2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

The 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the sixth IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, an annual international rugby union competition for under-20 national teams, second-tier world championship.

2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
Tournament details
Host Chile
Date28 May – 9 June 2013
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Italy
Runner-up Canada
Third place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Canada Shane O'Leary (45)
Most triesJapan Kai Ishii (8)
2012
2014

The event was held in Temuco, Chile and was organized by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board.[1][2] The tournament was originally to be held in Antofagasta, but that city pulled out of hosting only a few months before the tournament.[3]

Teams edit

Pool Team Number of Tournaments Position Last Year
B   Canada 3 6
A   Chile 2 5
A   Italy 1 Relegated from 2012 IRB Junior World Championship Won the Trophy in 2010
B   Japan 3 2
A   Namibia 2 N/A
A   Portugal 0 N/A
B   Tonga 1 3
B   Uruguay 3 N/A Won the Trophy in 2008

Pool Stage edit

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA PD BP Pts
  Italy 3 3 0 0 21 144 26 118 3 15
  Chile 3 2 0 1 4 47 77 -30 0 8
  Portugal 3 1 0 2 5 45 96 -51 0 4
  Namibia 3 0 0 3 7 45 82 -37 1 1

Fixtures edit

28 May 2013
13:00
Italy  33-7  Namibia
Estadio Municipal de Freire, Freire
5 June 2013
11:00
Italy  61-13  Portugal
Estadio Municipal de Freire, Freire
5 June 2013
13:00
Chile  23 - 21  Namibia
Estadio Municipal de Freire, Freire

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA PD BP Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 12 99 36 63 2 14
  Japan 3 2 0 1 16 98 91 7 2 10
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 9 63 87 -24 1 6
  Uruguay 3 0 0 3 7 55 111 -56 0 0

Fixtures edit

28 May 2013
11:00
Japan  40 - 20  Uruguay
Estadio Municipal de Freire, Freire
1 June 2013
11:00
Japan  15 - 39  Canada
Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco

Knockout stage edit

7th place game edit

9 June 2013
11:00
Namibia  29 - 40  Uruguay
Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco

5th place game edit

9 June 2013
13:00
Portugal  7 - 27  Tonga
Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco

Third place game edit

9 June 2013
15:00
Chile  38 - 35  Japan
Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

Final edit

9 June 2013
17:00
Italy  45 - 23  Canada
Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

References edit

  1. ^ "Chile and Hong Kong to host next two JWRT". irb.com. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Chile and Hong Kong to Host Secondary IRB Junior Tournaments in 2013 and 2014". Association of Summer Olympic International Federations. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Temuco excited to be new host for JWRT 2013" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

External links edit