SEMIFINAL HIGHLIGHTS | New Zealand Under 20 v FRANCE U20 | World Under 20 Championships, 2024 

Bravo France, too strong, precise, and very well coached. Respect from NZ

Tackling practice Monday morning. EVERYONE be there.😂😂😂

The French team was simply too good.That is very well drilled team. Congratulations to France.

Big breath...................😩Congrats France from NZ. You boy's played extremely well. Good talent and depth coming through for France.

French depth is crazy ! 4 players under 20 were whith adult France in Argentina: S. Daunivucu, L. Daricarerre, T. Atissogbe (2 tries vs Argentina), P. Tuilagi (2 tries vs Urugay). An another one: A. Timo is prepararing the Olympics with France 7. 3 others are wounded: Z. Affane (already the French number 3 of the last U20WC, a monster), M. Gazzotti (the MVP of the last U20WC), Patrick Tuifua (playing for HAwke's Bay Magpies). I mean, normaly Castro Ferrera and Quere Karaba are substitutes.

Theres a number of lads here, especially in the French team, that ought to be playing in the national mens side. Exceptional talent!

NZ supporter here. Wow that was painful. France played superbly and earned the breaks. NZ kept fighting despite the scoreboard. Very tough to see the great Stanley Solomon get that red card, it was symbolic of NZ's luck in that game. Well done to both teams!

Wow well done france from nz

French rugby obviously way more more professional at a young age. Can see why they are up for 4 in a row.

Du jeu, de la créativité, de la persévérance et de la gagne, bravo l'équipe de France U 20 !

Wow from losing by one point in the pool game to putting on a master class in the semis, France were a different breed today great game by both teams.

Wonderful display of fearless attacking rugby from the French team, even if NZ showed great spirit and skill too.

French flair is real

Our #8 Castro-Ferreira is an absolute beast. He worked very hard with Jerome Kaino during the past 3 years, our youth coach at Stade Toulousain. The scary thing with him is actually his mindset, he got everything (rugby, mindset, work ethic, and already very mature in terms of athleticism and physicality). He scored 9 tries in Top 14 with Stade Toulousain this season. He also played big games like Champions Cup semifinal against Harlequins and was very close to play the final against Leinster Rugby (he didn’t play only because the coach chose a 5-3 split). At this point I’ll not be surprised if he play the next November test-match with the adults…Winning U20 is cute but I hope we’ll win the real World Cup someday…Sorry for my English and see you in November 😉

That was some amazingly expansive Rugby from France - some epic talent in that team. Cheers from 🇿🇦🍻

Congratulations from America!!!! Go get them in the final, please !!!

The French u/20 just executed very well. Baby Blacks forwards couldn't handle the power of the French pack. I'm proud of the baby blacks either way. The junior rugby championship needs to be set to a home and away fixture. Let the boys travel to Argentina, Australia and South Africa. Give the southern boys more game time.

Fière de nos jeunes 👏👏👏🇫🇷

what a total spanking! Great stuff France

Where are the fans?? for the greatest rugby playing nation on earth (so I'm told by every Saffa fan out there), the crowd turnout was piss poor....

France are great Kiwi

We got humbled, congrats France

Un grand bravo à l’équipe de France qui a su étouffer le jeu des Blacks, avec une défense de fer et une quantité de offloads impressionnantes ! Un grand bravo aux Blacks, très belle équipe, qui n’a pas pu véritablement produire son jeu.

Losing the game but still got the audacity to throw up celebrations. Its a reflection of today’s mindset ..not caring about the team or game but focused on individual performance and how many likes they get on TikTok lol French team so strong

bravo aux petits bleus pourtant ils avaient une bonne équipe de Nouvelle-Zélande en face qui a fait un excellent match , super partie des deux équipes

Imagine what world rugby will look like in 5 years

Disappointing performance by us kiwis. Feels like a lack of experience and leadership. Still proud of the work they put in and the effort shown. Good work boys, and congrats to France.

That French 6 will make the senior side very soon 🇫🇷

Best commentators are from SA. Thanks Fellas!!! Great job.

The Big difference between these young teams IS not especially talent but the experience. Guys like Carbonneau, Ferté, Lino, Castro- Ferreira and Reus are often used in their Top 14 clubs. Toulouse and La Rochelle rotations for the last 2. They've developed a winning mentality. Add to that diamonds like Massa and Quere Karaba, you've got a special coming generation.

