2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship

2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
Countries Australia
Japan
New Zealand
Samoa
Date 1–9 May 2015
Champions  New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up  Australia
2016

The 2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20s, was the first edition of the Oceania Rugby Junior Championship. It was played as two tournaments; the Oceania Under 20 Championship hosted on the Gold Coast in Australia,[1] and the Oceania Under 20 Trophy hosted in Suva, Fiji.[2]

The Championship tournament was played in May and won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia by 46–29 in the last match of the round-robin competition. A planned tournament for a further six national under 20 sides was postponed,[3][4][5] however the Trophy competition was eventually played in December and won by Fiji, who defeated Tonga by 19–10 in the last round to qualify for the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy in 2016.[2]

Teams

The teams for the 2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments were:[2][6][7][8]

Championship

Trophy

Championship

Standings

Final competition table:

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 30 0 15743 +114 12
 Australia 32 0 1 10987 +22 8
 Samoa 31 0 2 57 99 −42 4
 Japan 30 0 3 61 155−94 0
Updated: 9 May 2015

Source: oceaniarugby.com[9]

Due to stormy weather conditions the first round matches were postponed by 24 hours.[10]

Round 1


2 May 2015
13:00
New Zealand  75–0  Japan
Try: Karpik (3), Wainui (2), Dunshea (2), Faiane, Tavae-aso, Lualala, Hunt
Con: Black (10/11)
Report[11]
Summary[12]

2 May 2015
15:00
Australia  33–10  Samoa
Try: Yassmin (2), Wilkin, Fakosilea
Con: Deegan (2/4)
Pen: Deegan (3/3)
Report[13]
Summary[14]
Try: Winterstein, Tuimalealiifano
Con: Ioane (0/2)

Round 2


5 May 2015
13:00
Samoa  14–36  New Zealand
Try: Fepulea'i, Fetalainga
Con: Falaniko (2/2)
Report[15]
Summary[16]
Try: Hunt (2), Smith, Lienert-Brown, Goosen, Cridge
Con: Smith (2/4), Hunt (1/1)

5 May 2015
15:00
Japan  31–47  Australia
Try: Tatafu (2), Makisi, Urabe
Con: Noguchi (3/3), Kanai (1/1)
Pen: Noguchi (1/1)
Report[17]
Summary[18]
Try: Lealaiauloto-Tui (2), Nucifora, Reddan, Newsome
Con: Deegan (3/3), Dalgleish (2/2)
Pen: Dalgleish (3/3), Deegan (1/2)

Round 3


9 May 2015
13:00
Samoa  33–30  Japan
Try: Tiuiomanufili, Dowsing, Jackett, Falaniko
Con: Falaniko (2)
Pen: Ioane (2), Falaniko (1)
Report[19]
Summary[20]
Try: Tatfu, Horikoshi, Higashikawa, Hirofumi
Con: Noguchi (2)
Pen: Noguchi (2)

9 May 2015
15:00
Australia  29–46  New Zealand
Try: Fittock, Paia'aua, Croke, McCalman
Con: Deegan (3/4)
Pen: Deegan (1)
Report[21]
Summary[22]
Try: Gibson (2), Hunt, Faiane, Lienert-Brown, Tavae-Aso, Koloamatangi
Con: Hunt (4/7)
Pen: Hunt (1)

Trophy

Standings

Final competition table:

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 30 0 19116 +175 12
 Tonga 32 0 1 14635 +111 8
 Papua New Guinea 31 0 2 96 125 −29 4
 Vanuatu 30 0 3 13 270−257 0
Updated: 5 December 2015

Source: oceaniarugby.com[2]

See also

References

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