Under-20 Competitions including Oceania & World U20s

[The Honey Badger]

Who do you think the strange selections are?

Given we're also playing Fiji and NZ and NZ is clearly the toughest game you'd have to assume this isn't the best starting XV.

I would agree with that. Similar to the Samoa game last year.

I think some on thees bench in this game will be certain starters for NZ.

I don't mind this 23. Not too far different to the pack I picked earlier in the thread.

 

[The Honey Badger]

The 10,12 and 14 are strange to me, but I wasn’t at the training camp.

I must say I have been told by some ex wallaby players that the coaches don’t really know what they are doing with the under 20s.

Disagree, I think Gilmore does know what he is doing.

He may favour the Brothers club more than he should.

But I do think he can coach.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Disagree, I think Gilmore does know what he is doing.

He may favour the Brothers club more than he should.

But I do think he can coach.

Have to disagree and results show it. Between Gilmore and Thompson they have not achieved anything of note over the past 3 years. The whole program is biased....wait until we see who is on the plane for argentina....no doubt they have a couple of queenslanders lurking in the background...

 

[RugbyReg]

The 10,12 and 14 are strange to me, but I wasn’t at the training camp.

I must say I have been told by some ex wallaby players that the coaches don’t really know what they are doing with the under 20s.

Who should be there instead?

 

[Dctarget]

As a former prop, I just want to voice my disgust at Angus Bell. He is way too slim. What is going on with this generation, he actually looks fit, outrageous. I mistook him for a centre. Surely his prop club license needs to be revoked.

 

[pnut]

Having effectively 4 10s in backine (10 12 13 15) doesn’t work

 

[pnut]

Forwards look good. Bell killing it

 

[kiap]

Have to disagree and results show it. Between Gilmore and Thompson they have not achieved anything of note over the past 3 years. The whole program is biased..wait until we see who is on the plane for argentina..no doubt they have a couple of queenslanders lurking in the background.

This is a trap for young players.

Gilmore's predecessor as head coach was not Thompson but Simon Cron.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

This is a trap for young players. Thompson hasn't coached them in the past 3 years.

Gilmore's predecessor as head coach was Simon Cron.

Ahhh yes it is. If you dont believe Thompson is pulling the strings in the background just look. He was in coaching box on tv last year as well as in France.. Cron was not involved. Thommo will be there again

 

[kiap]

Cron was not involved.

So Cron was appointed U20 Head Coach in 2017 but was just a Thomson puppet?

Sounds like a conspiracy

 

[Blazing Saddles]

So Cron was appointed U20 Head Coach in 2017 but was just a Thomson puppet?

Sounds like a conspiracy

So Cron was appointed U20 Head Coach in 2017 but was just a Thomson puppet?

Sounds like a conspiracy

You never know

 

[EagleTown]

Thomson should be nowhere near our best and brightest after all these years of abject failure

 

[The Honey Badger]

As a former prop, I just want to voice my disgust at Angus Bell. He is way too slim. What is going on with this generation, he actually looks fit, outrageous. I mistook him for a centre. Surely his prop club license needs to be revoked.

he is very good. I think he is too tall for prop, and could end up as a 6/8.

 

[Rugby King]

Having effectively 4 10s in backine (10 12 13 15) doesn’t work

Working at Wests as they have 10’s playing at 10,12 and 15

 

[HJ Nelson]

Photos from last nights games

https://www.tremainfocused.com/blog/oceania-u20s-round-1-1

If anyone wants to write a report for any of the games, let me know, and I'll combine that and photos for the front page

 

[Trebla]

Junior Wallabies played well yesterday but their superiority was mostly in the physical contest. The Japanese were well organised and the forwards were efficient and energetic. But they could not break a tackle or dominate in defence at all. So the bigger, stronger Aussies ran riot on the score board. Most of the tries came from broken play or individual brilliance. So they still need to work on building a combination. It was unclear who was calling the shots in yesterdays game, the 9, the 10, or the forwards. Everyone wanted a run to show the coaches what they had. As a result the ball almost never flowed along the back line to the wingers who both looked very good. A lot of skill-full players so the potential is there and the team is very promising. The next games, against Fiji and NZ will be very interesting and give a better idea of how the team is going.

 

['Tattsy'TaylorFan1]

Fraser McReight is seriously good - a future Richie McCaw at this rate. Excuse me for my ignorance as people who have seen more of him before probably know how good he is but it just looked like men against boys stuff yesterday from him at the breakdowns and his link play is phenomenal.

 

[Adam84]

Yes he is a very good player, U20s player of the year last year, his breakdown work last year at the JWC was fantastic

 

[kiap]

Junior Wallabies played well yesterday but their superiority was mostly in the physical contest. The Japanese were well organised and the forwards were efficient and energetic. But they could not break a tackle or dominate in defence at all. So the bigger, stronger Aussies ran riot on the score board. Most of the tries came from broken play or individual brilliance. So they still need to work on building a combination.

True, although the Aussie scrum looked weak at times against a much smaller Japanese eight.

It was unclear who was calling the shots in yesterdays game, the 9, the 10, or the forwards. Everyone wanted a run to show the coaches what they had. As a result the ball almost never flowed along the back line to

I dislike this - but it's a common Australian mode of rugby.

the wingers who both looked very good. A lot of skill-full players so the potential is there and the team is very promising. The next games, against Fiji and NZ will be very interesting and give a better idea of how the team is going.

Indeed

 

[Brumby Runner]

Although part of a surprisingly weaker scrum, Will Harris looked immense in general play. Some of his tackles would have shaken the bones of the tackled player.