JWC MATCH PREVIEW
JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.
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England
New Zealand
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2011 Records
This will be the third time that England and New Zealand have met in the IRB Junior World Championships and both previous meetings also came in the final, with New Zealand winning 38-3 in 2008 and 44-28 in 2009. Both sides have won all 12 matches they have played in the Pool stages of the IRB Junior World Championships. England wing CHRISTIAN WADE has scored five tries in just three matches in this year’s championship to add to the one he scored against Argentina in 2010. He is the joint leading try scorer this year alongside New Zealand’s CHARLES PIUTAU and South Africa’s FRANCOIS VENTER and is joint sixth on the all time list. England’s fly half, GEORGE FORD, is the youngest player in the Championship at 18 years and three months. He has scored 44 points in the four matches played, including a try against France in the semi final. New Zealand have won all 19 matches they have played in the IRB Junior World Championships and have won all three previous tournaments. New Zealand scored a record 204 points in their three Pool matches. They need to score 22 points in the final to beat the tournament record of 262 points set by New Zealand in 2010. New Zealand scored 30 tries in the Pool stages this year, with 15 different try scorers. New Zealand have only conceded 16 tries in 19 matches, the lowest of any team and 21 fewer than the next lowest, South Africa. New Zealand fly half GARETH ANSCOMBE has scored 68 points and is the leading scorer in this year’s championship, 13 points ahead of South Africa’s JOHAN GOOSEN. New Zealand need 40 points to reach 1,000 in the history of the competition in their 20th match and five more conversions to reach 100. New Zealand have 11 players in their starting line up who have scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championships
Match summary:
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The final of the IRB Junior World Championship 2011 features the two teams with the best records in the history of the competition. New Zealand remain undefeated in 19 matches and have won all three previous tournaments, whilst England have been runners up twice and have only lost four of their 19 games played. In this year’s Championship England finished top of Pool C following three wins out of three, including a 26-20 victory over South Africa and followed that up with a 33-18 win over France to secure their place in the final. New Zealand finished top of Pool A after scoring a record 204 points in their three matches, beating the previous record of 196 set by South Africa in 2008. They then beat old rivals Australia 37-7 in the semi finals.
Team news:
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England have made four changes to their starting line up from the team that beat France. HENRY THOMAS returns at prop, SAM JONES at flanker, ELLIOT DALY comes back into the centres following injury and ANDY SHORT starts on the wing. Second row forward JOE LAUNCHBURY and flanker MATT KVESIC are the only two members of the squad to start in every match in the tournament. New Zealand have made just one personnel change to their starting line from the side that beat Australia, with MITCHELL SCOTT coming in on the wing. In one positional change, FRANCIS SAILI moves from the wing to outside centre. New Zealand have rested all their players for at least one of the matches in the tournament so none of the squad have started every match.
Lets get physical
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Team
Players Aged 20
Players Aged 18
Average Height (cm)
Average Height of Pack
Players 185 cm or taller
Average Weight (kg)
Average Weight of Pack
Players 100 kg +
England
6
2
185
190
8
99
108
6
New Zealand
11
0
187
192
9
101
110
8
>> Points Points 68 55 51
Player Gareth Anscombe
New Zealand
Johan Goosen
South Africa
Josateki Lalagavesi
Fiji
>> Tries Tries 5
Player Christian Wade
England
5
Charles Piutau
5
Francois Venter
New Zealand South Africa
All Time Records >> Points Points 118
Player Tom Homer
England
116
Matthew Jarvis
105
Francois Brummer
Wales
South Africa
>> Tries Tries 10
Player Zac Guildford
New Zealand
9
Andrew Conway
8
Julian Savea
8
Ryuhei Arita
Ireland
New Zealand Japan
New Zealand, who have the oldest squad in the tournament, are nearly five months per man older than England and have a two cm per man height advantage in the line out and a two kg per man weight advantage in the scrum.
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England
New Zealand
JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) IRB Junior World Championships Facts and figures
Experience
England (all time tournament record):
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England were runners up to New Zealand in both 2008 and 2009 but finished fourth last year after losing to Australia and South Africa in their last two matches. Have won all 12 matches they have played in the Pool stages, a feat only matched by New Zealand. Have only won three out of seven matches played in the play offs, beating South Africa in the semi finals in 2008 and 2009 before their win over France this year. Scored 611 points in total, which is the fourth highest overall. Kicked 48 penalties in total, the second highest behind Ireland on 50. Average points difference in the first half of matches over four years is 9.2 but only 3.5 in the second half. One of only three teams to have received two red cards but only received five yellow cards in 18 matches, the second lowest of all teams competing in 2011 after Australia.
