JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. NEW ZEALAND V AUSTRALIA Wednesday 22th June 2011, KO: 20:10 Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Headlines: 2011 Records • New Zealand have won all 18 matches they have played in the IRB Junior World Championships. • New Zealand scored a record 204 points in their three Pool matches. >> Points • New Zealand scored 30 tries in the Pool stages this year, with 15 different try scorers. • Australia scored 19 tries in the Pool stages, with 14 different try scorers. • Australia scored exactly twice as many points in the first half of their three Pool matches as they Points Player scored in the second half (86-43). 46 Gareth Anscombe • There have been 151 tries scored in Australia’s 18 matches, which is more than any other team. New Zealand 21 of the 30 players in the starting line ups have scored a try in the IRB Junior World • 45 Johan Goosen Championships. South Africa 35 Matthew Morgan Pool summary: Wales • New Zealand finished top of Pool A after scoring a record 204 points in their three matches, >> Tries beating the previous record of 196 set by South Africa in 2008. • Australia finished second in Pool B following their 31-25 defeat to France on Saturday but still Tries Player qualified for the semi finals thanks to a superior points difference to South Africa, who missed out on the semi finals for the first time in their history. 4 Andrew Conway Ireland Team news: 4 Charles Piutau New Zealand New Zealand have made nine changes to their starting line up from the team that beat Argentina • 4 Christian Wade 48-15 on Saturday as they continue to rotate their squad. There are two changes from the side England that hammered Wales 92-0 in their previous match, with GLEN ROBERTSON starting at outside 4 Francois Venter centre and FRANCIS SAILI on the right wing. South Africa • Australia have made five changes to their starting line up from the team that lost to France, with BLAKE ENEVER returning at lock, EDDIE BREDENHANN at scrum half, BILL MEAKES at inside All Time Records centre, TEVITA KURIDRANI on the wing and SIMON MORAHAN at full back. Only three players will have started all four matches in the championship; fly half BEN VOLAVOLA, outside centre TOM >> Points KINGSTON and wing KIMAMI SITAUTI. IRB Junior World Championships Facts and figures Points Player 118 Tom Homer New Zealand (all time tournament record): England 116 Matthew Jarvis • New Zealand have won all three IRB Junior World Championships and now have 18 wins out of 18 Wales matches played. 105 Francois Brummer • Their narrowest winning margin was 14 points in the 2009 semi finals, when beating Australia South Africa 31-17. • Scored 923 points in total, including 129 tries, the highest of any team. >> Tries • Only conceded 15 tries in 18 matches, the lowest of any team and 20 fewer than the next lowest, France and South Africa. • Only 10.4% of their points have come from converted penalty kicks, the second lowest Tries Player percentage of the 12 competing teams after Australia. 10 Zac Guildford • Their record in the second half of matches is particularly outstanding, with an average points New Zealand difference of 25.3 per game, over 12 points better than any other team. They have won the 9 Andrew Conway second half in all 18 matches they have played. Ireland 8 Julian Savea Australia (all time tournament record): New Zealand 8 Ryuhei Arita • Finished fifth in 2008, fourth in 2009 and runners up in 2010, losing 62-17 to New Zealand in the Japan final. • Scored 748 points in total, which is second highest behind New Zealand. • Scored 109 tries in total, which is the second highest behind New Zealand. • There have been 151 tries scored in Australia’s 18 matches, which is more than any other team. • Kicked just 21 penalties in the history of the competition, which is the lowest of the 12 teams competing this year. • Scored just 8.4% of their total points through penalty kicks, which is the lowest percentage of any of the 12 teams playing in this year’s tournament. • The only team not to have scored or conceded a drop goal in any match apart from Uruguay (not competing in 2011). © International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (21/06/2011 19:27). Page 1 Wednesday 22th June 2011, KO: 20:10 NEW ZEALAND Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso AUSTRALIA JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) Lets get physical 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 + New Zealand 11 0 187 192 9 101 110 