Catch up on all the action from the New Zealand U20 v Wales U20 clash at the Under 20 World Championships in Paarl, South Africa. Credit: @skysportnz
This Welsh team NZ beat by one point, came last in this years U 20 6 nations. And NZ lost a two game series against Australia via points differential before this tournament.
@@JaemanEdwards,... not looking good for NZ ..when the Irish under 20s demolished NZ under 20 s a few years back ,it looked ominous , sure enough ,the fully grown version came to NZ and dominated the ABs at home ... de ja vu ...
@@warrenblake5554 NZ haven't had a large rugby youth player base for awhile now and it's getting worse. Other youth sports are much more popular. It's certainly starting to show.
@@Ontheroadagain777 I'm a NZ supporter who called this in a comment on the pre tournament, Aus v NZ U20 highlights. They didn't impress me then or in this tournament.
I watched the full game earlier and with that 9 and 10 we have we will definitely lose as both were slow and lost for most of the match from defence pressure
@@Trajan2401The NZ U20 lost a two game series to Australia via points differential before this tournament. They have talent, but are definitely shaky.
As a kiwi I really appreciated the Welsh boys really taking it to our boys, they played well with good defence and great flowing attacking rugby, both sides gave an awesome display for the supporters to enjoy it could have gone either way. Great talent for both countries coming through.
Not a great look for the future of NZ considering a number of these are already playing Super Rugby and struggled to beat the team that came last with 0 wins in the U20 6 Nations this year
Great game of rugby, in many ways more entertaining than their older counterparts, less risk averse... The future is looking healthy for both nations on this showing
Yeah was weird watching the 9 standing watching behind the tryline on those early mauls. No logic in it. One less defender each maul. Just barking orders.
Yes. They lost that series against Australia via points differential. And this Welsh team won no games and finished last at this years U 20 6 nations. Shaky
@@YallNotWhite_YourPINK thats sad to hear cause Noah Hotham has been a beast in the super rugby. I seen alot of wayward passes from our players in the highlights. going to have to cut that out asap against the french. i still have high hopes for Hotham
Bad luck Wales and well done NZ but from the highlights the NZ forwards need to be stronger if they want to advance from the easy maul trys Wales scored.
Too many theatrics and not able to back it up, especially in the forwards. Does not look like a good harvest this year. This said, some more questionable refereeing. That last Welsh line-out throw was as straight as Nigel Owens.
@@JaemanEdwardsither wales got a lot better since the 6 nations or those baby blacks are going to struggle, wales lost 67-17 to France in the 6 nations
@@JaemanEdwards doesn't mean a thing really. Wales played really well in this first game. If they carry on playing like they did against NZ, they'll do well. Watching all the games so far, most of the teams have chance!
@@damonhimiona8255 Yes. Wales looked great. And they have most certainly improved from the U20 6 nations. And you're right about previous results not mattering as much. The big show is totally different. In a tournament, pressure and attrition are added factors. Going by the first round results, there were a lot of close games. Respect to the young welsh warriors. If NZ don't win this World Championships, I'd love to see either Wales, Argentina, Georgia, or Italy lift the trophy.
NZ looked like a club team at best. NZ better start developing players if they want to be competitive moving forward. Nothing special there... especially the NZ10 needs changing immediately..
Yes Neal that's the funnest thing you've written all day. Because No one else has commented so as you're the only one who thought it was funny let me shake your hand - yeah that's awkward - other way? - no that's looking weird as well lets just settle for a 😁
Seriously i stayed up early to watch this and our 9 and 10 are terrible. The halfback had extremely slow ball and dropped the ball so many times and our 10 kept kicking it out on the full or passing it to nobody smh. Seriously we were lucky to beat wales but i must say its not looking good for the future of All black rugby if thats our 10 and 9
franchement c etait les gallois qui devez gagne mais l arbitrage a fait gagne les neozed c est comme d habitude placage dangereux ben rien vu les black son pas arbitre comme les autres equipe toujour une mansuetude arbitrale sont intolerable c est dessesperant
Exact. Et je viens de voir nos bleuets face aux Black. En 2ieme mi-temps, l'arbitre s'est chié dessus et a commencer à nous pénaliser pour des broutilles. Le deuxième jaune est une farce.
51 secs expired since the awarding of the Welsh try which was subsequently disallowed before the restart. Logically you would wipe that 51 secs off and go back to the exact time it was when the referee awarded the disallowed try.
Makes you wonder what happens with the infrastructures of the different countries when U20 is always so close and hard to know which country will win. Yet Test levels it’s so often doesn’t change much.
it takes awhile for the low player base of youths to filter through - most of our good All Blacks are from the time before youths started shifting towards other sports a lot more than rugby.