New Zealand (all time tournament record):
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New Zealand have won all three IRB Junior World Championships and now have 19 wins out of 19 matches played. Their narrowest winning margin was 14 points in the 2009 semi finals, when beating Australia 31-17. Scored 960 points in total, including 133 tries, the highest of any team. Only conceded 16 tries in 19 matches, the lowest of any team and 21 fewer than the next lowest, South Africa. Only 10.9% of their points have come from converted penalty kicks, the second lowest percentage of the 12 competing teams after Australia. Their record in the second half of matches is particularly outstanding, with an average points difference of 25.2 per game, over 12 points better than any other team. They have won the second half in all 19 matches they have played.
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Leading the way
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New Zealand have the tallest man on the pitch in lock forward BRODIE RETALLICK at 204 cm (6ft 8ins) which is three cm above England’s CHARLIE MATTHEWS.
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The heavyweight division
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The combined weight of the New Zealand pack is 877 kg, which gives them a 17 kg advantage over England in the scrum. England have the heaviest man in the tournament in the shape of loosehead prop MAKO VUNIPOLA who tips the scales at 130 kg (20st 7lb), which is 11 kg heavier than his direct opponent in the scrum, BEN TAMEIFUNA, who is New Zealand’s heaviest player.
History
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This will be the third time that England and New Zealand have met in the IRB Junior World Championships and both previous meetings also came in the final, with New Zealand winning 38-3 in 2008 and 44-28 in 2009.
New Zealand fly half GARETH ANSCOMBE has scored 68 points and is the leading scorer in this year’s Championship, 13 points ahead of South Africa’s JOHAN GOOSEN.
Try scorers
The tall guys
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Four of England’s starting line up played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships; prop MAKO VUNIPOLA, lock CHARLIE MATTHEWS, number eight ALEX GRAY and wing CHRISTIAN WADE. Eight of the starting line up also started in every match in this year’s Six Nations Championships when England won all five matches played. Centre ELLIOT DALY scored seven tries in that tournament, with five tries each by number eight ALEX GRAY and wing ANDY SHORT. New Zealand captain LUKE WHITELOCK is the only member of their starting line up who played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. He started in four matches, including the 62-17 win over Australia in the final. Three of New Zealand’s starting line up played Super Rugby this season; SAM CANE played for the Chiefs and LIMA SOPOAGA and BEAUDEN BARRETT represented the Hurricanes. Six more players in the starting XV appeared in the ITM Cup; BEN TAMEIFUNA, STEVEN LUATUA, BRAD SHIELDS, TJ PERENARA, GARETH ANSCOMBE and CHARLES PIUTAU. Twelve of the ‘Baby Blacks’ squad warmed up for this tournament by taking part in the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup and seven have been selected in the starting line up on Friday, including captain LUKE WHITELOCK, who scored a try for the Crusader Knights in their 55-7 win over Fiji Warriors; and BEAUDEN BARRETT, who scored for the Hurricanes Development XV in their 27-13 win over Fiji Warriors.
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England wing CHRISTIAN WADE has scored five tries in just three matches in this year’s Championship to add to the one he scored against Argentina in 2010. He is the joint leading try scorer this year alongside New Zealand’s CHARLES PIUTAU and South Africa’s FRANCOIS VENTER and is joint sixth on the all time list. New Zealand have 11 players in their starting line up who have scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championship, with two more on the replacements bench. Outside centre FRANCIS SAILI has scored four tries, including three in the last two matches, whilst scrum half TJ PERENARA scored in all three Pool matches and is joined on three tries by SAM CANE, who scored a hat trick against Wales and LIMA SOPOAGA. England captain ALEX GRAY has scored a try in each of the last two matches against South Africa and France to add to the five he scored in the Under 20s Six Nations this season.
The man in the middle
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JACO PEYPER of South Africa takes charge of this match, his seventh in IRB Junior World Championship competition but his first involving New Zealand. He officiated in England’s 33-25 win over Ireland in the Pool stages and has issued six yellow cards in his six previous matches.
Young talent
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England’s fly half, GEORGE FORD, is the youngest player in the Championship at 18 years and three months. He has scored 44 points in the four matches played, including a try against France in the semi final.
