2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

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2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
IRB JWRT USA 2012.gif
Tournament details
Host nation USA
VenueMurray Rugby Park Stadium
Salt Lake City, Utah
DatesJune 18 – June 30
No. of nations8
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)United States Madison Hughes (72)
Most triesTonga Hosea Saumaki (7)
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The 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the fifth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship. The winner of the competition, the United States, was promoted to the IRB Junior World Championship for the 2013 tournament.

The event was held in the USA from 18 June until 30 June by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board. All matches took place at the Murray Rugby Park Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] Attendance was strong for the tournament, with all four match days resulting in packed crowds filling Murray Rugby Park Stadium.[2] All matches in the tournament were streamed live by Deseret News and KSL, with more than 70,000 users logging on to view the official stream.[3] The 2012 JWRT landed several commercial sponsors, including Gatorade, Gilbert, and World Rugby Shop.

Pool stage[]

All times are in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

Pool A[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 112 49 +63 2 14
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 114 43 +71 2 10
 Chile 3 1 0 2 92 114 −22 1 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 39 151 −112 0 0
18 June 2012
14:00
Chile  53 – 19  Russia
18 June 2012
18:00
United States  22 – 11  Tonga
Try: Hughes Try 75'
Try 79'
Con: Hughes (0/2)
Pen: Hughes (4/4)
 Try: Try 49'
Con: (0/1)
Pen: (2/5)
22 June 2012
16:00
Tonga  62 – 7  Russia
22 June 2012
18:00
United States  54 – 25  Chile
26 June 2012
16:00
Tonga  41 – 14  Chile
26 June 2012
18:00
United States  36 – 13  Russia

Pool B[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 113 100 +13 3 15
 Georgia 3 2 0 1 103 60 +43 3 11
 Canada 3 1 0 2 118 114 +4 3 7
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 88 148 −60 3 3
18 June 2012
12:00
Japan  39 – 36  Zimbabwe
18 June 2012
16:00
Georgia  31 – 17  Canada
22 June 2012
12:00
Georgia  43 – 7  Zimbabwe
22 June 2012
14:00
Japan  38 – 35  Canada
26 June 2012
12:00
Canada  66 – 45  Zimbabwe
26 June 2012
14:00
Japan  36 – 29  Georgia

Knockout stage[]

7th place game[]

30 June 2012
12:00
Russia  10-22  Zimbabwe

5th place game[]

30 June 2012
14:00
Chile  43-31  Canada

Third place game[]

30 June 2012
16:00
Tonga  31-29  Georgia

Final[]

30 June 2012
18:00
United States  37-33  Japan

Leading scorers[]

References[]

  1. ^ "JWRT pools and match schedule announced". irb.com. 2012-03-10. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. ^ IRB, JWRT Raises Game's Profile in USA, July 1, 2012, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/news/newsid=2063196.html#jwrt+raises+games+profile+usa Archived 2012-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ IRB, Global audiences tunes in to JWRT stream Archived 2012-07-03 at the Wayback Machine June 25, 2012

External links[]

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