I dont know what's in to NZ rugby these days I know the game has changed from what it used to be and it's not favorable for the NZ style. But still we seems to struggle alot. Thank god atleast they won the 7s title.
I could be completely wrong but I thought if you’re on your goal line you can’t be offside, first half ref calls New Zealand offside in their own goal, second half he does the same to Wales
Here's a question ❓ if the ball is grounded, on the line and it's a try then surely defending players should be able to stand right on the edge of the line and not touch the field of play? And be onside.
@@teauraki It's often the hands that is penalised. If you watch closely, players have their hands on the ground because they want to be as low as possible to proprely defend. If you put your hands too far forwards, you're in an offside position.
@@VinceratedR absolutely correct i should have mentioned hands and feet sorry. I tried with what replays I had to see exactly that. Looked ok to me, just an observation.
Kemara's goal- and tactical kicking was awful in the first half, in the second there was a significant improvement. The lad has talent but is far from the finished product it seems.
Good to see young talent coming through for both nations.
Straight overseas these days, money talks
The future of the ABs is looking nice indeed.. well done to both teams.
This Welsh team NZ beat by one point, came last in this years U 20 6 nations.
And NZ lost a two game series against Australia via points differential before this tournament.
@@JaemanEdwards well then, Wales will be upsetting opposition fans in future world cups.
@@JaemanEdwards,... not looking good for NZ ..when the Irish under 20s demolished NZ under 20 s a few years back ,it looked ominous , sure enough ,the fully grown version came to NZ and dominated the ABs at home ... de ja vu ...
REALLY.
@@warrenblake5554 NZ haven't had a large rugby youth player base for awhile now and it's getting worse. Other youth sports are much more popular. It's certainly starting to show.
Solid hit 9:24
Good game 🤌🏾
If you to send a player off, make sure you know who it is, I THINK ITS THE PROP isn't good enough.
Wales U20 would beat the Wales men lol
NZU20 team just doesn't look as strong as our past teams.
Nz can't retain the young players. They're quickly heading over to NRL junior academies in Aus at 16/17 years old.
Our last couple of teams have been poor. One had Caleb Clarke and Hoskin Sotutu, and they didn't even make the semi's.
Other nations are on par now. You can see the skill and coaching coming through. Not easy beats anymore.
@@apiadventures3213 New Zealand doesn't have much players in the youth rugby anymore. Other sports are much more popular.
Mate its not.Didnt go too well against the Aussies in NZ.If this is our future we are in trouble.
What a comeback from NZ well done
They didn't look great against a team who finished last in this years U 20 6 nations. France will kill us if we play like this.
@@JaemanEdwardsyep looks like it could be a very short tournament for U20 AB's
😂😂😂 … 35 France - 14 NZ 💙🤍❤️ … come on don't be sad 😂😂😂😎😉
@@Ontheroadagain777 I'm a NZ supporter who called this in a comment on the pre tournament, Aus v NZ U20 highlights. They didn't impress me then or in this tournament.
@@Ontheroadagain777 I think NZ will still make the semi finals.
Excellent game! Great talent coming through there on both sides.
if this is NZ performance, they ain't making it into the finals
Sometimes the opposition rise to the occasion too. Props to Wales 💯
It's only the first game mate
I watched the full game earlier and with that 9 and 10 we have we will definitely lose as both were slow and lost for most of the match from defence pressure
@@Trajan2401The NZ U20 lost a two game series to Australia via points differential before this tournament. They have talent, but are definitely shaky.
As a kiwi I really appreciated the Welsh boys really taking it to our boys, they played well with good defence and great flowing attacking rugby, both sides gave an awesome display for the supporters to enjoy it could have gone either way. Great talent for both countries coming through.
Not a great look for the future of NZ considering a number of these are already playing Super Rugby and struggled to beat the team that came last with 0 wins in the U20 6 Nations this year
Agree.
Good win NZ. Tough game coming from behind.
I think they're going to be in for a bit of a shock when they come up against France
Che Clark & Macca Springer (#6 & 11) are absolute ballers! Need to play in the right areas tho
Great game of rugby, in many ways more entertaining than their older counterparts, less risk averse... The future is looking healthy for both nations on this showing
maybe less time practising the haka and more time practising how to defend a driving maul!
Yeah was weird watching the 9 standing watching behind the tryline on those early mauls. No logic in it. One less defender each maul. Just barking orders.
Awesome news for wales, gonna be good in the next few years with this talent coming through. GG’s
They'll all leave to play in other countries with the current state of the Wales RU
@@illegalkiwi2193same thing with kiwi players as we all know the all blacks don't pick form players so they end up leaving for the euro league
@@illegalkiwi2193 you mean the Kiwi's will lol NZRU cant pay anything close to keep the "talent"
@@JN-er5yu hey, all I'm saying is NZ isn't having all blacks deciding to quit right before the world cup because of their union...
