2019 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship

2019 Oceania Rugby U20 Championship
Tournament details
HostGold Coast, Queensland, Australia
VenueBond Sports Park, Robina
Dates26 April – 4 May 2019 (9 days)
Countries
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored52 (8.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rivez Reihana (33)
Most tries Takamasa Maruo (4)
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2019 Oceania Rugby U20 Championship was the fifth edition of Oceania Rugby's premier youth international rugby union competition featuring Australia, Fiji,[1] and New Zealand.[2] The tournament, which kicked off in April, also featured Japan for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2015.[3]

On the final match of the tournament, Australia defeated New Zealand for the second time to seal their maiden Oceania Rugby U20 Championship title.[4][5]

Background and venue

Gold Coast, Queensland
Bond Sports Park
Capacity: 2,500[6]

The tournament took place across nine days in April and May 2019.[7] New Zealand and Australia had finished fourth and fifth respectively at the 2018 World Rugby U20 Championship,[8] with the former going into the tournament as the defending champions.[9] Fiji had won the 2018 World Rugby U20 Trophy for the first time.[10]

Due to a change in scheduling there was no Oceania Rugby Under 20 Trophy contested in 2019, which was expected to have Samoa and Tonga as participants. In previous seasons the competition was held during December in the year before the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. In 2019, however, Oceania Rugby moved these qualification matches to be played in the same year as the 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.[11]

Venue

The venue for the tournament was Bond Sports Park in Gold Coast's Robina suburb.[12] The ground, which holds a capacity of 2,500,[6] is the home of the Bond University Rugby Club whom compete in the annual Queensland Premier Rugby club competition.[6] The ground had also been used by various rugby teams for training.[13][14]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Pts
1  Australia (H, C) 3 3 0 0 104 14 +90 13 2 12
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 140 43 +97 21 4 8
3  Fiji 3 1 0 2 66 106 −40 10 14 4
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 63 210 −147 8 32 0
Source: Oceania Rugby[15]
(C) Champion; (H) Host

Matches

Round 1

26 April 2019
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
New Zealand 53–7 Fiji
Try: Gilbert 23' m
Tupaea (2) 37' c, 68' c
Finau 43' c
Carter 49' m
Lalomilo 60' c
Klein 71' c
Vaa'i 74' m
Con: Burke (2/4) 38', 44'
Reihana (3/4) 61', 68', 71'
Pen: Burke (1/1) 20'		ReportTry: Rasaku 35' c
Con: Kuruvoli (1/1) 35'
Bond Sports Park, Gold Coast
Referee: Dru Tonks (Australia)
26 April 2019
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 64–14 Japan
Try: Reilly 1' c
Nawaqanitawase (2) 13' c, 75' c
Lolesio 20' m
Wilson 25' m
McReight (2) 32' c, 58' c
Lonergan 38' m
Robertson 45' c
Tui 79' c
Con: Harrison (7/10) 2', 14', 33', 45', 58', 75', 80'		ReportTry: Osada (2) 35' c, 70' c
Con: Maruyama (2/2) 35', 71'
Bond Sports Park, Gold Coast
Referee: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji)

Round 2

30 April 2019
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
New Zealand 87–12 Japan
Try: Boshier 7' m
Funaki 10' c
Gregory 19' m
Herbert (3) 24' c, 65' c, 80' c
McLeod (2) 27' c, 46' c
Fihaki 31' c
Forbes 35' c
Reihana 44' c
Lalomilo 61' c
Williams 74' c
Con: Reihana (11/13) 11', 25', 28', 32', 35', 44', 47', 61', 66', 74', 80'		ReportTry: Penalty try 14'
Kawase 21' m
Bond Sports Park, Gold Coast
Referee: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji)
30 April 2019
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 16–0 Fiji
Try: Wood 25' c
Con: McDonald (1/1) 25'
Pen: McDonald (3/3) 47', 56', 74'		Report
Bond Sports Park, Gold Coast
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Round 3

4 May 2019
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Japan 37–59 Fiji
Try: Shoy. Maeda 7' c
Maruo (4) 17' c, 24' m, 40' m, 75' c
Con: Maruyama (2/3) 8', 18'
Vailea (1/1) 75'
Pen: Maruyama (1/1) 38'
Vailea (1/1) 42'		ReportTry: Vuta 10' c
Droasese 13' c
Miramira (2) 30' c, 35' c
Waqa (2) 51' c, 57' m
Rasaku 54' c
Natoga 70' m
Vasuinadi 77' c
Con: Kuruvoli (4/4) 11', 14', 32', 36'
Muntz (3/5) 52', 55', 78'
Bond Sports Park, Gold Coast
Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)
4 May 2019
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 24–0 New Zealand
Try: Reilly 64' m
Lolesio 71' c
Con: Harrison (1/2) 71'
Pen: Harrison (4/4) 7', 14', 25', 31'		Report
Bond Sports Park, Gold Coast
Attendance: 2,136[5]
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vodafone Fiji Under-20 team named for Oceania Championship". Fiji Sun. 7 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Rugby: Five Bay of Plenty players named in NZ Under 20 team to play Oceania Rugby U20 Championship in Australia". The New Zealand Herald. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Junior Wallabies Oceania U20s fixtures confirmed". Rugby Au. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rugby – Junior Wallabies beat New Zealand to win Oceania under-20s crown". SBS News. 5 May 2019.
  5. 1 2 "That's gold! Junior Wallabies dominate Baby Blacks". Fox Sports Australia. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. 1 2 3 "Bond University Sports Centre | AUStadiums". austadiums.com. AUStadiums.
  7. ↑ "Oceania rugby U20 championship to begin next month". The Fiji Times. 20 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "France win first-ever U20 Championship title". world.rugby. World Rugby. 17 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "South Africa beat Baby Blacks to third place as France win first U20s world title". Stuff. Stuff Ltd. 18 June 2018. Defending champions New Zealand were denied the chance to retain their world title after losing to France 16–7 in their semi-final and the young South African side ensured the Kiwis finished the competition held in France with two straight losses.
  10. ↑ "Sport: Fiji win World Rugby U20 Trophy". Radio New Zealand. 10 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Airey, Thomas. "Samoa U20 selected for Oceania Trophy". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "2019 Oceania Rugby U20s Championship returns to Bond University". bond.edu.au. Bond University.
  13. ↑ Morton, Jim (8 September 2014). "Wallabies rush back Polota-Nau". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. On the basis of training formations at Bond University on Monday afternoon, McCalman appears set to beat Scott Higginbotham to the No.8 role left vacant by a head knock to Palu.
  14. ↑ "Qantas Wallabies and Argentinian Pumas train on campus (Bond University)". World News Network. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "2018 Oceania Rugby U20 Championship Ladder". oceaniarugby.com. Oceania Rugby. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020.
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