2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship

2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
CountriesAustralia
Japan
New Zealand
Samoa
Date1–9 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 U20 Trophy in 2016.[2]

Teams

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

Championship

Championship

Standings

Final competition table:

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 157 43 +114 12
 Australia 3 2 0 1 109 87 +22 8
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 57 99 −42 4
 Japan 3 0 0 3 61 155 −94 0
Updated: 9 May 2015

Source: oceaniarugby.com[9]

 Competition rules
Points breakdown:
4 points for a win
2 points for a draw

Classification:
Teams standings are calculated as follows:
Most log points accumulated from all matches
Most log points accumulated in matches between tied teams
Highest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matches
Most points scored accumulated from all matches

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

Round 1

2 May 2015 New Zealand  75–0  Japan Bond University, Gold Coast  
13:00 Try: Karpik (3), Wainui (2), Dunshea (2), Faiane, Tavae-aso, Lualala, Hunt
Con: Black (10/11) 		Report[11]
Summary[12]
Team details
New Zealand
FB 15 Luteru Laulala
RW 14 Vincent Tavae-Aso
OC 13 Joshua Goodhue
IC 12 Tinoai Faiane
LW 11 Sean Wainui
FH 10 Otere Black
SH 9 Hohepa Tahuriorangi
N8 8 Blake Gibson
OF 7 Mitchell Karpik
BF 6 Mitchell Jacobson
RL 5 Hamish Dalzell
LL 4 Geoffrey Cridge
TP 3 Atunaisa Moli (c)
HK 2 Leni Apisai
LP 1 Thomas Hill
Replacements:
R 16 Liam Polwart
R 17 John Riccitelli
R 18 Isileli Tu'ungafasi
R 19 Mitchell Dunshea
R 20 Teariki Ben-Nicholas
R 21 Luke Campbell
R 22 Anton Lienert-Brown
R 23 Mitchell Hunt
Japan
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Seiya Ozaki
OC 13 Kaisei Kasahara
IC 12 Ataata Moeakiola
LW 11 Hirofumi Higashikawa
FH 10 Taisetsu Kanai
SH 9 Daiki Nakajima
N8 8 Faulua Makisi
OF 7 Kosuke Urabe
BF 6 Hiroto Kato
RL 5 Tevita Malaefo’ou Tatafu
LL 4 Mitsuru Furukawa
TP 3 Tatsuya Kakimoto
HK 2 Kosuke Horikoshi (c)
LP 1 Shogo Miura
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryosuke Iwaihara
PR 17 Ryoma Kuhara
LK 18 Yuma Fujino
N8 19 Rinpei Sasaki
SH 20 Go Maeda
FH 21 Akira Takenaka
CE 22 Yusuke Kajimura
R 23 Toshiki Kuwayama
2 May 2015 Australia  33–10  Samoa Bond University, Gold Coast  
15:00 Try: Yassmin (2), Wilkin, Fakosilea
Con: Deegan (2/4)
Pen: Deegan (3/3) 		Report[13]
Summary[14] 		Try: Winterstein, Tuimalealiifano
Con: Ioane (0/2)
Team details
Australia
FB 15 Alex Newsome
RW 14 Christian Yassmin
OC 13 Andrew Kellaway (c)
IC 12 Duncan Paia'aua
LW 11 Jack Redden
FH 10 Andrew Deegan
SH 9 James Tuttle
N8 8 Lolo Fakaosilea
OF 7 Michael Gunn
BF 6 Bradley Wilkin
RL 5 Riley Winter
LL 4 Ned Hanigan
TP 3 Tyrel Lomax
HK 2 Connal McInerney
LP 1 Cameron Orr
Replacements:
R 16 Folau Faingaa
R 17 Aaron Pleash
R 18 Fereti Saaga
R 19 Lukhan Lealaiauloto-Tui
R 20 Oliver Kamp
R 21 Harry Nucifora
R 22 James Dalgleish
R 23 Tyson Davis
Samoa
FB 15 Chase Tiatia
RW 14 Ah-Mu Tuimalealiifano
OC 13 Pepesana Patafilo
IC 12 Tagaloa Fonoti
LW 11 Trent Winterstein
FH 10 Josh Ioane
SH 9 Jonathan Taumateine
N8 8 Jordan Jackett
OF 7 Uini Fetalaiga
BF 6 Josh Dowsing (c)
RL 5 Ben Tuiomanufili
LL 4 Mikaele Tapili
TP 3 Mike Tamoaieta
HK 2 Elia Elia
LP 1 Jarred Adams
Replacements:
R 16 Junior Halafuka
R 17 Marco Fepulea'i
R 18 Romero Tagi
R 19 Potu Leavasa
R 20 Gordon Langkilde
R 21 Melani Matavao
R 22 Johnny Samuelu
R 23 Kome Samau

