2025 World Rugby U20 Championship

[Quel Carreleur]

England Vs Scotland, and McDougall is wearing white.

Something feels wrong here.
Good player though.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

England v Australia
Wed, 09/07; 5pm

1. Ralph McEachran
2. Kepu Tuipulotu (c)
3. Vilikesa Sela
4. Olamide Sodeke
5. Junior Kpoku
6. Aiden Ainsworth-Cave
7. Connor Treacey
8. Kane James

09. Archie McParland
10. Ben Coen
11. Tyler Offiah
12. Nic Allison
13. Campbell Ridl
14. Noah Caluori
15. Josh Bellamy

16. Alfie Longstaff, 17. Oe Scola, 18. Ollie Streeter, 19. Tom Burrow (c), 20. Seb Kelly
21. Jonny Weimann, 22. Jack Bracken, 23. Will Knight

Having a co-captain in the bench is... interesting

 

[irisht]

Irish 20s:

1. Alex Usanov(Leinster)
2. Henry Walker(Ulster)
3. Alex Mullan(Leinster)
4. Conor Kennelly(Munster)
5. Billy Corrigan(Leinster)
6. Eanna McCarthy(Connacht)
7. Oisin Minogue(Munster)
8. Luke Murphy(Munster)
9. Will Wooton(Sale)
10. Tom Wood(Munster) - u19
11. Derry Moloney(Leinster) - u19
12. Johnny Scott(Ulster)
13. Ciaran Mangan(Leinster)
14. Charlie Molony(Leinster) - u19
15. Dan Green(Ulster) - u19

16. Luke McLaughlin(Leinster) - u19
17. Billy Bohan(Connacht)
18. Tom McCallister(Ulster)
19. David Walsh(Connacht)
20. Bobby Power(Connacht)
21. Clark Logan(Ulster)
22. Sam Wisniewski(Pro D2)
23. Gene O'Leary Kareem(Munster)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Tuipolotu taking the **** tbh

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Think Kpoku has dislocated his elbow, or maybe a broken forearm (was a hyper-extension that caused it), could hear him screaming on the ref mic from the opposite side of the pitch

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Fun game,
Pretty evenly matched - thought England were pulling away comfortably but the injury and subs really knocked all momentum out of our sails and the Wallabies subs really added impact, especially in the scrum

Bellamy was very good, wings were really poor in defence
Tuipolotu really good, Sodeke better than I've seen recently too - has a tendency to just be a big guy, but skills better than I remember this game
Great to see Seb Kelly make his day-boo, nice turnover at the end to get possession back/kick it out too

Hope Kpoku's injury isn't bad

 

[big ginger 8]

Not a banner year.

Down with Doak.

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Arg vs Wal
1H: 12-24
2H: 22-3
FT: 34-27

Arg vs Spa
1H: 7-30
2H: 26-0
FT: 33-30

Arg vs Fra
1H: 7-38
2H: 19-14
FT: 26-52

I am lost for words. I would fire any coach at any level for less. This is not a minor oversight, a situation that arose in a friendly game and not much could be done about it, an anomaly. This happened 3 times on a world cup stage (U20, granted. Still).
I dont have the breakdown per min (or per quarter (20 min)) but i am pretty sure the first 20 minutes are our worst. After watching all three games i do not believe, for a second, it's a depth issue (our subs are head and shoulders above the rest). It is a concentration issue and that is unacceptable. 3 games in a row... wearing the Argentine colours... on a world cup. I am livid.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

That’s crazy. Taking care of teams you guys have talent advantages over but just just barely getting over the line. Then getting your ass handed to you by an equal team.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

 

[Quel Carreleur]

For one match that doesn't matter?
Is it worth it?

Hang on, I'm seeing a tweet? WTF is going on with my tablet?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

No replacement for Kpoku, who has said he's out, as well, so that's odd

 

[Quel Carreleur]

https://www.youtube.com/@U6NSIXNATIONS/streams

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Anyone else's yotu e being absolutely ruined with adverts?
They can't go 5 minutes without interrupting the rugny, which they do t even stop, just play an advert over it, before spending another 30seconds showing a thumbnail instead of the actual stream,!

 

[saulan]

Feels like we have a pretty good chance of winning this tournament, but would be interested in getting the opinion of NH fans that followed the U20 6N of where they think we are positioned vs France.