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England
New Zealand
Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 Ben Ransom
ENGLAND Matches #: 20
Replacements
Saracens
14
13
12
11
Andy Short
Elliot Daly
Owen Farrell
Christian Wade
Worcester Warriors
London Wasps
Saracens
London Wasps
10
9
George Ford
Chris Cook
Leicester Tigers
Bath Rugby
Key Stats
8 Alex Gray (C) Newcastle Falcons
6 Sam Jones
7
5
London Wasps
Joe Launchbury
Harlequins
London Wasps
3
Worcester Warriors
Officials
2
1
Henry Thomas
Mikey Haywood
Mako Vunipola
Sale Sharks
Northampton Saints
Bristol Rugby
1
2 Codie Taylor
Ben Tameifuna
Wellington
Canterbury
Hawke’s Bay
4 Brad Shields
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) - 6 Matches Matches at Venue: 0 Matches England: 1 Matches New Zealand: 0 Matches Match Debut: 05/06/2010 - France v Ireland
3
Solomona Sakalia
6
Assistant Referee:
John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant Referee:
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TV Match Official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Match Official 4:
Giuseppe Vivarini (Italy)
Match Official 5:
Giovanni Maratini (Italy)
5
Steven Luatua
Brodie Retallick
Auckland
Hawke’s Bay
Wellington
7 Sam Cane Bay of Plenty
8
Replacements
Luke Whitelock (C)
16 Sefo Setefano (Waikato) 17 Michael Kainga (Wellington) 18 Dominic Bird (Canterbury) 19 Carl Axtens (Bay of Plenty) 20 Brad Weber (Otago) 21 Rhys Llewellyn (Canterbury) 22 Waisake Naholo (Taranaki)
Canterbury
9
10
TJ Perenara
Gareth Anscombe
Wellington
Auckland
11
# Caps Starting Lineup: 68 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Mako Vunipola (20) Youngest Player: George Ford (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 108 kg
Matt Kvesic
4
Charlie Matthews
16 Rob Buchanan (Harlequins) 17 Will Collier (Harlequins) 18 Sam Twomey (Harlequins) 19 Matt Everard (Leicester Tigers) 20 Dan Robson (Gloucester Rugby) 21 Ryan Mills (Gloucester Rugby) 22 Marland Yarde (London Irish)
12
13
14
Charles Piutau
Lima Sopoaga
Francis Saili
Mitchell Scott
Auckland
Wellington
Auckland
Tasman
15 Beauden Barrett
Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 58 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 20 Oldest Player: Brad Weber (20) Youngest Player: TJ Perenara (19) Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg
Taranaki NEW ZEALAND Matches #: 20
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England
New Zealand
Head to Head All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.
Recent Results Date
Team A
Result
21/06/2009
New Zealand
44
22/06/2008
New Zealand
38
Team B
Venue
28
England
Tokyo
3
England
Swansea
Summary England
2 Matches (0 Draw)
New Zealand
0
Won
2
31
Points
82
3
Tries
11
2
Conversions
6
4
Penalties
5
0
Drop Goals
0
Player Records For England against New Zealand 4 Players - 2 Tom Homer - 11
For New Zealand against England Appearances
2 - Zac Guildford
Points
19 - Aaron Cruden
3 Players - 1
Tries
2 Players - 1
Conversions
3 - Aaron Cruden
Penalties
3 - Trent Renata
Tom Homer - 3 -
2 - 2 Players
Drop Goals
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Player Records in a Match For England against New Zealand Tom Homer on 21/06/2009 - 11
For New Zealand against England Points
19 - Aaron Cruden on 21/06/2009
On 3 Occasions - 1
Tries
On 2 Occasions - 1
Conversions
3 - Aaron Cruden on 21/06/2009
Penalties
3 - Trent Renata on 22/06/2008
Tom Homer on 21/06/2009 - 3 -
2 - On 2 Occasions
Drop Goals
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Team Records in a Match For England against New Zealand
For New Zealand against England
On 21/06/2009 - 28
Points
44 - On 21/06/2009
On 21/06/2009 - 3
Tries
7 - On 21/06/2009
On 21/06/2009 - 2
Conversions
3 - On 2 Occasions
On 21/06/2009 - 3
Penalties
4 - On 22/06/2008
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Drop Goals
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England
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Rob Hunter Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
10/06/2011 v Ireland (W 33-25) 100.00% 4.00
JWC Record Under Rob Hunter 0 Lost
Date
Opponent
Result
Venue
22/06/2011
France
W
33
18
Treviso
18/06/2011
South Africa
W
26
20
Padova
14/06/2011
Scotland
W
39
18
Treviso
10/06/2011
Ireland
W
33
25
Treviso
21/06/2010
South Africa
L
22
27
Rosario
4 Wins
0 Drawn
131 For
Points
81 Against
16 For
Tries
6 Against
9 For
Conversions
3 Against
Points For
153
11 For
Penalties
14 Against
Points Ag
108
0 For
Drop Goals
1 Against
Tries For
19
Tries Ag
10
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
Mako Vunipola Mikey Haywood Henry Thomas Joe Launchbury Charlie Matthews Sam Jones Matt Kvesic Alex Gray (C) Chris Cook George Ford Christian Wade Owen Farrell Elliot Daly Andy Short Ben Ransom
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
20 19 19 20 19 19 19 20 20 18 20 19 18 20 19
