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Wed 21 Jun 2017 | 02:23
New Zealand demolish England in the World Rugby U20 Championship final

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New Zealand ran in an astounding 10 tries as they soundly beat England 64-17 in the World Rugby U20 Championship final in Tbilisi, Georgia on Sunday afternoon. Dynamic hooker Asafo Aumua continued his brilliance scoring a hat trick in the win for the Baby Blacks.

These are the two most successful teams in the competition, with New Zealand coming into the final having won it an amazing five times and England - the 2016 champions - owning four titles of their own. 

However, there was to be no repeat for England as New Zealand got off to a blistering start and never really let off the gas. 

Hooker Aumua claimed two tries in the first half, and was joined by Dalton Papali'i, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Isaia Walker-Leawere, and captain Luke Jacobson to make the score 40-7 at the break. 

England managed to run in three tries of their own, with Ben Earl, Alex Mitchell, and Josh Bayliss all touching down in the losing effort. 

With his combination of power and pace, Aumua looks similar to another famous New Zealand hooker who at the moment is working on a return from injury. If the young gun continues this scorching trend, he should get a call up in no time.

Credit: World Rugby

Posted By: davidharper

4 Comments

  • 5:41 PM 24/06/2017

    Yes no. 2 looks the goods. But we have other hookers such as Codie Taylor & Nathan Harris who deserve to be there right now. It's a big step up from U20 to fully fledged AB. I'm sure he'll be there in the future though. A sure fire star in the making.

    How good were Italy in this competition? They looked so good against Wales. I think they were really unlucky not to win that game. Hopefully it translates across to the national side in a few years time.

  • lautarooo
    4:04 AM 22/06/2017

    I think the Haka got to England... poor tackling form.. they looked very intimidated

  • im1
    2:56 PM 21/06/2017

    I think we don't need to be too pessimistic about it, if we look at the players not available due to being with the senior sides. I think England would have benefited more (which makes sense due to Lions and Englnad tour on at the same time). I'm also a bit suprised the NZ hooker hasn't been called up to the main squad given Dane Coles injury. He looks rather good!

    NZ - Reiko Ioane, Jordie Barrett
    England - Tom Curry, Ben Curry, Nick Isikewe, Jack Maunder, Joe Cokanasiga

  • drg
    11:59 AM 21/06/2017

    ....future is looking bright for the rest of the world...

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