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
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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

•   Australia
•   Japan
•   New Zealand
•   Samoa

Trophy

•   Fiji
•   Papua New Guinea
•   Tonga
•   Vanuatu

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

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	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

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	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

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Round 2

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	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 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

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	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

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Round 3

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	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

• 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
• 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

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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