Rd 3 U20s World Cup - Aust v England Thursday, 10 July @ Payanini Center, Verona, 2.00 AM AEST

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Unlucky

 

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73 min
Aust try disallowed

 

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Boys get it over second time of asking!

 

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75 min
Aust try
33-33

 

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Sharples

 

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It's all happening in this finish...

 

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Done by a three-pointer?

 

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79 min
England penalty
36-33

 

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Big back end but it wasn't quite enough.

 

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England well and truly pushed.

Great 2nd half by Aust.

Was definitely not expecting that result after England only lost to Sth Africa by 10 in the last round.

This is the end of the Rounds.

 

[Major Tom]

Ahh bugger. Can’t wait to watch

 

[Cockatoo Run]

What a balls to the wall effort from the Aussie boys. Do yourself a favour and watch the last 30mins. Despite losing to a penalty goal in the last minute there was some brilliant and brutal play by the Aussies against a massive England team, the defending champions.

Aussies got absolutely hammered by the referee and yet still almost came away with a remarkable win after being down 26-7 after 50 mins.

Aussie backs were brilliant. Fowler, Enasio, Conway and Harvey were excellent in attack.

Aussie forwards physically took on a massive England pack and more than held their own. Eamon Doyle was phenomenal and brutal in attack and defence, and well supported by Mangelsdorf. Boy they stood up to the huge England second row.

Problem for the Aussies was that they fell apart 10 mins either side of half time yet again, conceding 21-0 and that period was the difference unfortunately.

Definitely some pride restored after the horrible SA outing.

Semi finalists:
SA, France, NZ, Argentina.

5-8 playoffs:
Eng, Aus, Italy, Wales

9-12 playoffs:
Ireland, Georgia, Spain, Scotland

Argies very lucky to make the SF thanks to a good draw, with two last minute wins against Spain and Wales and flooded by France but got 4 tries. SA unbackable favourites in that semi. NZ vs France will be a cracker in the other.

 

[BobbyD]

Thanks CR, good summary I reckon. Really feel for our boys after that one. Refereeing definitely influenced the outcome. England got away with being constantly offside, numerous high tackles, and sealing off the ball at the breakdown. Sour grapes? Yeah, for sure.

Bloody hell it’s hard not to be impressed by our boys. So much smaller yet absolutely gave it to the Poms. Doyle really is some player, bloody hell he’s good, and Fowler and Harvey answered their critics I reckon. Yep, we did plenty wrong in defence but they sure did restore some pride.

 

[Quicktapsonly]

Australian had a couple of tries overturned as well

How many of these English U20s will end up playing Shute Shield in a few years…

 

[Major Tom]

You’d love to win the thing but so much needs to go right. Starting with the pool. Good to see some talent, hopefully we can continue to develop them.

 

[Dctarget]

Great comeback from the Aussies after the Bokke Bloodbath. Can really walk away with a bit of respect. I said I'd consider it a good outing if they kept it within 10, so kudos.

The 12 reminds me of Hamish Stewart. Good feet and hands but fuck all pace, he made a half break in the 2nd half and looked absolutely gassed already.

I would love it if we could sign a few of these players to ProD2 (or probably league below) teams or Championship teams in England for two seasons with a guaranteed return to Aus. Get 50 games of good quality rugby in them against big boys.

I don't think playing a few minutes of Super and full Shute Shield seasons is enough prep these days.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

I know it's a complicated mess but hypothetically without worrying about qualification and everything else imagine if Super Rugby sides went in on agreements with some Euro sides for player loans. A lower tier french side may like the talent and performance over worrying about the French national side. Then we get them back after a couple of years.

 

[Major Tom]

I know it's a complicated mess but hypothetically without worrying about qualification and everything else imagine if Super Rugby sides went in on agreements with some Euro sides for player loans. A lower tier french side may like the talent and performance over worrying about the French national side. Then we get them back after a couple of years.

Feels like we have to do something different to shift the needle. Maybe with more money after the lions tour we can offer more contracts to these kids. Hard to loan players that haven’t signed with a super franchise. And it’s hard to sign players without money.
When you think about it, we do bloody well in these comps when you consider the 2 props we’ve lost to France and the talent lost to league.

 

[Mr Pilfer]

Only watched the highlights but seemed like a great game and performance. I thought that last penalty was a bit shit, if anything the England player was in front of the guy with the ball obstructing

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Doyles drive through the line and offload while falling was an elite bit of play.

Really hope he gets good mins in the Super Rugby A comp later in the year.