Wales

letsgoboks says...

That final with Argentina was very scrappy between play. The boys held their nerve well. Will be great to see some quality rugby played between two teams with amazing young talent.

Posted 10:49 20th June 2012

chuckpaki says...

This will be a great game too watch both team deserve too be in the this final i sort of lean to the A/B getting over chalk line only because they have skill factor

over the boke they have speed too match their opponents

Posted 05:08 19th June 2012

Trader2 says...

I have not seen @anotherfarce commenting here so will remind him of his post last week directed at Ramage

"The Welsh just knocked over your unbeatable baby blacks, in the U/20 JWC apparently never beaten in this comp. having watched the match, the points margin was only 3, but they didnt handle the welsh forward pack physicality who monstered them. Yes the conditions were wet & boggy, but I forgot it never rains in NZ.

The Irish U/20s ran amok over the boks.

England are also looking very threatening. While Australia choked to Argentina.

Except for Argentina all the others are NH sides so give that nonsense a rest.

A lot of these fellas also play in the S15 so whats the go??????"

Perhaps next time @anotherfarce may wait a little longer before gloating too much, it can come back to bite you on the proverbial. I have just watched the game and apart from the first 20 mins the Welsh just were not in it. They have a pretty good forward pack (well one very good prop anyway) but as we all know in this hemishere you need to have some backs and the Welsh backs just did not function. There was hardly a backline move put together, surely they didn't think they would win this tournament with just a forward pack, oh wait Wales are in the NH! Wales were very good at putting about 25 people behind the ball at ruck time for the box kick but that was about it. Anyway @anotherfarce I hope your questions have been answered like yes it does rain in NZ but we can still produce brilliant backs, whats your excuse? Also I could be wrong but I don't think there were any S15 players in the NZ team, at least not 1st squad members.

Should be a great final I haven't seen SA play so looking forward to it make sure you look and learn a little @anotherfarce old chum.

Posted 14:51 18th June 2012

sebabustos says...

Congratulations to the Baby Boks and the Baby Blacks; well played.

Great run for Wales and Argentina, as well; they showed impressive improvement, good perspectives for their senior teams.

Posted 12:00 18th June 2012

tha_mai says...

I'd pick SA to win the final, 10pts, games I've seen they are simply a better team; all the semifinalists have played good rugby once they got onto decent grounds, thought NZ have looked weak at times - but - as with all teams, have to be realistic - we are watching young adults play, maybe we'll be here next year seeing some of this weekend's names in their country's test squads.

Great tournament, only pity is any publicity is overshadowed by the international test series underway at the same time.

Posted 09:28 18th June 2012

jonesy2 says...

this should be a really really good final

Posted 06:46 18th June 2012

TotalRugbyRules says...

Junior All Blacks scrum got dominated and they were not committed to the ruck arae for the first 20 minutes (what is Penney doing?!) which lead to multiple penalties and all of Wales points and they may also struggle against the big South Africa forwards.

South African speed merchants look very dangerous and may have an edge in a foot race.

NZ need quick ball or turn overs for their backs to put points on the board I suspect.

Anyway it should be a good final and could go either way.

Posted 02:37 18th June 2012

ABlack says...

Should be a good final.

NZ by 8.

Posted 20:58 17th June 2012

Jmanngod says...

no monsoon this time then Wales?

Posted 20:25 17th June 2012