New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team
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| Union | New Zealand Rugby Union | |
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| Nickname(s) | Baby Blacks | |
| Coach(es) |  Craig Philpott | |
| Top scorer | Trent Renata (59) | |
| Most tries | Zac Guildford/Tevita Li (8) | |
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| First international | ||
New Zealand 48–9 Tonga  (6 June 2008) | ||
| Largest win | ||
New Zealand 92–0 Wales  (14 June 2011) | ||
| Largest defeat | ||
 Australia 24–0 New Zealand (5 May 2019) | ||
| World Cup | ||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 2008) | |
| Best result | Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017 | |
The New Zealand under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from New Zealand. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19s and Under 21s. Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, which they won after defeating England 38–3 in the final.[1] They have gone on to also win the 2009, 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Championships. The team also competes at the Oceania U20 Championship as of 2015. The New Zealand under 20s have been nicknamed the "Baby Blacks" after the youthful All Blacks side which played in 1986.
Overall
Summary for all under 20 matches at the World and Oceania championships up to and including the 2019 World Championship:
| Opposition | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | % Won |
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 Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Australia | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 83% |
 England | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83% |
 Fiji | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% |
 Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Ireland | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 88% |
 Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Samoa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Scotland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 South Africa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14% |
| Tonga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Wales | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 78% |
| Total | 74 | 61 | 0 | 13 | 82% |
Results
2019
2019 World Championship – (7th place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Pool match | 45–13 | Georgia
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| Pool match | 52–33 | Scotland
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| Pool match | 17–25 | South Africa
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| Play-off | 7–8 | Wales
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| 7th place game | 40–17 | Ireland
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2019 Oceania Championship – (2nd place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Round 1 | 53–7 | Fiji
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| Round 2 | 87–12 | Japan
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| Round 3 | 0–24 | Australia
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2018
2018 World Championship – (4th place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Pool match | 67–0 | Japan
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| Pool match | 42–10 | Wales
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| Pool match | 27–18 | Australia
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| Semi-final | 7–16 | France
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| 3rd place game | 30–40 | South Africa
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2018 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Round 1 | 97–0 | Tonga
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| Round 2 | 55–15 | Fiji
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| Round 3 | 43–28 | Australia
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2017
2017 World Championship – (1st place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Pool match | 42–20 | Scotland
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| Pool match | 68–26 | Italy
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| Pool match | 69–3 | Ireland
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| Semi-final | 39–26 | France
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| Final | 64–17 | England
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2017 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Round 1 | 63–3 | Fiji
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| Round 2 | 80–23 | Samoa
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| Round 3 | 43–6 | Australia
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2016
2016 World Championship – (5th place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Pool match | 55–0 | Georgia
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| Pool match | 24–33 | Ireland
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| Pool match | 18–17 | Wales
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| Play-off | 71–12 | Wales
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| 5th place play-off | 55–24 | Australia
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2016 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Match 1 | 30–10 | Australia
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| Match 2 | 24–25 | Australia
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2015
2015 World Championship – (1st place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Pool match | 68–10 | Scotland
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| Pool match | 32–29 | Argentina
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| Pool match | 25–3 | Ireland
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| Semi-final | 45–7 | France
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| Final | 21–14 | England
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2015 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
| Match | Score | Opposition |
| Round 1 | 75–0 | Japan
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| Round 2 | 36–14 | Samoa
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| Round 3 | 46–29 | Australia
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2008 to 2014
IRB World Championships 2008 to 2014
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2014 World Championship – (3rd place)
2013 World Championship – (4th place)
2012 World Championship – (2nd place)
The team's first-ever loss was 6–9 to Wales in 2012. 2011 World Championship – (1st place)
2010 World Championship – (1st place)
2009 World Championship – (1st place)
2008 World Championship – (1st place)
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Squads
Current squad
The following players were named in the New Zealand Under-20 squad for the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship[2]
| 2019 New Zealand Under-20 rugby union team | |||||
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| Name | GEO | SCO | SA | WAL | IRE |
| Ollie Norris | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kianu Kereru Symes | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fletcher Newell | 3 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| Cullen Grace | 4 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| Taine Plumtree | 5 | 6  |
20 | 4 | |
| Samipeni Finau | 6 | 21 |
6 | 21 |
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| Kohan Herbert | 7 | 22 | 7 | 7 | |
| Devan Flanders | 8 | 23 | 8 | 8 | |
| Leroy Carter | 9 | 24 | 9 | 24 | 24 |
| Rivez Reihana | 10 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 10 |
| Leicester Fainga'anuku | 11 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Dallas McLeod | 12 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
| Quinn Tupaea | 13 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 12 |
| Etene Nanai-Seturo | 14 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
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| Cole Forbes | 15 | 27 | 15 | 28 | 15 |
| Shilo Klein | 16 |
2 | 16 |
16 |
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| George Dyer | 17 |
1 | 17 |
17 |
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| Kaliopasi Uluilakepa | 18 |
3 | 19 |
19 |
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| Tamaiti Williams | 19 | 18 | 3 | 19 | |
| Tupou Vaa'i | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Kaylum Boshier | 21 | 6 | 21 |
6 | 6 |
| Jeriah Mua | 22 |
7 | 22 | 22 | 7 |
| Simon Parker | 23 |
8 | 23 |
23 | 8 |
| Taufa Funaki | 24 |
9 | 24 |
9 | 9 |
| Fergus Burke | 25 | 10 | 10 | 23 | |
| Billy Proctor | 26 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
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| Scott Gregory | 27 | 15 | 28 |
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| Lalomilo Lalomilo | 28 | 14 | 26 |
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Previous squads
Coaches
The current head coach of the All Blacks is Craig Philpott, who has held the position since 2017, making him the longest serving head coach of the U20 New Zealand team. Due to the U20 category only existing since the combining of the U19 and U21 age-groups in 2007, the following table only includes coaches appointed since. In the inaugural tournament in 2008, Dave Rennie and Russell Hilton-Jones served as Co-Coaches in charge of the team.
| Name | Years | Tests | Won | Drew | Lost | Win percentage | |
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| Dave Rennie
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2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 100% |
| 2009-10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| Russell Hilton-Jones
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2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Mark Anscombe
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2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Rob Penney
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2012 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60% | |
| Chris Boyd
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2013-14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 60% | |
| Scott Robertson
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2015-16 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 93% | |
| Craig Philpott
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2017- | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 79% | |
References
- ^ Clutton, Graham. "Final: New Zealand 38–3 England". irb.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ "nz under-20 squad named for world rugby championship". AllBlacks.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
External links
- Official website
- "NZ Juniors world champions". nzherald.co.nz. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- Standley, James (2008-07-22). "England U20 3–38 NZ U20". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
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