09/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
5 3 3 4 9 4 4 8 4 4 7 4 3 2 4
0 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3 3 4 7 4 4 7 4 4 5 4 3 2 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
5 0 5 0 0 0 0 10 2 44 30 10 5 5 5
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
68
14
0
62
0
6
121
14
9
11
0
09/06/2010 14/06/2011 14/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
4 2 2 4 3 3 4
3 0 1 1 2 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 2 2 4 3 3 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 5 10
0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Buchanan Will Collier Sam Twomey Matt Everard Dan Robson Ryan Mills Marland Yarde
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
20 20 19 19 19 19 19
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For England Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Jamie George
6 - Christian Wade
118 - Tom Homer
10 - Rory Clegg
5 - Carl Fearns
44 - George Ford
10 - Tom Homer
4 - Ben Youngs
38 - Alex Goode
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
23 - Tom Homer v Argentina on 05/06/2010
Points:
60 v Canada on 10/06/2008
Tries:
3 - 2 players
Tries:
9 v Canada on 10/06/2008
Conversions:
6 - Rob Miller v Canada on 10/06/2008
Conversions:
6 v Canada on 10/06/2008
Penalties:
5 - 2 players
Penalties:
5 on 2 Occasions
Drop Goals:
1 - Rory Clegg v France on 13/06/2010
Drop Goals:
1 v France on 13/06/2010
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New Zealand
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Mark Anscombe Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
10/06/2011 v Italy (W 64-7) 100.00% 8.50
Date
Opponent
22/06/2011
Australia
W
37
7
Treviso
18/06/2011
Argentina
W
48
15
Padova
0 Lost
14/06/2011
Wales
W
92
0
Rovigo
JWC Record Under Mark Anscombe
Result
Venue
4 Wins
0 Drawn
241 For
Points
29 Against
10/06/2011
Italy
W
64
7
Treviso
34 For
Tries
4 Against
21/06/2010
Australia
W
62
17
Rosario
28 For
Conversions
3 Against
5 For
Penalties
1 Against
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Points For
303
Points Ag
46
Tries For
41
Tries Ag
6
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player Solomona Sakalia Codie Taylor Ben Tameifuna Steven Luatua Brodie Retallick Brad Shields Sam Cane Luke Whitelock (C) TJ Perenara Gareth Anscombe Charles Piutau Lima Sopoaga Francis Saili Mitchell Scott Beauden Barrett Sefo Setefano Michael Kainga Dominic Bird Carl Axtens Brad Weber Rhys Llewellyn Waisake Naholo
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
20 20 19 20 20 20 19 20 19 20 19 20 20 20 20
10/06/2011 10/06/2011 14/06/2011 10/06/2011 14/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 09/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
4 4 3 4 3 4 3 8 4 4 3 3 4 3 4
2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 4 3 4 3 4 3 8 4 4 3 3 4 3 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 10 0 5 15 5 15 68 25 15 20 10 12
0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 2 5 3 4 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
58
13
0
58
0
0
200
28
24
4
0
10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 14/06/2011 14/06/2011
4 3 4 3 4 2 3
2 2 2 1 2 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3 4 3 4 2 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 10 10 0
0 0 0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
20 20 20 19 20 20 20
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For New Zealand Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Zac Guildford
10 - Zac Guildford
82 - Tyler Bleyendaal
8 - Willie Ioane
8 - Julian Savea
68 - Gareth Anscombe
8 - Luke Whitelock
5 - Telusa Veainu
59 - Trent Renata
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
28 - Tyler Bleyendaal v Australia on 21/06/2010
Points:
92 v Wales on 14/06/2011
Tries:
4 - Julian Savea v Samoa on 09/06/2010
Tries:
14 v Wales on 14/06/2011
Conversions:
11 - Gareth Anscombe v Wales on 14/06/2011
Conversions:
11 v Wales on 14/06/2011
Penalties:
5 - Tyler Bleyendaal v Australia on 21/06/2010
Penalties:
5 v Australia on 21/06/2010
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Drop Goals:
-
Drop Goals:
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2011 Records
