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Watch: Australia under-20 fullback pulls off Gregan-like try-saving tackle on flying NZ winger

Australian under-20 fullback Isaac Lucas makes a heroic tackle. (Source/Rugby.com.au)

The Junior Wallabies beat New Zealand under-20’s for just the second time in history in the Oceania Championships on the Gold Coast, but it was the manner in which they won which has impressed the most.

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They held the visitors scoreless in a comprehensive 24-0 beating against the six-time World under-20 champions. A kicking masterclass from flyhalf Will Harrison notched four first-half penalties to give Australia a 12-0 lead into the break, which wouldn’t have been if New Zealand winger Lamilo Lamilo had been able to score a wonder try around the half-hour mark.

Slipping through some vacant ruck defence, Lamilo bounced to the outside beating a couple of defenders before aiming for the corner. A last-ditch cover tackle from fullback Isaac Lucas turned the winger on his back as he hit the turf, keeping the ball above the ground until both players were rolled into touch.

The heroic tackle saved a certain try and symbolised the type of stoic defence of the young Australian side brought to the game. Lucas, a Super Rugby debutant this year with the Queensland Reds, produced the type of play that many have expected since being earmarked for bigger things as a schoolboy.

Watch the superb cover tackle below:

 

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JW 45 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

This piece is nothing more than the result of revisionist fancy of Northern Hemisphere rugby fans. Seeing what they want to see, helped but some surprisingly good results and a desire to get excited about doing something well.


I went back through the 6N highlights and sure enough in every English win I remembered seeing these exact holes on the inside, that are supposedly the fallout out of a Felix Jones system breaking down in the hands of some replacement. Every time the commentators mentioned England being targeted up the seam/around the ruck or whatever. Each game had a try scored on the inside of the blitz, no doubt it was a theme throughout all of their games. Will Jordan specifically says that Holland had design that move to target space he saw during their home series win.


Well I'm here to tell you they were the same holes in a Felix Jones system being built as well. This woe is now sentiment has got to stop. The game is on a high, these games have been fantastic! It is Englands attack that has seen their stocks increase this year, and no doubt that is what SB told him was the teams priority. Or it's simply science, with Englands elite players having worked towards a new player welfare and management system, as part of new partnership with the ERU, that's dictating what the players can and can't put their bodies through.


The only bit of truth in this article is that Felix is not there to work on fixing his defence. England threw away another good chance of winning in the weekend when they froze all enterprise under pressure when no longer playing attacking footy for the second half. That mindset helped (or not helped if you like) of course by all this knee jerk, red brained criticism.

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