Round 2

5 May 2015 Samoa  14–36  New Zealand Bond University, Gold Coast  
13:00 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)
Cards: Lienert-Brown yellow card 67' to 77'
Team details
Samoa
FB 15 Jonathan Taumateine
RW 14 Johnny Samuelu
OC 13 Trent Winterstein
IC 12 Nathan Lilomaiava
LW 11 Malu Falaniko
FH 10 Josh Ioane (c)
SH 9 Leota Sam-Baker
N8 8 Jordan Jackett
OF 7 Gordon Langkilde
BF 6 Uini Fetalaiga
RL 5 Ben Tuiomanufili
LL 4 Siatua Soloese
TP 3 Marco Fepulea'i
HK 2 Romero Tagi
LP 1 Junior Halafuka
Replacements:
R 16 Meki Fareni
R 17 Jarred Adams
R 18 Mike Tamoaieta
R 19 Mikaele Tapili
R 20 Jamason Faanunu-Schultz
R 21 Tagaloa Fonoti
R 22 Pepesana Patafilo
R 23 Kome Samau
New Zealand
FB 15 George Bridge
RW 14 Wesley Goosen
OC 13 Anton Lienert-Brown (c)
IC 12 Faase'e Faauli
LW 11 Nathaniel Apa
FH 10 Fletcher Smith
SH 9 Luke Campbell
N8 8 Teariki Ben-Nicholas
OF 7 Dillon Hunt
BF 6 Mitchell Dunshea
RL 5 Jamie Lane
LL 4 Joshua Goodhue
TP 3 Taukiha' Amea Koloamatangi
HK 2 Liam Polwart
LP 1 John Riccitelli
Replacements:
R 16 Steven Misa
R 17 Thomas Hill
R 18 Atunaisa Moli
R 19 Geoffrey Cridge
R 20 Mitchell Jacobson
R 21 Hohepa Tahuriorangi
R 22 Mitchell Hunt
R 23 Sean Wainui
5 May 2015 Japan  31–47  Australia Bond University, Gold Coast  
15:00 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)
Team details
Japan
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Seiya Ozaki (c)
OC 13 Kaisei Kasahara
IC 12 Yusuke Kajimura
LW 11 Hirofumi Higashikawa
FH 10 Taisetsu Kanai
SH 9 Ryuji Yonemura
N8 8 Tevita Malaefoou Tatafu
OF 7 Kosuke Urabe
BF 6 Faulua Makisi
RL 5 Mitsuru Yoshikawa
LL 4 Hiroto Kato
TP 3 Tatsuya Kakimoto
HK 2 Sung Ho Park
LP 1 Shogo Miura
Replacements:
R 16 Ryosuke Iwaihara
R 17 Ryoma Kuhara
R 18 Yuma Fujino
R 19 Rinpei Sasaki
R 20 Go Maeda
R 21 Akira Takenaka
R 22 Toshiki Kuwayama
R 23 Tatsuhiro Ozaki
Australia
FB 15 Tyson Davis
RW 14 Christian Yassmin
OC 13 Alex Newsome
IC 12 Jack Redden
LW 11 Joey Fittock
FH 10 James Dalgleish (c)
SH 9 Harry Nucifora
N8 8 Hayden Anderson
OF 7 Oliver Kamp
BF 6 Samuel Croke
RL 5 Lukhan Lealaiauloto-Tui
LL 4 Harrison Williams
TP 3 Fereti Saaga
HK 2 Folau Faingaa
LP 1 Aaron Pleash
Replacements:
R 16 Connal McInerney
R 17 Cameron Orr
R 18 Tyrel Lomax
R 19 Riley Winter
R 20 Jack McCalman
R 21 James Tuttle
R 22 Andrew Deegan
R 23 Andrew Kellaway

Round 3

9 May 2015 Samoa  33–30  Japan Bond University, Gold Coast  
13:00 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 Australia  29–46  New Zealand Bond University, Gold Coast  
15:00 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)



New Zealand
Oceania Champion [21]
First title

Trophy

Standings

Final competition table:

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 191 16 +175 12
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 146 35 +111 8
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 96 125 −29 4
 Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 13 270 −257 0
Updated: 5 December 2015

Source: oceaniarugby.com[2]

 Competition rules
Points breakdown:
4 points for a win
2 points for a draw

Classification:
Teams standings are calculated as follows:
Most log points accumulated from all matches
Most log points accumulated in matches between tied teams
Highest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matches
Most points scored accumulated from all matches



Fiji
Oceania Trophy Winner [2]
First title

See also

References

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External links

  • 2015 Oceania Under 20 Rugby Championship official page
  • Oceania Rugby website Archived 1 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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