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World Rugby U20 Championship

U20 : cinq changements pour les Baby Blacks face à la France

Par Liam Heagney
Les joueurs néo-zélandais pendant l'hymne du premier jour de match, samedi dernier à Athlone (Photo par Thinus Maritz/World Rugby).

Le sélectionneur néo-zélandais Jono Gibbes a convoqué une équipe des Baby Blacks avec cinq changements par rapport à la première journée du Championnat du Monde U20 en Afrique du Sud pour affronter la France jeudi 4 juillet.

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Les Néo-Zélandais ont bien lancé leur tournoi en remportant leur premier match de la poule A contre le Pays de Galles avec un score de 41-34 à l’Athlone Stadium. Pour le choc tant attendu contre les Français, ils ont procédé à trois changements parmi les avants et deux parmi les arrières.

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C’est lors de la deuxième journée du tournoi de l’année dernière que la France avait pris son envol, battant largement la Nouvelle-Zélande 35-14 à Paarl. Les Bleuets avaient ensuite remporté le titre, leur troisième consécutif chez les moins de 20 ans, tandis que les Baby Blacks, dirigés alors par Clark Laidlaw pour la classe de 2023, avaient terminé en bas du classement, à la septième place.

C’est donc dans un esprit un brin revanchard que se présenteront les champions du Rugby Championship pour tenter de faire oublier la défaite passée.

Jono Gibbes a décidé de titulariser Logan Watson-Wallace au poste de pilier droit, tandis que Joshua Smith a été relégué sur le banc des remplaçants.

En troisième-ligne, Andrew Smith et Mosese Bason ont été choisis pour débuter respectivement au côté fermé et au numéro 8, Tai Cribb manquant à l’appel et Matt Lowe prenant place sur le banc.

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31
21
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L'équipe recevante gagne
50%

À l’arrière, les deux changements apportés au quinze de départ concernent le triangle arrière avec Isaac Hutchinson à l’arrière à la place de Sam Coles, laissé sur le banc, tandis que Xavier Tito-Harris, remplaçant contre les Gallois, prend la place de Frank Vaenuku sur l’aile droite.

L’équipe de la Nouvelle-Zélande contre la France jeudi 4 juillet :

  1. Will Martin
  2. Vernon Bason (capitaine)
  3. Logan Watson-Wallace
  4. Tom Allen
  5. Liam Jack
  6. Andrew Smith
  7. Jonathan Lee
  8. Mosese Bason
  9. Dylan Pledger
  10. Rico Simpson
  11. Stanley Solomon
  12. Xavi Taele
  13. Aki Tuivailala
  14. Xavier Tito-Harris
  15. Isaac Hutchinson

Remplaçants :

  1. Manumaua Letiu
  2. Sika Uamaki
  3. Joshua Smith
  4. Cameron Christie
  5. Matt Lowe
  6. Ben O’Donovan
  7. Sam Coles
  8. King Maxwell.

Cet article publié à l’origine en anglais sur RugbyPass.com a été adapté par Willy Billiard.

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Bull Shark 12 minutes ago
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I reckon the safe bet for SA would be to pick the same side again for this test (barring any forced changes due to injury of course). But I wonder if we won’t see Roos coming on for Marco. Maybe start Roos with Kwagga off the bench. Karl Dickson is less likely to allow the ruck sh1tshow Luke Pearce stood by and watched which means that the boks can expect better ball, less Irish bodies and debris lying all over the place. Manie Libbok suits the style the boks were playing at Loftus. If he has been training well - I wonder if we don’t see a fresh Libbok starting ahead of Pollard for this test. 6/2 split with SFM and Grant Williams again covering the backline. I can’t see them going with a 5/3 unless they put Polly on the bench as cover for Libbok. But Rassie generally backs his 10 so I doubt we’ll see both of them in the 23. So 6/2 again to pulverize what is left of the Irish team.

