JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. ENGLAND V NEW ZEALAND Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 19:10 Stadio Plebiscito, Padova Headlines: 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 >> Points 2009. • Both sides have won all 12 matches they have played in the Pool stages of the IRB Junior World Points Player Championships. • England wing CHRISTIAN WADE has scored five tries in just three matches in this year’s championship to 68 Gareth Anscombe add to the one he scored against Argentina in 2010. He is the joint leading try scorer this year alongside New Zealand New Zealand’s CHARLES PIUTAU and South Africa’s FRANCOIS VENTER and is joint sixth on the all time list. 55 Johan Goosen • England’s fly half, GEORGE FORD, is the youngest player in the Championship at 18 years and three months. South Africa He has scored 44 points in the four matches played, including a try against France in the semi final. 51 Josateki Lalagavesi • New Zealand have won all 19 matches they have played in the IRB Junior World Championships and have Fiji 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 >> Tries 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. Tries Player • New Zealand have only conceded 16 tries in 19 matches, the lowest of any team and 21 fewer than the next lowest, South Africa. 5 Christian Wade • New Zealand fly half GARETH ANSCOMBE has scored 68 points and is the leading scorer in this year’s England championship, 13 points ahead of South Africa’s JOHAN GOOSEN. 5 Charles Piutau • New Zealand need 40 points to reach 1,000 in the history of the competition in their 20th match and five New Zealand more conversions to reach 100. 5 Francois Venter South Africa • New Zealand have 11 players in their starting line up who have scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championships All Time Records Match summary: >> Points • 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 Points Player 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 • 118 Tom Homer 26-20 victory over South Africa and followed that up with a 33-18 win over France to secure their place in England the final. 116 Matthew Jarvis • New Zealand finished top of Pool A after scoring a record 204 points in their three matches, beating the Wales previous record of 196 set by South Africa in 2008. They then beat old rivals Australia 37-7 in the semi finals. 105 Francois Brummer South Africa Team news: >> Tries • 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 Tries Player 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. 10 Zac Guildford • New Zealand have made just one personnel change to their starting line from the side that beat Australia, New Zealand with MITCHELL SCOTT coming in on the wing. In one positional change, FRANCIS SAILI moves from the 9 Andrew Conway wing to outside centre. New Zealand have rested all their players for at least one of the matches in the Ireland tournament so none of the squad have started every match. 8 Julian Savea New Zealand Lets get physical 8 Ryuhei Arita Japan Players Players Average Average Players Average Average Players Team Aged Aged Height Height 185 cm Weight Weight 100 20 18 (cm) of Pack or taller (kg) of Pack kg + England 6 2 185 190 8 99 108 6 New Zealand 11 0 187 192 9 101 110 8 • 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. © International Rugby Board 2011. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (25/06/2011 17:48). Page 1 Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 19:10 ENGLAND Stadio Plebiscito, Padova NEW ZEALAND JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) IRB Junior World Championships Facts and figures Experience England (all time tournament record): • Four of England’s starting line up played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships; prop MAKO VUNIPOLA, lock CHARLIE • England were runners up to New Zealand in both 2008 and 2009 MATTHEWS, number eight ALEX GRAY and wing CHRISTIAN but finished fourth last year after losing to Australia and South WADE. Eight of the starting line up also started in every match in Africa in their last two matches. this year’s Six Nations Championships when England won all five • Have won all 12 matches they have played in the Pool stages, a feat matches played. Centre ELLIOT DALY scored seven tries in that only matched by New Zealand. Have only won three out of seven tournament, with five tries each by number eight ALEX GRAY and matches played in the play offs, beating South Africa in the semi wing ANDY SHORT. finals in 2008 and 2009 before their win over France this year. • New Zealand captain LUKE WHITELOCK is the only member of • Scored 611 points in total, which is the fourth highest overall. their starting line up who played in the 2010 IRB Junior World • Kicked 48 penalties in total, the second highest behind Ireland on Championship. He started in four matches, including the 62-17 win 50. over Australia in the final. • Average points difference in the first half of matches over four • Three of New Zealand’s starting line up played Super Rugby this years is 9.2 but only 3.5 in the second half. season; SAM CANE played for the Chiefs and LIMA SOPOAGA and • One of only three teams to have received two red cards but only BEAUDEN BARRETT represented the Hurricanes. Six more players in received five yellow cards in 18 matches, the second lowest of all the starting XV appeared in the ITM Cup; BEN TAMEIFUNA, STEVEN teams competing in 2011 after Australia. LUATUA, BRAD SHIELDS, TJ PERENARA, GARETH ANSCOMBE and CHARLES PIUTAU. New Zealand (all time tournament record): • Twelve of the ‘Baby Blacks’ squad warmed up for this tournament by taking part in the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup and seven have been • New Zealand have won all three IRB Junior World Championships selected in the starting line up on Friday, including captain LUKE and now have 19 wins out of 19 matches played. WHITELOCK, who scored a try for the Crusader Knights in their 55-7 • Their narrowest winning margin was 14 points in the 2009 semi win over Fiji Warriors; and BEAUDEN BARRETT, who scored for the finals, when beating Australia 31-17. Hurricanes Development XV in their 27-13 win over Fiji Warriors. • Scored 960 points in total, including 133 tries, the highest of any team. Leading the way • 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 • Only 10.9% of their points have come from converted penalty is the leading scorer in this year’s Championship, 13 points ahead kicks, the second lowest percentage of the 12 competing teams of South Africa’s JOHAN GOOSEN. after Australia. • Their record in the second half of matches is particularly Try scorers outstanding, with an average points difference of 25.2 per game, over 12 points better than any other team. They have won the • England wing CHRISTIAN WADE has scored five tries in just three second half in all 19 matches they have played. 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 The tall guys 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 the tallest man on the pitch in lock forward • New Zealand have 11 players in their starting line up who have BRODIE RETALLICK at 204 cm (6ft 8ins) which is three cm above scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championship, with two more England’s CHARLIE MATTHEWS. on the replacements bench. Outside centre FRANCIS SAILI has scored four tries, including three in the last two matches, whilst The heavyweight division 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 • The combined weight of the New Zealand pack is 877 kg, which Wales and LIMA SOPOAGA. gives them a 17 kg advantage over England in the scrum.