting addition. He was the captain and TH prop for St Paul's Collegiate last year and I expected him to be in the mix for the NZ Schools teams. A big unit and very mobile.
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From the World Rugby media release of 21 March 2020 (link below)
- The World Rugby U20 Championship 2020, scheduled to be hosted in northern Italy in late June and July, has been cancelled following detailed consultation with the Federazione Italiana Rugby
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An interesting article on allblacks.com today. A few names from 10 years ago that I don't remember at all.
https://www.allblacks.com/news/where-are-they-now-new-zealand-2010-under-20-world-champions/
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Totally missed this announcement 11 days ago. I assume they didn't postpone it, instead of cancel it, for financial reasons?
I feel sorry for all the guys that miss out this year and won't be eligible anymore next year.
https://www.allblacks.com/news/oceania-rugby-under-20s-championships-cancelled/
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@Stargazer said in 2020 New Zealand U20s:
@Bovidae They've had camps though; they have a group of players to select from.
I thought there was a final camp to be held before the final selection?