This will be the third time that England and New Zealand have met in the IRB Junior World Championships and both previous meetings also came in the final, with New Zealand winning 38-3 in 2008 and 44-28 in 2009. Both sides have won all 12 matches they have played in the Pool stages of the IRB Junior World Championships. England wing CHRISTIAN WADE has scored five tries in just three matches in this year’s championship to add to the one he scored against Argentina in 2010. He is the joint leading try scorer this year alongside New Zealand’s CHARLES PIUTAU and South Africa’s FRANCOIS VENTER and is joint sixth on the all time list. England’s fly half, GEORGE FORD, is the youngest player in the Championship at 18 years and three months. He has scored 44 points in the four matches played, including a try against France in the semi final. New Zealand have won all 19 matches they have played in the IRB Junior World Championships and have won all three previous tournaments. New Zealand scored a record 204 points in their three Pool matches. They need to score 22 points in the final to beat the tournament record of 262 points set by New Zealand in 2010. New Zealand scored 30 tries in the Pool stages this year, with 15 different try scorers. New Zealand have only conceded 16 tries in 19 matches, the lowest of any team and 21 fewer than the next lowest, South Africa. New Zealand fly half GARETH ANSCOMBE has scored 68 points and is the leading scorer in this year’s championship, 13 points ahead of South Africa’s JOHAN GOOSEN. New Zealand need 40 points to reach 1,000 in the history of the competition in their 20th match and five more conversions to reach 100. New Zealand have 11 players in their starting line up who have scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championships
Match summary:
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The final of the IRB Junior World Championship 2011 features the two teams with the best records in the history of the competition. New Zealand remain undefeated in 19 matches and have won all three previous tournaments, whilst England have been runners up twice and have only lost four of their 19 games played. In this year’s Championship England finished top of Pool C following three wins out of three, including a 26-20 victory over South Africa and followed that up with a 33-18 win over France to secure their place in the final. New Zealand finished top of Pool A after scoring a record 204 points in their three matches, beating the previous record of 196 set by South Africa in 2008. They then beat old rivals Australia 37-7 in the semi finals.
Team news:
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England have made four changes to their starting line up from the team that beat France. HENRY THOMAS returns at prop, SAM JONES at flanker, ELLIOT DALY comes back into the centres following injury and ANDY SHORT starts on the wing. Second row forward JOE LAUNCHBURY and flanker MATT KVESIC are the only two members of the squad to start in every match in the tournament. New Zealand have made just one personnel change to their starting line from the side that beat Australia, with MITCHELL SCOTT coming in on the wing. In one positional change, FRANCIS SAILI moves from the wing to outside centre. New Zealand have rested all their players for at least one of the matches in the tournament so none of the squad have started every match.
Lets get physical
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Team
Players Aged 20
Players Aged 18
Average Height (cm)
Average Height of Pack
Players 185 cm or taller
Average Weight (kg)
Average Weight of Pack
Players 100 kg +
England
6
2
185
190
8
99
108
6
New Zealand
11
0
187
192
9
101
110
8
>> Points Points 68 55 51
Player Gareth Anscombe
New Zealand
Johan Goosen
South Africa
Josateki Lalagavesi
Fiji
>> Tries Tries 5
Player Christian Wade
England
5
Charles Piutau
5
Francois Venter
New Zealand South Africa
All Time Records >> Points Points 118
Player Tom Homer
England
116
Matthew Jarvis
105
Francois Brummer
Wales
South Africa
>> Tries Tries 10
Player Zac Guildford
New Zealand
9
Andrew Conway
8
Julian Savea
8
Ryuhei Arita
Ireland
New Zealand Japan
New Zealand, who have the oldest squad in the tournament, are nearly five months per man older than England and have a two cm per man height advantage in the line out and a two kg per man weight advantage in the scrum.
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England
New Zealand
JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) IRB Junior World Championships Facts and figures
Experience
England (all time tournament record):
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England were runners up to New Zealand in both 2008 and 2009 but finished fourth last year after losing to Australia and South Africa in their last two matches. Have won all 12 matches they have played in the Pool stages, a feat only matched by New Zealand. Have only won three out of seven matches played in the play offs, beating South Africa in the semi finals in 2008 and 2009 before their win over France this year. Scored 611 points in total, which is the fourth highest overall. Kicked 48 penalties in total, the second highest behind Ireland on 50. Average points difference in the first half of matches over four years is 9.2 but only 3.5 in the second half. One of only three teams to have received two red cards but only received five yellow cards in 18 matches, the second lowest of all teams competing in 2011 after Australia.
