The New Zealand Under 20's Rugby Team are the representative
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
team from
New Zealand
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. They replace the two former age grade teams
Under 19s and
Under 21s. Their first tournament was the
2008 IRB Junior World Championship
The 2008 IRB Junior World Championship was the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who were twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 were eligible for selection.
This competition repla ...
, which they won after defeating England 38–3 in the final.
They have gone on to also win the
2009,
2010
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,
2011
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,
2015
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and
2017 World Rugby Under 20's Championship. The team also competes in 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 matches played by the New Zealand Under-20's up until 11 July 2022
Results
2022
2022 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
2021
On 17 July they beat the
Cook Islands national rugby union team
The Cook Islands is a third tier rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby in early 1971. Thus far, the Cook Islands have not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.
History
In 1924 a scratch team of Rarotongan boy ...
by a score of 73-0.
NEW ZEALAND UNDER 20 READY FOR HOME CAMPAIGN
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2020
No competition.
2019
2019 World Championship – (7th place)
2019 Oceania Championship – (2nd place)
2018
2018 World Championship – (4th place)
2018 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
2017
2017 World Championship – (1st place)
2017 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
2016
2016 World Championship – (5th place)
2016 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
2015
2015 World Championship – (1st place)
2015 Oceania Championship – (1st place)
2008 to 2014
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)
Squads
Current squad
The following players were named in the New Zealand Under-20 squad for the Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
The Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship is an international rugby union competition organised by Oceania Rugby, which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania. It is contested by men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requir ...
2022.
Coaches
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. Craig Philpott is the longest serving Coach.
For the 2022 season Tom Donnelly
Thomas Mathew Donnelly (born 1 October 1981) was a rugby union player who played for Montpellier in the Top 14. He also made 15 appearances for the All Blacks since 2009 and played for Otago Rugby Football Union. He moved into a coaching care ...
is the Head Coach with Cory Jane
Cory Steven Jane (born 8 February 1983) is a New Zealand international rugby union player.
He first played for the All Blacks in 2008 and plays as a winger. In 2011 Jane was selected into the Tri Nations team as injury cover. A few weeks late ...
and Scott Hansen as assistants.
See also
* New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team
The New Zealand Schools rugby union team, commonly referred to as the New Zealand schoolboys rugby team, is composed of secondary school students in New Zealand.
Many of the players have gone on to play for professional clubs or provinces or for ...
* New Zealand national under-19 rugby union team
The New Zealand Under 19's rugby team was a team for players aged under 19 as a platform to the All Blacks. The ''New Zealand Under 19's'' have joined forces with the ''New Zealand Under 21s'' to make the new team ''New Zealand Under 20s'' for the ...
* New Zealand national under-21 rugby union team
* Junior All Blacks
The All Blacks XV is the second national rugby union team of New Zealand, after the All Blacks. New Zealand's second national team has had numerous names in its history: Junior All Blacks, New Zealand XV, New Zealand A, New Zealand B, All Blacks ...
References
External links
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Oceanian national under-20 rugby union teams