Rugby: NZ need to beat Boks bogey after pool defeat
They're locking horns again.Tomorrow night New Zealand and South Africa meet in the Junior World Championship semifinal, just nine days after the Junior Boks cleaned out the hosts with a clinical 33-24...
View ArticleSimon Hickey: The boys will grab this second chance with both hands
I'm pretty gutted to be out of the tournament with my ankle injury, but I'm excited that the boys are now in the semifinals and have a chance to beat South Africa to make it to the final.The injury...
View ArticleRugby: S Africa end NZ bid for five titles
The drive for five is over.South Africa denied New Zealand an opportunity at a fifth Junior World Championship crown with a grinding second-half display that forced New Zealand into mistakes.There was...
View ArticleRugby: England awesome in first-half romp but Irish show plenty of pluck
England were, mostly, at their clinical best in dispatching Ireland in the first Junior World Championship semifinal in Albany.The defending champions, winners of Pool A, burst out of the blocks with...
View ArticleRugby: England know half-hearted effort won't secure double
Woe betide South Africa if England decide to play to their potential for 80 minutes in Friday's Junior World Championship final at Eden Park.England are coming off a 42-15 victory over Ireland in the...
View ArticleRugby: NZ take positives from loss before Irish game
New Zealand have another three days to park the disappointment of missing the Junior World Championship final and refocus on beating Ireland to clinch third place in their home tournament.New Zealand...
View ArticleSimon Hickey: NZ juniors focus on win against Ireland
The second half of our semifinal against the Junior Boks was hard to watch.I really felt sorry for the boys because I think we played pretty well, but there were just a couple of things that, if they...
View ArticleNigel Yalden: Rugby must measure up or lose players
When you are watching tonight's final of the IRB Junior Championship, please do me a favour.Take a moment to check out the size of the young men involved.Not cursory glances either, take a good, long,...
View ArticleRugby: Speed vs pressure - it'll be a battle
It will be England's fast-paced, accurate rugby against the set-piece-oriented, patient, pressure play of South Africa in tonight's Junior World Championship climax.Both sides, clearly the tournament's...
View ArticleRugby: England hold on to win JWC final
England 21South Africa 20 In the closest Junior World Championship final ever, England held on doggedly for their second crown in two years.There was no quarter asked, and none given, in this draining...
View ArticleRugby: Irish make it tough in playoff
New Zealand 45Ireland 23 The New Zealand Under 20s will have to be content with third place in the Junior World Championship.They tried to play as much rugby as possible but were held in check for...
View ArticleRugby: New Zealand draw Ireland in 2017 U20 world championship
New Zealand will be based in the Georgian city of Kutaisi for the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 championship and will face 2016 runners-up Ireland, plus Scotland and Italy in Pool B play.England will begin...
View ArticleRugby: South Africa score bizarre three-way try at U20 World Championship
It's not often three teammates dot the ball down at the same time to score a try, but that is exactly what happened at the U20 World Championship in Georgia early on Friday morning (NZT).In their final...
View ArticleRugby: New Zealand Under 20's ready for French challenge
The stars are aligning for New Zealand to sail into the World Rugby Under 20 Championship final in Tbilisi.Craig Philpott's charges face France, the fourth qualifier, in the semifinal in the Georgian...
View ArticleCampbell Burnes: Why you need to be watching the New Zealand Under 20s
There is a lot of rugby on, but you need to be watching the New Zealand Under 20s.The last chance to do so in 2017 will be in the early hours of Monday morning, when they will face down perennial...
View ArticleWorld Cup: Anger over Australian streaming fail signals New Zealand concern...
Outrage in Australia over the failure of Fifa World Cup live streaming at the weekend signals potential concerns for New Zealand rugby fans ahead of Spark's plans to stream matches in next year's Rugby...
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