5 tries to 7 is an entertaining game , well done France.

Well played to the small bleus. Cheers to NZ, always an inspiration for us in France! Nice to see that the TOP 14 policy on young French players is paying off, hope the southern hemisphere can adopt same kind of stuff.

What a high scoring game. France got too many give aways, intercept tries🤷🏽‍♂️Good standard from both teams. Well done France!

Can someone tell me why the yellow card to the french at 49,48 was not cancelled by the referee..The first fault was from New Zeland..

Vive la France

Amazing France !!!

GG france, played super well and just looked so controlled through it all. I think this shows while NZ are much improved this u20s year there is still a big gap in the development of the players missing, while this is a weaker french side most of their players have some top14 experience or are at least training with the senior sides. No one from the NZ team besides Rico Simpson has been in a super rugby environment proper yet, and most haven't even put on a jersey for NPC either. if we want the U20s to compete we need players like lakai and sititi hitting their breakout season while still being in the u20 frame, currently they all bloom outside the age gap window by a year often in their first season or two in super rugby. I think its mainly in our forwards that we lack the development, we have enough talent in the backs to tear teams apart at this grade but our missed tackles and lack of dominance in the collision cost us big time. 23 turnovers lost for nz vs 9 for france is insane. still NZ have some promising players coming through though, pledger, simpson, taele, Solomon, hutchinson, Tito-Harris etc all should be looking to break out into the super sides in the next couple of years. Rico especially needs to be in a team to learn but also play more at 10, he seems like a big prospect for us. would love to see Simpson and Pledger on the same side and build their combo to be honest. good luck in the final France, smash the English!

Too much tik tok and not enough practice

Black 12 "but no intent" replay shows flying stiff arm at the French players head, add the leading with the head and it's an obvious red card - no attempt to charge the ball

The violence inducing Haka has no place in modern sport.

A lot of mistakes and turnover created by NZ u20. France is still a great team and will be World Champ again.

France too good .....

Bravo les kiwi, vous avez combattue jusqu’au bout à un moment j’ai vraiment cru que le match aller basculer , mais les Français ce sont réveillés et on continuer leur efforts jusqu’au bout. J’ai adoré le match! Allez les bleus aux anglais maintenant ❤

We got outplayed at our own expansive game. French were offloading at will from all players. We were too predictable by running crash ball play after crash ball play. We didnt try a dinky chip over the rush defence until 50 minute mark. Our 9 was the shining light... I just hope we have some 10's coming through because Dmac and Beaudy wont be around after next WC....

Bien joué les petits

The french are known for having such beast loose fowards.. geez that no.8 was a beast. Swatting away ab fowards like they were flies.. if only we cared abt size with our loosies 😢

What a poor choice from IRB to make it twice in South African empty stadiums and winter rainyswampy conditions that fools the pools (Irland-Australia). What are the obvious reasons for that mess !

Never seen any New Zealand team miss so many tackles.

I’m a proud u20 all blacks fan, but What’s with the celebrations every time they win penalties or get turnovers? Like do they not see the score?

The experience of mixing it with the big boys Top14 pays off, where other nations majority of their players are fresh off schoolboy level. If teams like nz sa and aus want to be competitive again then their top competitions have to give more their young guns top level experience

France 1st XV vs nz under 20😌france youngsters on their best🪽

Ok so France in ball team sports in 2024: - Volleyball VNL winner, defeating Brazil, USA, Poland, Italy and Japan - Handball W World Champions - Handball M European Champions - Rugby Sevens World Champions (thanks Atoine Dupont) - Rugby U20: running for a 4 straight win in the mens World Cup - Rugby U20: 72 pts win over England for the girls Only downsides are football and basketball this year, no trophy yet. That’s scary how France is the best team sport nation in the world right now 🤯

wouah vive la FRANCE

France missed a few quality players at the World Cup U20s and played in Argentina for a test series this summer. I'm pretty surprised they reach the final again. I'm not following Rugby in New Zealand... Are they using a lot in games against professional players? Because in France, when there is the 6 nations for Senior, they played in the first french league and second one against players from France but also from New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Fiji. We have a law to have a number of young French players in each team since few years to improve our national team...

the French n°8 Castro Ferreira was highlighted, but how about n°2 Massa? What a beast and he is only 20year-old! My favourite.

