JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. AusTRALiA V New ZeALANd Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 19:10 estadio el Coloso del Parque, Rosario Weather Forecast: Clear, Temperature 7-8°C, Wind Speed 8-13 km/h 2010 Records The final of the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship takes place on Monday evening in >> Points Rosario and features two traditional rugby adversaries in Australia and New Zealand, who have been the most impressive sides throughout the tournament. Points Player Australia have reached their first ever final following a 28-16 win over England in the semi finals 63 Patrick Lambie and are the leading try scorers in the tournament. They have played an entertaining style of South Africa rugby throughout, looking to attack at every opportunity. 54 Tyler Bleyendaal New Zealand Tournament favourites New Zealand are looking to win the trophy for the third consecutive 50 Tom Homer year and extend their 100% record in these tournaments to 15 matches. They qualified for the England final with a convincing 36-7 victory over South Africa, a team that lost by just seven points to Australia in the last round of Pool matches. >> Tries Australia have made just one change to the team that defeated England, with COLBY FAINGAA Tries Player preferred at flanker to EDWARD QUIRK, who moves to the replacements bench in place of LACHLAN McCAFFREY. 8 Julian Savea New Zealand New Zealand have named an unchanged starting line up from the team that beat South Africa, 4 Jonny May with just one change on the replacements bench, where RICHARD HADDON replaces MATT England GRAHAM. 4 Aidan Toua Australia Let’s get physical All Time Records >> Points Players Players Average Average Players Average Average Players Team Aged 20 Aged 18 Height Height of 185 cms Weight Weight of 100 kg + (cms) Pack or taller (kg) Pack Points Player Australia 3 5 186 189 6 98.9 109.5 7 118 Tom Homer New England Zealand 7 0 188 192 10 101.0 107.6 8 105 Francois Brummer South Africa New Zealand are on average 7 months per man older than their Australian opponents, who 94 Matthew Jarvis have the youngest side in the tournament, including the youngest player in flanker LIAM GILL, Wales who was 18 on 8th June. The selected New Zealand side is the heaviest of all 12 teams overall and the second tallest behind Wales. >> Tries Twin peaks face biggest test Tries Player Australia’s second row pairing of PHOENIX BATTYE and GREGORY PETERSON are the two 10 Zac Guildford tallest players in the tournament at 204 cm (6ft 8ins) and they will have a 6 and 7 cm advantage New Zealand in the line out over New Zealand second row forwards BLADE THOMSON and LIAKI MOLI. 8 Julian Savea New Zealand All eight of New Zealand’s forwards are at least 185 cm tall compared to just four of the 8 Ryuhei Arita Japan Australian pack. The powerhouse unit The combined weight of the Australia pack is 876 kg, which gives them a 15 kg advantage over their New Zealand opponents. The heaviest player on the pitch is Australia loosehead prop SALESI MANU who tips the scales at 126 kg (19st 12lbs) and has an 8 kg weight advantage over his direct opponent in the scrum, JEFF ALLEN. On the opposite side of the scrum New Zealand loosehead prop ANGUS TAAVAO-MATAU is his team’s heaviest player at 123 kg (19st 5lbs) and is exactly the same weight as his direct opponent, PAUL ALO-EMILE. © International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 23:36). Page 1 Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 19:10 AusTRALiA estadio el Coloso del Parque, Rosario New ZeALANd JwC COMMeNTATORs NOTes (contd) History New Zealand have won both the previous IRB Junior World Championships whilst Australia finished 5th in 2008 and 4th in 2009. The two countries met in the semi finals last year when New Zealand won 31-17, which is the lowest winning margin in any Baby Blacks match since the competition began. experience Replacement prop WILLIE IOANE is the only member of New Zealand’s squad who played in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Japan and started in the win over Australia. Four of Australia’s starting line up were involved in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championships in Japan; captain and number 8 JAKE SCHATZ, who scored tries against both Scotland and Tonga; scrum half NICHOLAS WHITE, fly half MATT TOOMUA, who along with full back LUKE MORAHAN toured with the Australian senior squad last year, and inside centre ROBBIE COLEMAN. Only WHITE did not start in the defeat to New Zealand in the semi finals, although he did make a late appearance from the replacements bench. Catch me if you can New Zealand wing JULIAN SAVEA is the tournament’s leading try scorer with eight tries, four ahead of Australia’s AIDAN TOUA and England’s JONNY MAY. The hat trick heroes An Australian player scored a hat trick of tries in every Pool match at the tournament and all three start against