@@JN-er5yu Why would they want to play a minor sport like Rugby league ? That Rugby league World Cup was a joke.
Sheesh, patchy to follow on from inconsistent play vs the Aus U20s.
Yes. They lost that series against Australia via points differential. And this Welsh team won no games and finished last at this years U 20 6 nations.
Shaky
Future of the All Blacks looks dull and lack of skill and power.
Written like a true keyboard warrior.
How many offsides does Wales need to have a man sent to the bin??? 👀
I honestly thought we were going to put Wales to the sword given our immense talent on show. I hope its just a case of the cobwebs...
Nah I watched the full game early this morning and our 9 and terrible are horrible players riddled with errors smh
They lost a two game series to Australia via points differential before this tournament. They have talent, but are shaky.
@@YallNotWhite_YourPINK thats sad to hear cause Noah Hotham has been a beast in the super rugby. I seen alot of wayward passes from our players in the highlights. going to have to cut that out asap against the french. i still have high hopes for Hotham
Not often do you see a game where a winger is the muddiest player on the field
Nice match but at least 1080p video would be nice
Bad luck Wales and well done NZ but from the highlights the NZ forwards need to be stronger if they want to advance from the easy maul trys Wales scored.
outstanding, beautiful game by both teams
Too many theatrics and not able to back it up, especially in the forwards. Does not look like a good harvest this year.
This said, some more questionable refereeing. That last Welsh line-out throw was as straight as Nigel Owens.
Other than the pinpoint cross-kick to Macca Springer, the NZ first-five had a substandard performance.
Move that guy from SPC back to 10
New Zealand were excellent in the second half, Wales put on a great display to, great rugby!
Seems like our junior team sux too (nz)
How dare we have mud on the field?!? Bahaha! No, good win NZ. Wales certainly have a great team!
Wales won no games in the U 20 6 nations, finishing last. NZ beat them by one point. You do the maths.
@@JaemanEdwards they can always play better than this we shall see
@@JaemanEdwardsither wales got a lot better since the 6 nations or those baby blacks are going to struggle, wales lost 67-17 to France in the 6 nations
@@JaemanEdwards doesn't mean a thing really. Wales played really well in this first game. If they carry on playing like they did against NZ, they'll do well. Watching all the games so far, most of the teams have chance!
@@damonhimiona8255 Yes. Wales looked great. And they have most certainly improved from the U20 6 nations. And you're right about previous results not mattering as much. The big show is totally different. In a tournament, pressure and attrition are added factors. Going by the first round results, there were a lot of close games. Respect to the young welsh warriors. If NZ don't win this World Championships, I'd love to see either Wales, Argentina, Georgia, or Italy lift the trophy.
Great match 👏🏾 ❤ new Zealand and Wales good effort
NZ looked like a club team at best. NZ better start developing players if they want to be competitive moving forward. Nothing special there... especially the NZ10 needs changing immediately..
Get ready for the Ls
The futures not looking good for future All Black team's. The rest of the world's caught up. These young men represent what's to come!!
No traction from kiwi scrum …get some longer sprigs
Commiserations Wales. NZ, congrats. The 'sevens' winger looks promising.
He'll play for the All Blacks one day.
NZ Prime Minister - Should have pulled a Parliamentary Press Release making a Plea for the Stranded Whales ... oh come on that's funny🤣
Yes Neal that's the funnest thing you've written all day.
Because No one else has commented so as you're the only one who thought it was funny let me shake your hand - yeah that's awkward - other way? - no that's looking weird as well lets just settle for a 😁
Don't think this a strong NZ side, however always can improve. they been out of international Rugby for few years since covid.
think it's more how the player base in NZ has been real low for some years now and getting lower. Other sports are much more popular for youths now.
Seriously i stayed up early to watch this and our 9 and 10 are terrible. The halfback had extremely slow ball and dropped the ball so many times and our 10 kept kicking it out on the full or passing it to nobody smh. Seriously we were lucky to beat wales but i must say its not looking good for the future of All black rugby if thats our 10 and 9
The first five, Taha Kemara, played great against Australia in a pre tournament series.
Agree that 10 is so average. Silly errors.
both the 9 and 10 are in the crusaders senior team and played at Hamilton boys together
@@mattmckiney6856 Well there you go. They can't be as bad as this clown claims if they're playing for the most successful franchise team in history.
