Baby Blacks retain JWC crown

New Zealand remain the only side to win the IRB Junior World Championship after putting in a dominant display to beat Australia 62-17.

New Zealand remain the only side to lift the Junior World Championship trophy after producing a dominant display to beat Australia 62-17 at the Estadio El Coloso del Parque in Rosario.

The Baby Blacks, who have now won all 15 matches since the Junior World Championship was introduced in 2008, never looked in danger of losing from the moment hooker Liam Coltman touched down after just 33 seconds of the final.

Captain Tyler Bleyendaal was the architect of the try, gliding through the Australian defence as if they weren't there and would have scored himself had he not lost his footing and fallen metres short, but a few pick and goes later the defending champions had the opening try.

Bleyendaal, one of the nominees for the IRB Junior Player of the Year 2010 accolade, led by example with an impressive display, helping to set up two tries for teammates and scoring one of his own in a 28 point haul before limping off just past the hour mark.

His opposite number Matt Toomua kicked a penalty in the sixth minute to get Australia on the board, but there was no let up from the Baby Blacks as Rory Grice bounced off a tackle and sent full back Tom Marshall over in the corner.

Bleyendaal added the conversion and then slotted a penalty to give New Zealand a 17-3 advantage after as many minutes in a final which many had predicted to be a closely fought encounter given the way the two sides had reached the final.

The fly half had a hand in New Zealand's third try, intercepting a pass only metres from his own goal line when it looked like Robbie Coleman would score for Australia and charging up the line, hacking in field and later firing a miss pass out that led to wing Telusa Veainu dotting down.

Australia did finally begin to enjoy some time in the New Zealand half as the break approached but they were simply unable to find a way through the resolute defence of their Trans-Tasman rivals and inside another Bleyendaal penalty sent his side in leading 25-3.

Bleyendaal picked up where he had left off just minutes after the restart with another kick splicing the uprights, before a quick tap then caught Australia napping metres from their own try-line for Sean Poltwart to touch down.

Bleyendaal got the try his performance deserved in the 48th minute when wing Julian Savea – the leading try scorer in the tournament with eight – stepped outside one defender and handed off another down the right touchline before finding his captain on his inside for the easy touchdown.

The conversion and another penalty took New Zealand out to 45-3 before Luke Morahan finally got Australia into double figures, the full back profiting from wing Aidan Toua's break. Bleyendaal though kicked another penalty before bowing out with the highest tally in a match in the 2010 tournament.

By the time he did New Zealand had lost Coltman to the sin-bin and, although Kimami Sitauti used his pace to beat the last defender to score Australia's second try, there was still time for the Baby Blacks to finish in style with another brace by Veainu.

The wing first rounded the last defender to coast under the posts and then pounced on a lofted Australian pass to intercept and race away to score under the posts, completing his hat-trick and taking New Zealand through the 60-point barrier.

The victory is the most emphatic of all three New Zealand final successes under coach Dave Rennie, bettering the 38-3 win over England in 2008 and then 44-28 over the same opponents in Japan last year.

The scorers:

For New Zealand:
Tries: Coltman, Marshall, Veainu 3, Polwart, Bleyendaal
Cons: Bleyendaal 4, Parker 2
Pens: Bleyendaal 5

For Australia:
Tries: Morahan, Sitauti
Cons: Toomua 2
Pens: Toomua

New Zealand: 15 Tom Marshall, 14 Julian Savea, 13 Star Timu, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 Telusa Veainu, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal (c), 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Rory Grice, 7 Sean Polwart, 6 Luke Whitelock, 5 Blade Thomson, 4 Liaki Moli, 3 Jeff Allen, 2 Liam Coltman, 1 Angus Taavao-Matau.
Replacements: 16 Paul Ngauamo, 17 Willie Ioane Afuvai, 18 Thomas Franklin, 19 Richard Haddon, 20 Kayne Hammington, 21 Hayden Parker, 22 Jason Woodward.

Australia: 15 Luke Morahan, 14 Dominic Shipperley, 13 Kimami Sitauti, 12 Robbie Coleman, 11 Aidan Toua, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nicholas White, 8 Jake Schatz (c), 7 Liam Gill, 6 Colby Faingaa, 5 Gregory Peterson, 4 Phoenix Battye, 3 Paul Alo-Emile, 2 Siliva Siliva, 1 Salesi Manu.
Replacements: 16 Samuel Robertson, 17 Cruze Ah-Nau, 18 Luke Jones, 19 Edward Quirk, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Jonathon Lance, 22 Gregory Jeloudev.

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Federico Anselmi (Argentina), Luis Caviglia (Uruguay)
Assessor: Tappe Henning