1st, Nothing is eternal. 2 Some of that french kids have already played at top level in Pro D2 or Top 14 3 kiwis spent perhaps too many time at improving their Haka and being cool on tv, rather then training.

Wow, the stadium is empty...

Great game....

Both teams were very good. Respect to the baby Blacks.

Deux belles équipes pour un magnifique match de rugby 👌

Not a fan of France, but this is just amazing, total rugby. What a sight for my sore, weary eyes. Kudos to New Zealand for never giving up, too.

NZ rugby needs a massive overhaul now before it's to late, from the grassroots up, numbers are dwindling and so is interest, we kiwis should be doing everything we can to support rugby at every level I was looking at All Black wins against other countries we are crazy good, Im super proud of that.

Unreal game

And the best french are missing...

This is like the 3rd team for France u20, they are going to dominate rugby for years

Bro got hammered😂😂

8:11 why is the French yellow card not rescinded given that it was a technical foul, while the NZ yellow (then upgraded to red) is a dangerous foul play that happened beforehand? The technical yellow could not have happened if the TMO or the referee had done their job in time.

Feels a bit like a watershed moment when rugby dominance shifted from the southern hemisphere/NZ to the northern hemisphere/France

France played well here. New Zealand are slow in clearing the ball from those breakdowns and France were so organised.

Got to make your tackles!! Entertaining though. Think France are favs, but will be a good final.

Haka doesn’t look so cool now does it.

One of the great gridion passes at 3mins

That's what you get for using the Haka as a the video thumbnail but not actually showing it.

It was a good match despite some defensive lapses on both sides. As usual New Zealand have produced some great players, can't wait to see what they'll be like in 5 years' time :) I'm pleased for my Bleuets, good offloads, a well-oiled attack but our touch throws were horrendous. Guess they will have to work on that

Brought down to earth by England, in the final.

hard luck guys

many players from the France group present for this World Cup have already played with their professional teams. Some (Reus, Carbonneau, Castro Ferreira, Ferté and some were not even there when they could have played with this team (injured people like Gazzoti or Tuifua and others present with the A team in Argentina like Tuilagi or Attisogbe) This certainly comes from the policy implemented by the FFR for several years, the JIFF (Young people from French training). Each Pro team from the 2 pro divisions in France (top14 and prod2) must (under penalty of a fine or withdrawal of points) have an average over the entire season of 16 JIFF out of 23 players on the match sheet (for the 2023-2024 season . The next years it'll be the same numbers) so a very good young player will play early with the pro team

Kiwis haven't realised they're where Australia was twenty years ago, everyone has caught up

SUPER demonstration et pragmatisme 👍👍👍 Un reel plaisir a regarder !!!

Crushed

Further signs of the decline in New Zealand rugby at age group levels. Absolutely terrible display against a committed French outfit. And the Kiwi RU continues to move the deck chairs as grass roots rugby implodes. On the bright side, Aussie rugby not looking so abysmal in comparison, not through improvement unfortunately.

What the hell has happened to Nz U20?? That was poor !!!!

Slaughterhouse 🎉

3 NH teams in the last 4, is this an indication of a pole shift?

That must be the worst, most half-arsed, negligent defensive performance by a kiwi team age group team ever. If they had a paid defensive coach he should show some integrity and give the money back.

une belle leçon de rugby français 🙂

Désolé amis néo-zélandais se prendre un tel score en demi apres avoir gagner d'un point en match de poule c'est assez triste mais nos jeunes bleus sont en missions meme hulk n'aurai pu les arrêter vous ferrez mieux le prochaine fois vous en avez les capacités et de loin

That look on your face at 1:19 when the the ref awards advantage to the opposition... when the opposition comes around off side and grabs the ball... new rules?

Interesting how THAT one was a penalty try according to the commentator's...

So we are getting worse at all levels. Looks like the legacy of the jersey is over.

If Nz rugby is serious about u20 development and restoring a winning culture,they should select better coaches. When losing becomes a habbit at that age it will be transferred to senior rugby.

Watch France Snr team in years to come

Are you sure those French lads are u20 😂

c'était une boucherie .

Yes papa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brothers got smoked

how about some tackling practise?

France so much better than NZ who were very poor.

Well done France

Stop calling them baby black thats why there minds is still like baby soft .