On our end, we have had a massive step up in quality and fitness than the rugby championship where we significantly underperformed, offering playing games of two halves. A clash with NZ would be a close one in a final, but we still need to get past Argentina, who seem to have continued their see-saw game of two halves through this tournament. I think the hot weather does suit our team’s style of play.

 

[LIONSxv]

Feels like we have a pretty good chance of winning this tournament, but would be interested in getting the opinion of NH fans that followed the U20 6N of where they think we are positioned vs France.

On our end, we have had a massive step up in quality and fitness than the rugby championship where we significantly underperformed, offering playing games of two halves. A clash with NZ would be a close one in a final, but we still need to get past Argentina, who seem to have continued their see-saw game of two halves through this tournament. I think the hot weather does suit our team's style of play.

I think you beat this French side. They don't have the same level of talent as previous years. As with all recent French teams they are big boys in the pack and have great half backs
If you gain parity in the forwards and get the ball out to your 3/4 you should beat them.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

 

[Welsh Exile]

We'll win this comfortably like we did in the 6N. Only a matter of time until we're dining at the top table.

 

[Welsh Exile]

No idea why Bowen isn’t starting.

Wales U20s: Jack Woods; Elijah Evans, Osian Roberts, Steffan Emanuel, Aidan Boshoff; Harri Wilde, Sion Davies; Ioan Emanuel, Evan Wood, Sam Scott, Kenzie Jenkins, Nick Thomas, Dan Gemine, Caio James, Harry Beddall (capt).

Replacements: Jake Bowen, Owain James, Jac Pritchard, Tom Cottle, Ryan Jones, Ellis Lewis, Harri Ford, Tom Bowen.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Playing the scum at the moment with the traitor who must not be named. England just scored.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Ohhh, foul play and try ruled out

 

[Welsh Exile]

Stays 6-0. We’ve got this in the bag. Will probably nil them.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Oh I see, England have put the call in and now the ref is ******* us.

 

[Everyday EggChaser]

Good try right on half time

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Anyone else's yotu e being absolutely ruined with adverts?
They can't go 5 minutes without interrupting the rugny, which they do t even stop, just play an advert over it, before spending another 30seconds showing a thumbnail instead of the actual stream,!

Ublock does a good job of stopping them without triggering the shock adblock response on YouTube

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Arg vs Wal
1H: 12-24
2H: 22-3
FT: 34-27

Arg vs Spa
1H: 7-30
2H: 26-0
FT: 33-30

Arg vs Fra
1H: 7-38
2H: 19-14
FT: 26-52

I am lost for words. I would fire any coach at any level for less. This is not a minor oversight, a situation that arose in a friendly game and not much could be done about it, an anomaly. This happened 3 times on a world cup stage (U20, granted. Still).
I dont have the breakdown per min (or per quarter (20 min)) but i am pretty sure the first 20 minutes are our worst. After watching all three games i do not believe, for a second, it's a depth issue (our subs are head and shoulders above the rest). It is a concentration issue and that is unacceptable. 3 games in a row... wearing the Argentine colours... on a world cup. I am livid.

Aprox 25 minutes of play. We've conceded 4 tries. At least 3 of those were due to a phenomenal display of lack of concentration.
This aint a bug, it's a feature and it is simply unacceptable.

The saddest thing is that the media will sell this as an incredible achievement (4th place in a world cup) and nothing, not a single thing will be said about this appalling statistic trend.

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Weird (?) thing i noticed during the NZ vs Fra game: Play leading to a try had an adv for Fra. Not a foul play one, off side thingie. After the try is scored (no penalty try) the ref concedes the try AND goes back to a NZ player and yellow cards him. I cannot recall that happening before.

 

[TommiG88]

Just tried to watch the highlights of the England game on the u20 website. Absolutely woeful. Of the first 50 points between the teams, I think I only saw one try scored by wales. It just showed random plays in between. Not even the red card or sin bins

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Weird (?) thing i noticed during the NZ vs Fra game: Play leading to a try had an adv for Fra. Not a foul play one, off side thingie. After the try is scored (no penalty try) the ref concedes the try AND goes back to a NZ player and yellow cards him. I cannot recall that happening before.

It's unusual, but it does happen. Should probably happen more.
IIRC it was a team yellow for repeated infringement and a final warning - exactly what yellows were brought in for.

 

[AlRums]

**** me, Scotland won

https://scottishrugby.org/fanzone/ireland-u20-21-22-scotland-u20-men-match-report/