NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship)
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@Daffy-Jaffy There's a person that doesn't want more "ball in play" time.
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@Stargazer said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
New Zealand U20 v France U20
Thursday 29 June 2023
Kick-off 11.30pm NZT
Sky Sport 1On Stan for West Island Ferners. Coverage starts at the precise time of 9:19pm AEST.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
@Chris The French locks -
4 - Auradou - 2m, 102kg
5 - Tuilagi - 1.94m, 149kg
19 - Liufau - 1.96m, 126kgand Tuilagi is only 18!
I find it interesting that given his size and the way he plays, why he isn’t playing in the loose as opposed to lock. Do they have a 6 and 8 that are barnstorming that have to be selected?
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According to Wikipedia he is Henry Tuilagi's son.
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@ACT-Crusader Gazzotti the No. 8 is 1.92m and 110kg so a decent size. Both Tuilagi and Liufau are listed as backrow forwards on that linked squad list.
This French team put 60+ points on the Wesh team that we struggled to get past.
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@Daffy-Jaffy
Thanks mate, some big units for u/20s -
Here's the NZ match stats (including weight height and ages of all the players)
https://all.rugby/match/18892/u20-championship-2023/wales-u20-new-zealand-u20
Tom Allen is only 18 according to this
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For the current round. Some teams aren't posted yet. Like NZ. But France is including a link to player stats
As is Australia. They have one Blackwell height lock at 1.90 but the other is 1.99
https://all.rugby/tournament/u20-championship/fixtures-results
But maybe as Stargazer said the stats might not be reliable. But it's a good guide
There is also lots of great stats as I went down the page
Like pack weight France v NZ. NB. Backs are called Backwards (I guess a forward set this up)
France U20s VS New Zealand U20s
904 kg (113.00 kg) Pack weight
(average) 0 kg (nan kg)
19 ans Forwards average age nan ans
19 ans Backwards average age nan ans
200 cm Tallest player cm
France : 93% (14/15)
Samoa : 7% (1/15) Differents nationalities for starters
France : 96% (22/23)
Samoa : 4% (1/23) Differents nationalities for all the teamNZ pack Weight V Wales = 874kg
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This is also very useful
All player stats from all countries including NZ. By country and competition (U20s is at the bottom)
Two examples
https://all.rugby/club/new-zealand-u20/squad
https://all.rugby/club/france-u20/squad
and also.
The equal heaviest NZ player
https://all.rugby/player/siale-lauaki
The youngest player. Born 24/9/2014. Second youngest is Tom Allen
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@Winger said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
The youngest player. Born 24/9/2014. Second youngest is Tom Allen
There are four players in the U20 squad who are in their first year out of school. Vai and Bason are the others.
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@Winger said in NZ U20 v France U20 (World Rugby U20 Championship):
This is also very useful
All player stats from all countries including NZ. By country and competition (U20s is at the bottom)
Two examples
https://all.rugby/club/new-zealand-u20/squad
https://all.rugby/club/france-u20/squad
and also.
The equal heaviest NZ player
https://all.rugby/player/siale-lauaki
The youngest player. Born 24/9/2014. Second youngest is Tom Allen
Not sure about some of the translations used for that website
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@Stockcar86 Fords and Backwards
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@Tordah Yeah. Unless Laidlaw is Harry Potter and can wave a magic wand, his tight five aren't going to be much better than those who got beaten by the Aussie kids a month ago. And the expectation seems to be France will be better.
Without having paid much too attention, I'd guess France by plenty.