New Zealand (all time tournament record):
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New Zealand have won all three IRB Junior World Championships and now have 19 wins out of 19 matches played. Their narrowest winning margin was 14 points in the 2009 semi finals, when beating Australia 31-17. Scored 960 points in total, including 133 tries, the highest of any team. Only conceded 16 tries in 19 matches, the lowest of any team and 21 fewer than the next lowest, South Africa. Only 10.9% of their points have come from converted penalty kicks, the second lowest percentage of the 12 competing teams after Australia. Their record in the second half of matches is particularly outstanding, with an average points difference of 25.2 per game, over 12 points better than any other team. They have won the second half in all 19 matches they have played.
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Leading the way
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New Zealand have the tallest man on the pitch in lock forward BRODIE RETALLICK at 204 cm (6ft 8ins) which is three cm above England’s CHARLIE MATTHEWS.
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The heavyweight division
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The combined weight of the New Zealand pack is 877 kg, which gives them a 17 kg advantage over England in the scrum. England have the heaviest man in the tournament in the shape of loosehead prop MAKO VUNIPOLA who tips the scales at 130 kg (20st 7lb), which is 11 kg heavier than his direct opponent in the scrum, BEN TAMEIFUNA, who is New Zealand’s heaviest player.
History
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This will be the third time that England and New Zealand have met in the IRB Junior World Championships and both previous meetings also came in the final, with New Zealand winning 38-3 in 2008 and 44-28 in 2009.
New Zealand fly half GARETH ANSCOMBE has scored 68 points and is the leading scorer in this year’s Championship, 13 points ahead of South Africa’s JOHAN GOOSEN.
Try scorers
The tall guys
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Four of England’s starting line up played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships; prop MAKO VUNIPOLA, lock CHARLIE MATTHEWS, number eight ALEX GRAY and wing CHRISTIAN WADE. Eight of the starting line up also started in every match in this year’s Six Nations Championships when England won all five matches played. Centre ELLIOT DALY scored seven tries in that tournament, with five tries each by number eight ALEX GRAY and wing ANDY SHORT. New Zealand captain LUKE WHITELOCK is the only member of their starting line up who played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. He started in four matches, including the 62-17 win over Australia in the final. Three of New Zealand’s starting line up played Super Rugby this season; SAM CANE played for the Chiefs and LIMA SOPOAGA and BEAUDEN BARRETT represented the Hurricanes. Six more players in the starting XV appeared in the ITM Cup; BEN TAMEIFUNA, STEVEN LUATUA, BRAD SHIELDS, TJ PERENARA, GARETH ANSCOMBE and CHARLES PIUTAU. Twelve of the ‘Baby Blacks’ squad warmed up for this tournament by taking part in the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup and seven have been selected in the starting line up on Friday, including captain LUKE WHITELOCK, who scored a try for the Crusader Knights in their 55-7 win over Fiji Warriors; and BEAUDEN BARRETT, who scored for the Hurricanes Development XV in their 27-13 win over Fiji Warriors.
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England wing CHRISTIAN WADE has scored five tries in just three matches in this year’s Championship to add to the one he scored against Argentina in 2010. He is the joint leading try scorer this year alongside New Zealand’s CHARLES PIUTAU and South Africa’s FRANCOIS VENTER and is joint sixth on the all time list. New Zealand have 11 players in their starting line up who have scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championship, with two more on the replacements bench. Outside centre FRANCIS SAILI has scored four tries, including three in the last two matches, whilst scrum half TJ PERENARA scored in all three Pool matches and is joined on three tries by SAM CANE, who scored a hat trick against Wales and LIMA SOPOAGA. England captain ALEX GRAY has scored a try in each of the last two matches against South Africa and France to add to the five he scored in the Under 20s Six Nations this season.
The man in the middle
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JACO PEYPER of South Africa takes charge of this match, his seventh in IRB Junior World Championship competition but his first involving New Zealand. He officiated in England’s 33-25 win over Ireland in the Pool stages and has issued six yellow cards in his six previous matches.
Young talent
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England’s fly half, GEORGE FORD, is the youngest player in the Championship at 18 years and three months. He has scored 44 points in the four matches played, including a try against France in the semi final.
