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
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
in Australia,
[ and the Oceania Under 20 Trophy hosted in ]Suva
Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...
, Fiji.[
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,][ 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
The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy (known as the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 8 men's junior national tea ...
in 2016.[
]
Teams
The teams for the 2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments were:[
Championship
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Trophy
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Championship
Standings
Final competition table:
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Due to stormy weather conditions the first round matches were postponed by 24 hours.[
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Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Trophy
Standings
Final competition table:
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See also
*2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised for the second time in Italy by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played i ...
* 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
References
External links
2015 Oceania Under 20 Rugby Championship
official page
Oceania Rugby website
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2015 rugby union tournaments for national teams
2015 in Oceanian rugby union
2015 in Australian rugby union
2015 in New Zealand rugby union
2015 in Samoan rugby union
2014–15 in Japanese rugby union
Sports competitions on the Gold Coast, Queensland
2015 in youth sport
International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia