What revenge for Bleuets!

The Bleuets owe it to themselves to take revenge. After losing to New Zealand in the group stage of the U-20 World Cup, Sebastien Calvet's men were given the chance to avenge the humiliation in the semi-finals. And on the Cape Town pitch, they did it in style. Bleuets started this semi-final match strongly.We didn’t have to wait more than four minutes to see Joey Kerry Karaba score the first try after exploiting space at the exit of the corner to surprise the New Zealand defence, which was converted by Hugo Reus. He unleashed Sebastien Calvet’s players and they were not satisfied with those seven points in advance. Indeed, just four minutes later, Hoani Bosmorin lengthened his stride after winning back the tricolour. Like a tightrope walker, Hugo Reus passed along the touchline to send Charlie Gambini on a silver platter for the Blues’ second try, converting again for La Rochelle’s opener. The “black children” could not remain without reaction, and with force they relaunched themselves. Indeed, Geoffrey Malaterre made a mistake in stopping a New Zealand pass. A double penalty was called for with a yellow card for the French third line and a penalty attempt for New Zealand. After Hugo Rios missed a penalty, Matisse Castro Ferreira took over. After a break through from Barnabe Massa, the Toulouse third line played past the opposition defenders to crush his team's third attempt.

All Bleuets team on fire in the first half

The cross continued immediately as, at the break, Dylan Pledger sent the “black kids” back in the direction of the march. The scrum-half was able to take advantage of the gap in the French defensive curtain to go to the queen. Back to seven points, the New Zealanders saw Hugo Royce recover his efficiency to give the French team a ten-length lead at half-time. After half an hour, the Blues gave themselves more breathing space with the inevitable Matisse Castro Ferreira. Who managed to receive a pass between the feet of his scorer and then resisted the New Zealand defence to widen the gap slightly. Hugo Reus quickly gave his team a 20-point lead, a gap that remained unchanged until the end of the first half.. From the beginning of the second half, the French team players did not slow down and the second chapter began with the hat-trick scored by Matisse Castro-Ferreira, and they reached a strong result for a long series of play against the wind, which weakened the defense of the “Baby Blacks”. After that, the two teams began to open the benches in the hope of changing the situation. This is when indiscipline came into the party.
After receiving a yellow card for Lorencio Boyer Gallardo, who was not at the right distance while playing at the feet of Leo Carbonneau, it was New Zealand winger Stanley Solomon who left the field for ten minutes.

“Black kids” broke their teeth.

A penalty was added to the dugout after a head-on collision with scrum-half Bleuets.
But, very quickly, this yellow card turned into red.synonymous with 20 minutes of numerical disadvantage for New Zealand, as stipulated in the experimental rules applicable to the Under-20 World Cup. Fourteen against fourteen, the “black kids” did not give up King Maxwell was found at the end of the line to try and hope. On the hour mark, Aki Tuivailala caused the first panic among the Blues, who did not spare any effort. His effort took New Zealand 17 lengths closer. But in this semi-final, the slightest mistake was costly. Joé Quere-Karaba was able to read the reverse serve to intercept the ball and then send Mathis Ferté to test. The end of the match saw both teams go in a strong lead as Andrew Smith brought the New Zealanders close again with less than a quarter of an hour remaining. But the Blues had the final say with Zan Musk completing a beautiful combination with a five-metre touch to seal the outcome of the encounter. With seven tries on the clock, the team won by a huge margin (31-55) and now have a date with England for the fourth consecutive final.Indeed, the English dominated Ireland (31-20) during the first semi-final.