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England
New Zealand
Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 Ben Ransom
ENGLAND Matches #: 20
Replacements
Saracens
14
13
12
11
Andy Short
Elliot Daly
Owen Farrell
Christian Wade
Worcester Warriors
London Wasps
Saracens
London Wasps
10
9
George Ford
Chris Cook
Leicester Tigers
Bath Rugby
Key Stats
8 Alex Gray (C) Newcastle Falcons
6 Sam Jones
7
5
London Wasps
Joe Launchbury
Harlequins
London Wasps
3
Worcester Warriors
Officials
2
1
Henry Thomas
Mikey Haywood
Mako Vunipola
Sale Sharks
Northampton Saints
Bristol Rugby
1
2 Codie Taylor
Ben Tameifuna
Wellington
Canterbury
Hawke’s Bay
4 Brad Shields
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) - 6 Matches Matches at Venue: 0 Matches England: 1 Matches New Zealand: 0 Matches Match Debut: 05/06/2010 - France v Ireland
3
Solomona Sakalia
6
Assistant Referee:
John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant Referee:
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TV Match Official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Match Official 4:
Giuseppe Vivarini (Italy)
Match Official 5:
Giovanni Maratini (Italy)
5
Steven Luatua
Brodie Retallick
Auckland
Hawke’s Bay
Wellington
7 Sam Cane Bay of Plenty
8
Replacements
Luke Whitelock (C)
16 Sefo Setefano (Waikato) 17 Michael Kainga (Wellington) 18 Dominic Bird (Canterbury) 19 Carl Axtens (Bay of Plenty) 20 Brad Weber (Otago) 21 Rhys Llewellyn (Canterbury) 22 Waisake Naholo (Taranaki)
Canterbury
9
10
TJ Perenara
Gareth Anscombe
Wellington
Auckland
11
# Caps Starting Lineup: 68 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Mako Vunipola (20) Youngest Player: George Ford (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 108 kg
Matt Kvesic
4
Charlie Matthews
16 Rob Buchanan (Harlequins) 17 Will Collier (Harlequins) 18 Sam Twomey (Harlequins) 19 Matt Everard (Leicester Tigers) 20 Dan Robson (Gloucester Rugby) 21 Ryan Mills (Gloucester Rugby) 22 Marland Yarde (London Irish)
12
13
14
Charles Piutau
Lima Sopoaga
Francis Saili
Mitchell Scott
Auckland
Wellington
Auckland
Tasman
15 Beauden Barrett
Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 58 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 20 Oldest Player: Brad Weber (20) Youngest Player: TJ Perenara (19) Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg
Taranaki NEW ZEALAND Matches #: 20
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England
New Zealand
Head to Head All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.
Recent Results Date
Team A
Result
21/06/2009
New Zealand
44
22/06/2008
New Zealand
38
Team B
Venue
28
England
Tokyo
3
England
Swansea
Summary England
2 Matches (0 Draw)
New Zealand
0
Won
2
31
Points
82
3
Tries
11
2
Conversions
6
4
Penalties
5
0
Drop Goals
0
Player Records For England against New Zealand 4 Players - 2 Tom Homer - 11
For New Zealand against England Appearances
2 - Zac Guildford
Points
19 - Aaron Cruden
3 Players - 1
Tries
2 Players - 1
Conversions
3 - Aaron Cruden
Penalties
3 - Trent Renata
Tom Homer - 3 -
2 - 2 Players
Drop Goals
-
Player Records in a Match For England against New Zealand Tom Homer on 21/06/2009 - 11
For New Zealand against England Points
19 - Aaron Cruden on 21/06/2009
On 3 Occasions - 1
Tries
On 2 Occasions - 1
Conversions
3 - Aaron Cruden on 21/06/2009
Penalties
3 - Trent Renata on 22/06/2008
Tom Homer on 21/06/2009 - 3 -
2 - On 2 Occasions
Drop Goals
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Team Records in a Match For England against New Zealand
For New Zealand against England
On 21/06/2009 - 28
Points
44 - On 21/06/2009
On 21/06/2009 - 3
Tries
7 - On 21/06/2009
On 21/06/2009 - 2
Conversions
3 - On 2 Occasions
On 21/06/2009 - 3
Penalties
4 - On 22/06/2008
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Drop Goals
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England
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Rob Hunter Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
10/06/2011 v Ireland (W 33-25) 100.00% 4.00
JWC Record Under Rob Hunter 0 Lost
Date
Opponent
Result
Venue
22/06/2011
France
W
33
18
Treviso
18/06/2011
South Africa
W
26
20
Padova
14/06/2011
Scotland
W
39
18
Treviso
10/06/2011
Ireland
W
33
25
Treviso
21/06/2010
South Africa
L
22
27
Rosario
4 Wins
0 Drawn
131 For
Points
81 Against
16 For
Tries
6 Against
9 For
Conversions
3 Against
Points For
153
11 For
Penalties
14 Against
Points Ag
108
0 For
Drop Goals
1 Against
Tries For
19
Tries Ag
10
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