@mattmckiney6856 that doesn't mean much if you can't perform on the world stage. They still have time though
That was a tight one, well done kiwis.
franchement c etait les gallois qui devez gagne mais l arbitrage a fait gagne les neozed c est comme d habitude placage dangereux ben rien vu les black son pas arbitre comme les autres equipe toujour une mansuetude arbitrale sont intolerable c est dessesperant
Exact. Et je viens de voir nos bleuets face aux Black. En 2ieme mi-temps, l'arbitre s'est chié dessus et a commencer à nous pénaliser pour des broutilles. Le deuxième jaune est une farce.
I am from New Zealand and it was a good game
51 secs expired since the awarding of the Welsh try which was subsequently disallowed before the restart. Logically you would wipe that 51 secs off and go back to the exact time it was when the referee awarded the disallowed try.
French squad : hold my beer
Makes you wonder what happens with the infrastructures of the different countries when U20 is always so close and hard to know which country will win. Yet Test levels it’s so often doesn’t change much.
more errors and less well rounding than
higher levels. ABs wouldnt concede so many scrum tries so wales wouldnt score
it takes awhile for the low player base of youths to filter through - most of our good All Blacks are from the time before youths started shifting towards other sports a lot more than rugby.
NZ got lucky and Wales got tired
Fiji Rugby Union is so boring that they can't make highlights of the Fiji vs Australia match 😏
I dont know what's in to NZ rugby these days I know the game has changed from what it used to be and it's not favorable for the NZ style. But still we seems to struggle alot. Thank god atleast they won the 7s title.
Качельная игра.
There's no way this NZ team is going to win the cup, forward pack is terrible.
Let that be a lesson to the Welsh boys. They were all smiles & high-fives and halftime but a game is 80 minutes.
wales are so poor even the first Wales team is going down how did the Welsh finish in the last 6 nations' bottom?
I could be completely wrong but I thought if you’re on your goal line you can’t be offside, first half ref calls New Zealand offside in their own goal, second half he does the same to Wales
I was thinking the same thing, I thought did the player step over the try line with both feet???? Among I few other questions running through my head.
Here's a question ❓ if the ball is grounded, on the line and it's a try then surely defending players should be able to stand right on the edge of the line and not touch the field of play? And be onside.
@@teauraki It's often the hands that is penalised. If you watch closely, players have their hands on the ground because they want to be as low as possible to proprely defend. If you put your hands too far forwards, you're in an offside position.
@@VinceratedR absolutely correct i should have mentioned hands and feet sorry. I tried with what replays I had to see exactly that. Looked ok to me, just an observation.
@@teauraki No worries.
Wow, very hard to see the Baby Blacks challenging for the title, given that performance
Lol they thought they were gonna win😂
That 10 for Nz gotta go, he made so many crucial mistakes
Farrrr Che Clark is handsome
Good game boys
Most boring sport ever!
Is it supposed to scare your opponents or make them laugh?
Close one
What a game.
What a game
Good game. Good mauls from wales. Nz got work to do
What a game
I'm sorry. Ineed to confirm that 1 player's surname is Viljoen?
Yes. You must know that there are a lot of South Africans who have emigrated to NZ.
wales thought they had it ahahahahahahahahahaha
I hope the SA grounds are ok, last time and in some areas on this field they terrible.
That is a school's ground after receiving heavy rains. Many a towns were flooded at the time.
A lot of cross kicks coming over from league , seems to be working well for rugby !
They've been doing that for years in rugby. It's not something new.
Nice game to both!
Just too good
Not good enough more like it. Wales finished last in the U20 6 nations. France will kill us if we play like this.
Yes, too good for the team that finished last in the U20 6 Nations earlier this year ✊️
@@wezvandez I know. This guy with his arrogant, smug comment, has no idea. And I'm a kiwi.
@@wezvandez where did Italy finish?
@@jmanngod 3rd
A very tight and close game. Both teams seriously need to improve on their conversion kicking.
Kemara's goal- and tactical kicking was awful in the first half, in the second there was a significant improvement. The lad has talent but is far from the finished product it seems.
very windy
Les tribunes sont vides, la honte t pour l'AFDS .
Relax. It was in South Africa. Unless it's a SA team they probably aren't showing up. There was a decent number tho.
SA only support their own
What a come back, just shows why you shouldn’t celebrate early like the Wales players did at half time.
Great players in NZ, but some of the worst fans on the planet. What a pathetic coment fella
Wales rugby embarrassing
What does that make NZ rugby then if they only won by one point ?
@@JaemanEdwards you can't celebrate losing games you should have won
The nz no#10 is a blight on the team
He played great against Australia in a pre tournament series. Wasn't great in this game, but does have class.
Throw for 2nd NZ try was plumb crooked! Ref as usual awol.
How come you're always crying 😂
Got some good young players cmng through in this world cup👍