NZ spanked Australia
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NZ spanked Australia
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And what a spanking it was..
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Originally Posted by KenyaQuin
That was the best display of rugby,played at the fastest pace,by the junior All Blacks, I have ever seen--at any level
Young Wallabies Finish Runners Up At Junior World Championship
June 22, 2010 - 10:43am
Story by: ARU
New Zealand's Telusa Veainu was in damaging form in the Grand Final of the iRB Junior World Championship final match against the Young Wallabies
New Zealand's Telusa Veainu was in damaging form in the Grand Final of the iRB Junior World Championship final match against the Young Wallabies
A clinical New Zealand have overrun the Young Wallabies 62-17 to claim their third consecutive IRB Under 20 Junior World Championship title at Estadio El Coloso del Parque in Rosario, Argentina on Monday (Tuesday AEST).
The near-unstoppable Baby Blacks made their intent clear from the opening kick-off, scoring their first try within two minutes and racing away to a commanding 25-3 lead at halftime.
After having two real chances thwarted just before the break, Australia kept their energy levels high and finished well with two tries to fullback Luke Morahan and centre Kimami Sitauti before New Zealand had the last say through winger Telusa Veainu who completed his hat-trick just before fulltime to ice his side’s seven-tries-to-two win.
The Young Wallabies may have missed out on the silverware but should be proud of their performance at the tournament, reaching their first ever final undefeated and entering the decider as the leading try-scorers at the event.
Australia, fielding the youngest squad at the tournament, toppled England 28-16 last Thursday in a hard-fought knock-out semi-final after brilliantly defeating South Africa 42-25 just four days earlier to finish top of their pool.
Coach David Nucifora said he hoped his players would learn from the heavy loss against arch-rivals New Zealand, especially with 11 of his squad eligible to compete in the tournament again next year.
“It’s been a really good tournament from our boys and it’s a pity it will be overshadowed by that performance,” Nucifora said.
“At the start of the game it was pretty obvious the team that could win possession and retain possession and nail their opportunities would win.
“We made too many unforced errors and gave away soft turnovers and were unable to control the ball for long.
“We had an opportunity to score there before halftime at 22-3 and we could put some pressure on them but we lost the ball and then gave away a soft penalty.
“This tournament’s about learning, we have learned a lot over five weeks, and tonight was the best lesson of all. Tonight will be valuable if the boys learn from this experience.”
Trailing 45-3, winger Aidan Toua skipped through the Kiwi defence and made a break down the sideline before offloading to Morahan who touched down for the Young Wallabies first try of the high-paced decider in the 54th minute.
Brumbies playmaker Matt To’omua made no mistake with the conversion, slotting the ball over the black dot to add the extras.
Australian Sevens teammates centre Robbie Coleman and winger Sitauti then combined to create the Young Wallabies second five-pointer of the match. IRB Player of the Tournament nominee Coleman ran a sharp angle past diving black jerseys on the 40 metre mark and passed a well-timed ball to put speedster Sitauti through to the tryline and bridge the deficit to 31 points after To’omua’s conversion.
New Zealand captain Tyler Bleyendaal led his side admirably and completed the final with a personal haul of 28 points while Baby Blacks winger Julian Savea was crowned Player of the Tournament.
Four returning players from 2009, captain Jake Schatz, halfback Nic White, fullback Morahan and flyhalf To’omua will take solace from the loss after recording a much-improved result on last year’s fourth place.
Australia U20 (15-1): Luke Morahan, Dominic Shipperley, Kimami Sitauti, Robbie Coleman, Aidan Toua, Matt To’omua, Nic White, Jake Schatz (capt), Liam Gill, Colby Faingaa, Greg Peterson, Phoenix Battye, Paul Alo-Emile, Siliva Siliva, Salesi Manu. Res: Sam Roberson, Cruz Ah-Nau, Luke Jones, Ed Quirk, Ian Prior, Jono Lance, Greg Jeloudev.
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