The 2020 Pacific Challenge was the fifteenth World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Teams from Japan, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga featured in the competition which was played in Fiji as a round-robin tournament. Junior Japan went undefeated in winning the challenge title, with the Fiji Warriors finishing as runner-up. The Japanese defeated the Fijian team by 21–12 in the last round.[1]
| 2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6–14 March 2020 |
| Champions |  Junior Japan |
| Runners-up |  Fiji Warriors |
| Matches played | 6 |
Teams edit
The four teams that competed were:
Table edit
| 2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts |
| Junior Japan
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 25 | +118 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Fiji Warriors
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 26 | +62 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
 Tonga A
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 103 | −57 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
 Samoa A
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 141 | −123 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated: 15 March 2020
Source: itsrugby.co.uk (archived) |
Match results edit
Round 1 edit
| 6 March 2020 | Junior Japan
|
46–10 | Tonga A
|
ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 3:30pm | Summary[2] |
| 6 March 2020 | Fiji Warriors
|
29–5 | Samoa A
|
ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 5:30pm | Summary[3] |
Round 2 edit
| 10 March 2020 | Samoa A
|
3–76 | Junior Japan
|
ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 3:30pm | Summary[4] |
| 10 March 2020 | Fiji Warriors
|
47–0 | Tonga A
|
ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 5:30pm | Summary[5] |
Round 3 edit
| 14 March 2020 | Tonga A
|
36–10 | Samoa A
|
ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 12:30pm | Summary[6] |
| 14 March 2020 | Fiji Warriors
|
12–21 | Junior Japan
|
ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 3:30pm | Summary[7] |
 Junior Japan |
| Pacific Challenge Champion |
| First title |
References edit
- ^ "Junior Japan end Fiji Warriors' dominance at Pacific Challenge". World Rugby. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Japan v Tonga - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Fiji v Samoa - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Samoa v Japan - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Fiji v Tonga - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Tonga v Samoa - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Fiji v Japan - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.