IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy – Third round of matches

Published 26 June 2012 | By Bullscot

As reported last week, the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy (JWRT) is currently taking place in Salt City,Utah, in the USA.

The third and final round of games in the pool stage of the tournament are scheduled for today, Tuesday 26th June. These games will take place during the night SA time.

Current leaders in Pool A are USA who are unbeaten. The same is true of leaders of Pool B, Japan.

Following the conclusion of the pool stages the tournament will go into a series of knockout games to determine the final positions of the various teams. These games take place on Saturday 30th June.

The final will be contested by the winners of each pool.

At this stage it looks as if the USA are the favourites from Pool A to play in the final.

In Pool B it is perhaps a little less clear cut at the moment as to who will make the final. Japan and Georgia, who meet later today, are only separated by one point after the first two rounds of matches.

The big prize for the winner of JWRT will be entry into next year’s IRB Junior World Championship to be held in France. This will be at the expense of Italy who will be relegated to the JWRT as the team who ended last in this year’s Junior World Championship, recently completed in Cape Town.

The pools following the first two rounds of games as follows (from the IRB website):

Pool A
Team P W D L PF PA TF TA BP PTS
USA 2 2 0 0 76 36 9 4 1 9
Tonga 2 1 0 1 73 29 11 3 1 5
Chile 2 1 0 1 78 73 11 10 1 5
Russia 2 0 0 2 26 115 4 18 0 0

 

Pool B
Team P W D L PF PA TF TA BP PTS
Japan 2 2 0 0 77 71 12 10 2 10
Georgia 2 2 0 0 74 24 9 3 1 9
Canada 2 0 0 2 52 69 7 8 2 2
Zimbabwe 2 0 0 2 43 82 6 13 2 2
 
Full list of fixtures and results thus far (from the IRB website):
 
Pool A
18 Jun, 14:00 Chile 53-19 Russia Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
18 Jun, 18:00 USA 22-11 Tonga Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
22 Jun, 16:00 Tonga 62-7 Russia Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
22 Jun, 18:00 USA 54-25 Chile Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
26 Jun, 16:00 Tonga – Chile Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
26 Jun, 18:00 USA – Russia Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pool B
18 Jun, 12:00 Japan 39-36 Zimbabwe Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
18 Jun, 16:00 Georgia 31-17 Canada Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
22 Jun, 12:00 Georgia 43-7 Zimbabwe Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
22 Jun, 14:00 Japan 38-35 Canada Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
26 Jun, 12:00 Canada – Zimbabwe Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
26 Jun, 14:00 Japan – Georgia Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
7th Place Play-Off
30 Jun, 12:00 4th Pool A – 4th Pool B Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
5th Place Play-Off
30 Jun, 14:00 3rd Pool A – 3rd Pool B Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
3rd Place Play-Off
30 Jun, 16:00 2nd Pool A – 2nd Pool B Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
Final
30 Jun, 18:00 1st Pool A – 1st Pool B Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
 

The IRB are doing a good job of promoting this tournament and have a website containing a wealth of information. There is also a link from the IRB JWRT website to watch live games.

It is interesting to note that various players in the Zimbabwe squad are listed as playing their rugby in South Africa, with Pretoria University and Harlequins, KZN providing seven players between them.

10 Responses to IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy – Third round of matches

  • 1

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:24 am

    USA 10-5 Russia after 20 minutes of the Junior World Rugby Trophy pool stage match

  • 2

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:27 am

    Earlier results: Japan 36-29 Georgia, which means Japan qualify for the final.
    Tonga 41-14 Chile (after leading 29-7 at halftime), not sure yet what score was in the first game of the day between Canada and Zimbabwe.

  • 3

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:31 am

    Try for USA in 25th minute, converted – USA 17-5 Russia

  • 4

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:34 am

    Ahh no, nice backline move by Russia ends with left wing receiving the ball out on the right wing and knocking it on.

  • 5

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:36 am

    No. 11 seems to have butterfingers another knock on, this time trying to catch an attempted clearance kick from USA

  • 6

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:42 am

    Thats a shame Russian player being helped off the field looks in a lot of pain with a sore left leg.
    USA kick penalty to touch after a scuffle that seemed to point to Russian no 7 as culprit but USA hooker was also in the thick of things.

  • 7

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:43 am

    USA opt to kick for touch instead of taking the shot at goal from straight in front and not far out, then lose the lineout to Russia

  • 8

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 2:48 am

    Try under the posts for USA, converted and thats half time – USA 24-5 Russia. Lovely snow capped mountains in the background

  • 9

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 3:42 am

    Final score USA 39-13 Russia, so its USA versus Japan in the final on Saturday

  • 10

    Bullscot on 27 June 2012 at 3:58 pm

    @ Bullscot:
    Canada beat Zimbabwe yesterday in the first game of the day’s play at the Junior World Rugy Trophy in a high scoring game –
    Canada 66 – 45 Zimbabwe

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