World Rugby: “A very, very enjoyable tournament”

World Rugby - the international governing body for the sport – has published on its website a piece of an interview with TV commentator Simon Ward where the latter reveals his thoughts on New Zealand's record-breaking display to win the World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 title, the Player of the Tournament and the tournament in Georgia as a whole.

The atmosphere in the Georgian games has been something special, says Ward.

"It has been an honour and a privilege to actually be in the crowd. Having commentated on the first game at Avchala Stadium for the second and third games I went round the other side to sit in the crowd and the passion is unbelievable”, he says.

Ward add that the win over Argentina was "unbelievable”.

"The try by the scrum-half Gela Aprasidze was just … well, I immediately thought of Phil Bennett and to a man everybody on the commentary gantry stood up to clap that try”, he says.

"Now when you have got quality like that in the Georgian team they are going to be progressing up the ladder and that of course is the message that we have heard from Georgia in our time here”.

Ward adds that Georgians want big, they want to get better, they want to be in the mix and in the upper half of the table and from what the rugby world has seen through the course of the last 19 days that is only be a step away.

• Read the full interview here: www.worldrugby.org