8 Australia 9 0 188 188 9 101 109 7 • New Zealand and Australia have the two oldest squads in the championship. The ‘Baby Blacks’ are four cm per man taller in the forwards but there is nothing to choose between the two packs on weight in the scrum. The tall guys • New Zealand have the tallest man on the pitch in lock forward BRODIE RETALLICK at 204 cm (6ft 8ins) which is four cm above BLAKE ENEVER, Australia’s loftiest perch. The heavyweight division • The combined weight of the New Zealand pack is 877 kg, which gives them just a two kg advantage over Australia in the scrum. • Australia’s heaviest player is loosehead prop PAUK ALO-EMILE at 123 kg (19st 5lb), which is four kg more than his opposite number BEN TAMEIFUNA, who is New Zealand’s heaviest player. History • This will be the third time that New Zealand and Australia have met in the Pool IRB Junior World Championships. New Zealand won 31-17 in the semi finals in 2009, which is the lowest ever margin of victory, and 62-17 in the 2010 final, which was Australia’s heaviest ever defeat. • New Zealand captain LUKE WHITELOCK is the only member of their squad who played in last year’s final, whilst Australia have four players in their starting line up who also started that match; prop PAUL ALO-EMILE, hooker SILIVA SILIVA, flanker COLBY FAINGAA and wing KIMAMI SITAUTI, who scored one of Australia’s two tries. Experience • LUKE WHITELOCK and GLEN ROBERTSON are the only members of the New Zealand starting line up that played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. Robertson started in two matches last year, scoring a try against Fiji. • 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. • 12 of the ‘Baby Blacks’ squad warmed up for this tournament by taking part in the 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 Crusaders in their 55-7 win over Fiji A; and BEAUDEN BARRETT, who scored for the Hurricanes in their 27-13 win over Fiji A. • Australia have the most experienced squad in the tournament, with nine players taking part in their second IRB Junior World Championships. Seven of them are in the starting line up against New Zealand, including six of the eight forwards, with captain MICHAEL HOOPER and lock BLAKE ENEVER being the exceptions. • Four of Australia’s starting line up played Super Rugby this year; COLBY FAINGAA and MICHAEL HOOPER for the Brumbies and EDDIE QUIRK and KIMAMI SITAUTI for the Reds. Leading the way • New Zealand fly half GARETH ANSCOMBE has scored 46 points and is the leading scorer in this year’s championship, just one point ahead of South Africa’s JOHAN GOOSEN. • CHARLES PIUTAU has scored four tries in the tournament so far and the New Zealand wing is joint leading try scorer alongside three other players. Try scorers • New Zealand have 11 players in their starting line up who have scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championships, with two more on the replacements bench. 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, LIMA SOPOAGA and FRANCIS SAILI. • Australia have 10 players in their starting line up who have scored tries in the IRB Junior World Championships, with five more on the replacements bench. KIMAUMI SITAUTI has scored four tries in total in eight appearances, whilst both MICHAEL HOOPER and EDDIE BREDENHANN have scored in each of the last two matches. The man in the middle • GREG GARNER of England takes charge of this match, his third in IRB Junior World Championship competition, having officiated in New Zealand’s 92-0 win over Wales and Ireland’s 30-13 win over Scotland earlier in the tournament. © International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (21/06/2011 19:27). Page 2 Wednesday 22th June 2011, KO: 20:10 NEW ZEALAND Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso AUSTRALIA Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 NEW ZEALAND Beauden Matches #: 19 Barrett Taranaki Replacements 16 Sefo Setefano (Waikato) 14 13 12 11 17 Michael Kainga (Wellington) Francis Glen Lima Charles 18 Dominic Bird (Canterbury) Saili Robertson Sopoaga Piutau 19 Carl Axtens (Bay of Plenty) Auckland Waikato Wellington Auckland 20 Brad Weber (Otago) 21 Mitchell Scott (Tasman) 10 9 22 Waisake Naholo (Taranaki) Gareth TJ Anscombe Perenara Auckland Wellington Key Stats 8 Luke # Caps Starting Lineup: 46 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 20 Whitelock (C) Oldest Player: Brad Weber (20) Canterbury Youngest Player: TJ Perenara (19) 6 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg Brad 5 4 Sam Shields Cane