2014 IRB Junior World Championship – New Zealand

[Hugh Jarse]

Nice try Blecks!

Snap. Wow. Tevita Lee has some skills and pace.

Good to see one of the princesses wearing black boots, instead of some OH&S Committee endorsed day glow safety pink and orange.

 

[Slim 293]

Whoa..........

 

[kiap]

Kiwis too classy in broken play!

Tevita Li gets a brace!!

 

[qwerty51]

We saw England evolve their game, when are SA going to do the same..

 

[Hawko]

We saw England evolve their game, when are SA going to do the same..

Probably when hell freezes over.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Hope that Saffa kid is OK. Looked nasty.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Hope that Saffa kid is OK. Looked nasty.

Comms say he's awake & off to hospital to get checked out. For his sake I hope he's not allowed back on the field for at least a month.

HT & somehow we're in front 17-14 despite 2 x tight heads & god knows how many lost line outs. Some of those Sethfricken kids look like they must've been grown in some kind of tank, mind you some of ours look nearly as big.

Am I right in thinking its Auckland Blues 17 Baby boks 14?

 

[qwerty51]

It was an odd one, he didn't look knocked out after the tackle he fell to his knees and looked to still be conscious.

 

[kiap]

Futzy thinks these teams are playing a level above the England Jr. side. Not sure I agree.

Comms say he's awake & off to hospital to get checked out. For his sake I hope he's not allowed back on the field for at least a month.

Yeah, that was a bellringer. Mind you, the oppo player shouldn't have been moving him after it happened

Am I right in thinking its Auckland Blues 17 Baby boks 14?

Yep

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

True but he was fully out to it when the NZ player rolled him onto his side. Head butting a 'nesian knee will do that to ya.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

YC coming up, I feel.

@kiap you're right of course but I think most people would've rolled the guy on his side, it's more-or-less an instinctive reaction.

 

[kiap]

True but he was fully out to it when the NZ player rolled him onto his side. Head butting a 'nesian knee will do that to ya.

NZ player didn't know what he was doing. Did he check for breathing?

The medical guys arrive soon enough to sort it out.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Saffas get more meat as they announce a crowd of neatly 6000. Seems a fairly respectable crowd for a U20 match (involving the home team).

SAF 21 NZL 17. 48 minutes gone.

This is a very good game.

We are likely to face one of them if we progress somehow. Hope they grind each other to a standstill. There is some very good talent on display.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Another tight head, 2 passes & try time baby boks, Pollard gets it in-off Baby boks 21-17 & their forwards back on top after ours gained some parity in the 2nd 20. Need to up the tempo & see if these tank-grown Sethfickens can go 80.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

#15 McKenzie has a great set of hands for fielding the high ball. Good talent for a little fellow.

Any Australian grand parents?

 

[kiap]

#15 McKenzie has a great set of hands for fielding the high ball. Good talent for a little fellow.

Any Australian grand parents?

Link's nephew?

 

[kiap]

Li is a class above. A star.

 

[badabing59]

Jannie du Plessis clone just came on. Where do they breed these boys, and what the hell do they feed them?

 

[qwerty51]

Li is a class above. A star.

Except he just did a Placid and will be just as costly.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Hands off, @HJ.

BAB can't afford to kick the ball out anymore, getting murdered at lineout time. Scrums not a good option either, the 3 where we looked OK were clearly some kind of lapse on baby boks part. Not sure if we can secure enough quality ball for the likes of Li to make a difference. Great, another lost lineout just as the "baby" boks bring on a 130kg prop. Seriously, were these guys born or hatched?