Baby Blacks unstoppable

An unstoppable Baby Blacks side has crushed England 64-17 in a record-breaking final of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Tbilisi.

Powerful hooker Asafo Aumua led the way with a hat-trick of tries as New Zealand crossed the line 10 times in the rout, which was the most scored by any team in an under-20 final.

The game was effectively over at halftime as New Zealand raced out to an early 40-7 lead, with Dalton Papali’i and Pouri Rakete-Stones kicking things off by scoring inside the opening 10 minute against an England team captained by Zach Mercer, son of former Kiwis rugby league international Gary Mercer.

Captain Luke Jacobson, who iced the victory with his second try of the game right before fulltime, was able to match the achievement of his older brother Mitchell from two years ago by winning the tournament.

‘‘It feels amazing, it’s been our goal for a long time - you feel it inside,’’ Jacobson said at fulltime.

‘‘We’ve had a discussion in the team about keeping the chat up and staying really positive. That’s what we did today, we were talking left and right and everybody was staying on the same page.

‘‘We just kept working really hard and played some good finals footy.

‘‘England are a great side, I think that we just got a little bit on top of them today. We just got the bounce of the ball, I’m sure that on any other day it may be a much closer score.’’