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JD Kiwi 15 minutes ago
How England's blitz ground All Blacks to a standstill

Thanks for the article and what an enjoyable old fashioned battle on Saturday. One thing I've noticed is that our attack doesn't seem to go well with Finn and DMac but does when he's paired with anyone else - Smith, Roigard and TJP before the injury. Like Christie, TJ isn't a great passer but his linking with the forwards that you mentioned made it harder for the defence just to go at the backs. One last thing - I don't mind us winning by playing the territory game at the end. This is test rugby and you need to be able to win matches like that. It's great that we did so and I don't buy the expectation that we should run everyone ragged in the final quarter.

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Bull Shark 30 minutes ago
Alan Quinlan poses question to RG Snyman after tackle on Craig Casey

And then there’s the matter of real-time. Did Snyman have the time to think about having the sense to pull out of the tackle or do the maths regarding their size and weight differences calculating for the force based on his speed and mass or all the times they’d laughed and cried together as team mates in happier times all the while playing in a game for unofficial world champion status!? Silly. The real issue is the fact that South Africans play rugby on grass covered concrete. Shame. Poor us. We want for soft cushier, watered, turf with lush grass to frolic and roll about in. And we want it now!

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Flankly 48 minutes ago
Alan Quinlan poses question to RG Snyman after tackle on Craig Casey

1) Rewind the tape to the start of the ruck, and watch Bealham carefully. 2) Rewind the tape again to the start of the ruck, and watch Ryan carefully. There are no rules at the ruck anymore.

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Mzilikazi 53 minutes ago
How England's blitz ground All Blacks to a standstill

It will interesting to see how both teams approach the next game. Great article, Nick, thanks. I thought same on that de Groot stand up in the scrum…should have been penalised, or would have been a couple of years ago. the refs now seem to ignore that. I was amused when the AB’s were penalised when Christie was called on to play the ball, he stepped away for Ardie to feed him/carry himself. Amashukeli then penalised the AB’s for stepping around ? I did think in both the AB/Eng and Bok/Irl games, the refereeing of the scrums was all over the place. I would like to see referees forcing “play it” far more often. There is nothing in the laws to say a team being pushed back can be penalised. I thought England should have kept the ball in hand right near the end when a poor NZ kick was marked near the left touchline by Furbank. That was gold dust possession at that late stage, the score at 16 - 15. Tap and run it, get within pen. or drop goal range at least. His kick to touch gave the ball back to the AB’s. He diid look out on his feet, and England were guilty of not getting back fast to set anything up. Some for the English coaching group to rectify.

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Brian 1 hours ago
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Couldn’t agree more James. They have the potential to be a real top 5 team distancing themselves from Scotland, Wales, Italy and Ireland, but it is becoming very competitive and those nations are also determined to move forward to close the gap on France and the Red Roses. Jo Yapp is as good a coach as they can have for the journey.

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mitch 1 hours ago
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First time I was coached this defence was back in U19 rep rugby league in 1989. Crazy to think the ABs are having issue with it all these years later.

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Troy 2 hours ago
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Good enough is old enough. He looks the goods the kid and has a strong background. I reckon Razor is trending in the right direction - now to get rid of Christie lol.

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Neil 2 hours ago
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I think the game will be an easier win to NZ. The first test was the first time the ABs have played together since November last year. There would have been some rust and first time nerves for some. And now they've seen what the English are coming at them with, they’ll have a chance to come up with a plan to counter the rush defence and practise it for a week.

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steve 2 hours ago
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Alex 2 hours ago
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There seems to be an awful lot of attention on what England can improve to win in T2 but little on what NZ can do. The reality is this was a near scratch team that had been together for 10 days with a new coaching group and significant changes in personnel (Whitelock, Retallick, Cane, Frizell, A Smith, Mo'unga, Jordan), half the team and 100s of tests of experience missing and the team needs to gel. To get through against an established and battle hardened team was no mean feat. The scrum will continue to improve, the line out will start to gel with 4 new jumpers to get better at their cohesion, the inside backs probably had never played together apart from in training and certainly Dmac and Christie would not have had time in the saddle in anger. The biggest concern for me is at centre where Rico continues to look invisible - his pace should be one of the keys to unlocking a rush defence and allowing Reece to shine even more, the problem with having this centre combination is there is no playmaking centre just a crash bash and a whippet but no distribution ala Conrad to manipulate the rush and open the space wider.

