New Zealand

Union	New Zealand Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Baby Blacks
Coach(es)	Clark Laidlaw
Top scorer	Trent Renata (59)
Most tries	Zac Guildford/Tevita Li (8)
Team kit
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	12 (First in 2008)
Best result	Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017

The New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team is the representative rugby union team from New Zealand. It replaced the two former age grade teams: the under-19s and the 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 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2017. 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 of all matches played by the New Zealand Under-20s as of 15 July 2023

Opposition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	% Won
Argentina	5	5	0	0	100%
Australia	16	12	0	4	75%
England	6	5	0	1	83%
Fiji	7	7	0	0	100%
France	4	2	0	2	50%
Georgia	3	3	0	0	100%
Ireland	8	7	0	1	88%
Italy	2	2	0	0	100%
Japan	4	4	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	10	8	0	2	80%
Total	84	68	0	16	81%

World Rugby U20 Championship record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
2008	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	242	28
2009	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	215	54
2010	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	262	52
2011	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	274	51
2012	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	148	49
2013	Semi-finals	4th	5	3	0	2	159	116
2014	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	0	2	196	107
2015	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	191	63
2016	5th place	5th	5	4	0	1	223	86
2017	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	282	92
2018	Semi-finals	4th	5	3	0	2	173	84
2019	7th place	7th	5	3	0	2	161	96
2023	7th place	7th	5	3	0	2	188	150
Total	13/13	6 titles	65	52	0	13	2,714	1,028

Oceania Rugby U20 Championship record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
2015	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	157	43
2016	Champions	1st	2	1	0	1	54	35
2017	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	186	32
2018	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	195	43
2019	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	140	43
2022	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	175	26
Total	6/6	5 titles	17	15	0	2	907	222

Squads

Current squad

On 14 April 2023, a wider squad was announced for a two-match series against Australia on 29 May and 3 June 2023 in Wellington.^[2] From that wider squad, the following group was selected for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship:^[3]

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 2023 season, Clark Laidlaw is the head coach, with Marty Bourke and Wesley Clarke as assistant coaches.

Name	Years	Tests	Won	Drew	Lost	Win percentage
Dave Rennie	2008	5	5	0	0	100%
Russell Hilton-Jones	2008	5	5	0	0	100%
Dave Rennie	2009–2010	10	10	0	0	100%
Mark Anscombe	2011	5	5	0	0	100%
Rob Penney	2012	5	3	0	2	60%
Chris Boyd	2013–2014	10	6	0	4	60%
Scott Robertson	2015–2016	15	14	0	1	93%
Craig Philpott	2017–2019	24	19	0	5	79%
Tom Donnelly	2022	3	3	0	0	100%
Clark Laidlaw	2023	7	4	0	3	57%