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The New Zealand Under 20s rallied from a 5-19 halftime deficit to open the World Rugby U20 championships with a 27-26 win over Wales.

The New Zealand Under 20 team has been named ahead of their first World Rugby U20 Championship pool match against Wales Under 20.

The New Zealand Under 20s held off a defiant Junior Wallabies side to win 19-18 in Wellington and share the two-match series 1-1 on Saturday.

The 2023 New Zealand Under 20 wider squad of 38 players has been selected by Head Coach Clark Laidlaw and Assistants Marty Bourke and Wesley Clarke after a comprehensive player identification process including the Bunnings Warehouse Super Rugby U20 tournament held in Taupō.

Both the men's and women's have gone two from two on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games tournament in Birmingham.