2024 Under 20 Rugby Champs all match discussion thread

[Rudderless]

Score remains the same at the Final Whistle
36-25

 

[Marce]

I hear more Kiwis than Aussies on the stands

 

[drewprint]

I hear more Kiwis than Aussies on the stands

When you win you cheer you massive dunce.

 

[drewprint]

Love HMP and he had a good running and passing game tonight, but his poor kicking towards the end of the match handed all momentum back to NZ. Then game.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Not convinced about that YC, thought it was pretty much accidental & would've been let go had the injury not occurred & the injured player not subsequently been landed on.

Great game, hopefully this comp becomes an annual event.

 

[Shiggins]

How did Aussie get penalised for not rolling away after being tip tackled into a ruck. Should have been an Aussie penalty

 

[Dan54]

I wondered about that too Shiggins, but wondered about a lot of decisions he made. Still, I believe they were trying to give young refs experience etc, and like the players showed their inexperience, so to maybe the ref?

 

[Brumby Runner]

Ref was a bit over the shop. Quite telling that after two scrum penalties against us for hingeing, when he decided to have a look at our LH and their TH side the scrum stayed stable and the JWs put on a shove that sent the JABs about 10m backwards.

And not only here, but I am always bemused when a rolling maul gets up to 10m or more progress and then abruptly stops and goes to ground about a couple of metres out from the goal line, without a penalty.

 

[Oldgoldminer]

Quite telling how badly the replacement front row went for the Wallabies. Will you now acknowledge the difference in quality to that of the run on props?
Very disappointing our replacements couldn’t lift and ice it with a man up. No go forward and demolished in the scrum.

 

[Love2Scrum]

What a game of Rugby with a few questionable penalties either way but thats rugby or sports in general.

It was anybodies game however IMO, the JAB’s bench made a massive impact on the last 15-20 minutes and that was the difference with size, strength, speed & skills across the park.

 

[Oldgoldminer]

When any Australian team gets back to our DNA of running the ball, we’re always at our best.
Def the ABs were the better team, their first yellow card was an atrocious decision and the second 50/50 at best.
I def think our replacements were totally outmatched by the ABs.
All the same great tournament when the winner was still up in the air with 7 minutes to go after more than 470+ across 4 teams.

Well done to all the young men across the 4 teams. Bring on the WC

 

[Neo]

The 10 almost won us the game and then cost us the game with a couple of poor kicks in a row. NZ dominated possession for the last 10 with 14 on the park. Their forward subs got the job done.

 

[Dan54]

I agree with the sentiments how good the tournament was for the young fellas. Experience playing at that level is invaluable, and although I didn't think to myself any players looked real stars etc, they all (from all teams) to be of pretty good quality, and bodes well for all 4 countries going forward.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

 

[RugbyReg]

I thought the kiwis won it early through the domination they had in the forwards. They made ground almost at will.

And then some aimless kicking out wide by us. We’d have a bit of space and then hack it infield for some reason - back to where the kiwis could counter attack from. The 9 did it and the wingers. I think both our wingers were found out a little in defence.

Still a promising effort. If the pack had been a little more aggressive as they were v the Boks it may have been a different story. But plenty of positives still.

 

[Oldgoldminer]

That would seem like a strange statement given with 10 minutes to go, there was 1 point separating the teams!

 

[Confucius Say]

Definitely too much ball kicked away early in the game but this was Australia’s match with 10 to go. NZ just finished the better.

 

[Confucius Say]

The Northern Hemisphere teams might prove an even sterner test. But I liked what I saw against South Africa and the JABs.

 

[Love2Scrum]

What happened to Tevita Alatini???

 

[Braveheart81]

Not convinced about that YC, thought it was pretty much accidental & would've been let go had the injury not occurred & the injured player not subsequently been landed on.

I initially thought the same but on the replays I think this is very much something that falls into foul play territory. It would have been worse if he wasn't about 80kg wringing wet.

He grabs hold of the Australian player high up around the shoulders then rolls over to the side and pulls down with his body weight coming down on the Australian player's leg.

It had elements of both a croc roll and a hip drop tackle in the way his body weight came down on the Australian's players lower leg.

It shouldn't matter that it was accidental. It's a technique that has a high degree of danger.