New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team


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. 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:

Results

2019

[2019 [World Rugby Under 20 Championship|2019 World Championship]] – (7th place)

[2019 [Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship|2019 Oceania Championship]] – (2nd place)

2018

2018 World Championship">2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship">2018 World Championship – (4th place)

2018 Oceania Championship">2018 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship">2018 Oceania Championship – (1st place)

2017

2017 World Championship">2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship">2017 World Championship – (1st place)

2017 Oceania Championship">2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship">2017 Oceania Championship – (1st place)

2016

2016 World Championship">2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship">2016 World Championship – (5th place)

2016 Oceania Championship">2016 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship">2016 Oceania Championship – (1st place)

2015

2015 World Championship">2015 IRB Junior World Championship">2015 World Championship – (1st place)

2015 Oceania Championship">2015 Oceania Under 20 Rugby Championship">2015 Oceania Championship – (1st place)

2008 to 2014

2014 World Championship">2014 IRB Junior World Championship">2014 World Championship – (3rd place)

2013 World Championship">2013 IRB Junior World Championship">2013 World Championship – (4th place)

2012 World Championship">2012 IRB Junior World Championship">2012 World Championship – (2nd place)

The team's first-ever loss was 6–9 to Wales in 2012.

2011 World Championship">2011 IRB Junior World Championship">2011 World Championship – (1st place)

2010 World Championship">2010 IRB Junior World Championship">2010 World Championship – (1st place)

2009 World Championship">2009 IRB Junior World Championship">2009 World Championship – (1st place)

2008 World Championship">2008 IRB Junior World Championship">2008 World Championship – (1st place)

Squads

Current squad

The following players were named in the New Zealand Under-20 squad for the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

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.