England on Thursday; left wing AIDAN TOUA was the first to three against Scotland, followed by NICHOLAS WHITE against Tonga and finally DOMINIC SHIPPERLEY against South Africa. Three of a kind New Zealand’s BLADE THOMSON and TOM MARSHALL have also scored three tries in this year’s tournament, along with Australia’s ROBBIE COLEMAN. The man in the middle PASCAL GAUZERE of France takes charge of this game. This will be his 7th match in the IRB Junior World Championships over the last two years and he officiated in Australia’s 58-13 win over Scotland and New Zealand’s 77-7 success over Samoa earlier in this tournament. Mr. Gauzere has shown six yellow cards in the six matches, including one to Australia prop PAUL-ALO EMILE. iRB Junior world Championships Facts and figures New Zealand (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • Scored 657 points in total, including 92 tries, the highest of any team. • Have scored exactly 200 points in this year’s tournament. • Only conceded 10 tries in 14 matches, the lowest of any team and 15 fewer than the next lowest, Ireland. • Conceded 48 of their 117 points to penalty kicks, at 41.0% the highest percentage of any team. • 13 different try scorers in 2010. 65.4% of the tries scored in 2010 have been scored by the back division. • Their record in the second half of matches is particularly outstanding, with an average points difference of 24.8 per game, almost 10 points better than any other team. They have won the second half in all 14 matches they have played. • 59.5% of New Zealand’s points have been scored in the second half of matches, a higher percentage than any other team. Australia (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • Scored 602 points in total, which is third highest behind New Zealand and South Africa. • Need to score just 5 more points to reach 200 in this tournament. • Leading try scorers in 2010 with 28, which have been shared between 17 different players. 67.9% of those tries have been scored through the back division. • Scored 88 tries in total, which is the second highest behind New Zealand. • There have been 115 tries in Australia’s 14 matches, which is more than any other team. • Scored just 9.0% of their total points through penalty kicks, which is the lowest percentage of any of the 12 teams. • Conceded just 42 points through penalty kicks, the lowest of any team that is involved this year. • The only team not to have scored or conceded a drop goal in any match apart from Uruguay (not competing in 2010). • Have scored an average of 21.9 points in the first half of matches, which is the best of any team. © International Rugby Board 2010. 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Page 2 Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 19:10 AusTRALiA estadio el Coloso del Parque, Rosario New ZeALANd Team sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 AUSTRALIA Luke Matches #: 15 Morahan Queensland University Replacements 16 Samuel Robertson (Sydney University) 14 13 12 11 17 Cruze Ah-Nau (Kalamunda) Dominic Kimami Robbie Aidan 18 Luke Jones (Sydney University) Shipperley Sitauti Coleman Toua 19 Edward Quirk (Easts) Brothers Souths Queanbeyan Eastern Districts 20 Ian Prior (Queensland University) 21 Jonathon Lance (Queensland University) 10 9 22 Gregory Jeloudev (Sydney University) Matt Nicholas Toomua White Eastern Suburbs Queanbeyan Key stats 8 Jake # Caps Starting Lineup: 71 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Schatz (C) Oldest Player: Matt Toomua (20) Sunnybank Youngest Player: Liam Gill (18) 6 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg Colby 5 4 Liam Faingaa Gill Gregory Phoenix Tuggeranong Peterson Battye Sunnybank Manly Tuggeranong Officials 3 2 1 Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France) - 6 Matches Paul Siliva Salesi Alo-Emile Siliva Manu Matches at Venue: 1 Matches Australia: 1 Matches Sunnybank Associates Manly New Zealand: 1 Matches Match Debut: 05/06/2009 - Tonga v Wales Assistant Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Assistant Referee: 1 2 3 Luis Caviglia (Uruguay) Angus Liam Jeff Taavao-Matau Coltman Allen Auckland Otago Wellington 4 5 6 Liaki Blade 7 Moli Thomson Luke Sean Whitelock Auckland Taranaki Polwart Canterbury Auckland 8 Replacements Rory 16 Paul Ngauamo (Canterbury) Grice 17 Willie Ioane (Manawatu) Waikato 18 Thomas Franklin (Otago) 19 Richard Haddon (North Harbour) 9 10 20 Kayne Hammington (Wellington) Tawera Tyler 21 Hayden Parker (Otago) Kerr-Barlow Bleyendaal (C) 22 Jason Woodward (Wellington) Waikato Canterbury 11 12 13 14 Telusa Charlie Star Julian Key stats Veainu Ngatai Timu Savea Canterbury Wellington Hawke’s Bay Wellington # Caps Starting Lineup: 52 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 20 Oldest Player: Liaki Moli (20) 15 Youngest Player: Telusa Veainu (19) Avg Weight Forwards: 108 kg Tom Marshall Tasman NEW ZEALAND Matches #: 15 © International Rugby Board 2010.