Mako Vunipola Mikey Haywood Henry Thomas Joe Launchbury Charlie Matthews Sam Jones Matt Kvesic Alex Gray (C) Chris Cook George Ford Christian Wade Owen Farrell Elliot Daly Andy Short Ben Ransom
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
20 19 19 20 19 19 19 20 20 18 20 19 18 20 19
09/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
5 3 3 4 9 4 4 8 4 4 7 4 3 2 4
0 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3 3 4 7 4 4 7 4 4 5 4 3 2 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
5 0 5 0 0 0 0 10 2 44 30 10 5 5 5
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
68
14
0
62
0
6
121
14
9
11
0
09/06/2010 14/06/2011 14/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
4 2 2 4 3 3 4
3 0 1 1 2 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 2 2 4 3 3 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 5 10
0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Buchanan Will Collier Sam Twomey Matt Everard Dan Robson Ryan Mills Marland Yarde
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
20 20 19 19 19 19 19
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For England Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Jamie George
6 - Christian Wade
118 - Tom Homer
10 - Rory Clegg
5 - Carl Fearns
44 - George Ford
10 - Tom Homer
4 - Ben Youngs
38 - Alex Goode
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
23 - Tom Homer v Argentina on 05/06/2010
Points:
60 v Canada on 10/06/2008
Tries:
3 - 2 players
Tries:
9 v Canada on 10/06/2008
Conversions:
6 - Rob Miller v Canada on 10/06/2008
Conversions:
6 v Canada on 10/06/2008
Penalties:
5 - 2 players
Penalties:
5 on 2 Occasions
Drop Goals:
1 - Rory Clegg v France on 13/06/2010
Drop Goals:
1 v France on 13/06/2010
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New Zealand
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Mark Anscombe Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
10/06/2011 v Italy (W 64-7) 100.00% 8.50
Date
Opponent
22/06/2011
Australia
W
37
7
Treviso
18/06/2011
Argentina
W
48
15
Padova
0 Lost
14/06/2011
Wales
W
92
0
Rovigo
JWC Record Under Mark Anscombe
Result
Venue
4 Wins
0 Drawn
241 For
Points
29 Against
10/06/2011
Italy
W
64
7
Treviso
34 For
Tries
4 Against
21/06/2010
Australia
W
62
17
Rosario
28 For
Conversions
3 Against
5 For
Penalties
1 Against
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Points For
303
Points Ag
46
Tries For
41
Tries Ag
6
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player Solomona Sakalia Codie Taylor Ben Tameifuna Steven Luatua Brodie Retallick Brad Shields Sam Cane Luke Whitelock (C) TJ Perenara Gareth Anscombe Charles Piutau Lima Sopoaga Francis Saili Mitchell Scott Beauden Barrett Sefo Setefano Michael Kainga Dominic Bird Carl Axtens Brad Weber Rhys Llewellyn Waisake Naholo
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
20 20 19 20 20 20 19 20 19 20 19 20 20 20 20
10/06/2011 10/06/2011 14/06/2011 10/06/2011 14/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 09/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
4 4 3 4 3 4 3 8 4 4 3 3 4 3 4
2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 4 3 4 3 4 3 8 4 4 3 3 4 3 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 10 0 5 15 5 15 68 25 15 20 10 12
0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 2 5 3 4 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
58
13
0
58
0
0
200
28
24
4
0
10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 14/06/2011 14/06/2011
4 3 4 3 4 2 3
2 2 2 1 2 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3 4 3 4 2 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 10 10 0
0 0 0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
20 20 20 19 20 20 20
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For New Zealand Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Zac Guildford
10 - Zac Guildford
82 - Tyler Bleyendaal
8 - Willie Ioane
8 - Julian Savea
68 - Gareth Anscombe
8 - Luke Whitelock
5 - Telusa Veainu
59 - Trent Renata
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
28 - Tyler Bleyendaal v Australia on 21/06/2010
Points:
92 v Wales on 14/06/2011
Tries:
4 - Julian Savea v Samoa on 09/06/2010
Tries:
14 v Wales on 14/06/2011
Conversions:
11 - Gareth Anscombe v Wales on 14/06/2011
Conversions:
11 v Wales on 14/06/2011
Penalties:
5 - Tyler Bleyendaal v Australia on 21/06/2010
Penalties:
5 v Australia on 21/06/2010
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Drop Goals:
-
Drop Goals:
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