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Utiku Old Boy 3 hours ago
All Blacks vs England takeaways: The Perenara fade away, Razor's defensive concern

Hoping the first test gives this AB group plenty to work on for Eden Park. As Ben points out, some of the early signs showed promise and execution was the let-down - before adjusting in the final quarter and closing out the win. Reiko should not start the second game with either ALB or Proctor in his place and I would rather Ratima start with FC on the bench again. Some boldness in selection and a push for greater execution of counters to the rush D should see the pretenders put away. (In actual fact, this England side are showing a marked growth in depth of attack and defense). Finau has the raw ingredients but, as pointed out by others below, he needs confidence to grow into his potential.

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Barry 3 hours ago
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TOMORROW IT IS!!!

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Tyson 3 hours ago
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Touch and tag also has the appeal of not risking major injury. I'm a Heavy duty mechanic and if I get seriously hurt playing full contact rugby that is money out of my own pocket I have to spend on staying home from work. There is no way for me to earn an income if I have a broken hand or leg.

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ClintP 3 hours ago
How England's blitz ground All Blacks to a standstill

The fix…play like the Blues, direct, pick and go, with the odd kick to turn them around and keep them in their own half.

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NeilB_Denver 4 hours ago
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Which pressure is greater; breaking an unbeaten record or defending an unbeaten record?

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Utiku Old Boy 4 hours ago
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Would like to see Ratima start with Christie on the bench if the occasion is too much for Ratima. That said, Ratima has shown plenty of mettle and would seem well able to cope with test match rugby. His combination with DMac is a huge plus and he has the knack for running support lines that carves up the middle and opens up scoring opportunities. It will be interesting to see what measures the ABs have implemented to counter the rush and dominate the ruck area. Lots of improvements could come out of both camps.

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Dan 4 hours ago
Alan Quinlan poses question to RG Snyman after tackle on Craig Casey

Completely dirty play worthy of at least a yellow card. Of course, would never happen as Boks can't win a match without referee incompetence - so Whitehouse and Pearce let them off. Not sure why World Rugby doesn’t step in and get some officials who aren’t completely inept. But they would have to do their job for that to happen

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Turlough 5 hours ago
Alan Quinlan poses question to RG Snyman after tackle on Craig Casey

“A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously. Dangerous tackling includes, *but is not limited to,* tackling or attempting to tackle an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts below the line of the shoulders.” This is just about player safety and we know that Casey was knocked out and therefore suffered brain injury. Snyman comes through (probably off-side but that’s not the issue here) and with his left hand hits Casey’s left hand in and attempt to make Casey spill the ball. (He succeeds as in the ball goes to ground but Ireland regather). The ball is gone. Snyman now widens his arms (the ball is now gone) and closes them on Casey to grasp him. He now runs Casey backwards three steps (he knows the ball is not there) which builds momentum then Snyman throws his weight on top of Casey ensuring they will hit the ground hard. Snyman pushes through Caseys upper body hard ensuring maximum impact when the ground is hit. The result is that Casey’s body is whipped down and his loose head smacks hard off the ground knocking him out. Snyman pushes through again so much that his head is pushing down on the inconcious head of Casey. This is not a rugby incident. This is dangerous play, a dangerous cheap shot in fact. This is not about being hard or soft. This is about rugby players not having their later lives ruined by brain degenation and disease. That’s why the law is there. The referee and TMO should enforce it. (Now I will speculate. A few people have said Snyman isnt dirty. This then looks like a Rassie ‘any chance you can get away with it get hit/hurt that little guy’ instruction.)

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Bull Shark 6 hours ago
Gatland needs a catalyst to start the Wales fightback or the game faces a stark future

If I was on the welsh rugby board - I’d be asking: should we not be targeting the 6N ahead of the 2027 World Cup? It’s something Wales has done successfully in the past and, I’d argue, Gatland should be aiming to achieve before the World Cup. Or else Gatland has himself nothing but a cushy job until the end of the World Cup - which is nice for him.

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