Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament

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Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament

Sport	Rugby union
Inaugural season	2000
No. of teams	16 (boys) 8 (girls' sevens)
Country	Japan
Venue(s)	Global Arena, Munakata
Most recent champion(s)	Paul Roos Gymnasium (2nd title)
Most titles	Hamilton Boys' High School (3 titles)
Related competitions	National High School Rugby Tournament National 1st XV Championship NatWest Schools Cup Scottish Rugby Schools' Cup
Official website	sanix-sports.com

Christian Brothers College (Ireland) plays (Japan), 2006

The Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament is a prestigious international rugby union tournament for 15-a-side youth teams which is held every year during the Golden Week holidays (29 April – 5/6 May) in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Participation is by invitation only, and the overseas schools selected by their respective unions to represent their country are generally expected to be of a high standard and among the top five in each country. The event is hosted by the Japan Rugby Football Union and supported by various local bodies including the Kyushu RFU, the Sanix Sports Foundation and Munakata City. The Global Arena in Munakata, Fukuoka on the island of Kyūshū is the venue for this tournament.

History[]

In 2000 the first tournament was contested by 11 Japanese and five foreign high school teams from various countries. (The tournament expanded from 16 to 20 schools in 2009, thus increasing in both size and importance.) It is a unique competition in world rugby for high schools, and is almost a "mini World Cup". The idea was devised and initially funded by the Sanix company president Mr. Munemasa. Sanix still provides about half the substantial costs for overseas teams to participate.

Three or four of the Japanese teams are from the local area Kyūshū, where high school rugby is particularly strong. The rest are from elsewhere in Japan. A Scottish pipe band is a regular fixture, though there was no band in 2007. However Dollar Academy has participated twice as Scotland's sole representative so far in the tournament in 2000 and 2004, and George Watson's College Pipe Band, Edinburgh have played both the opening and closing ceremonies from 2008 to date. One Italian team (Istituto Casteller) took part in 2002, and Camarthenshire College from Wales has also participated.

In 2014 the tournament debuted a girls' rugby sevens tournament to run parallel to the boys' competition. The debut girls' tournament was won by a Kanto regional selection team, and the most recent champions are St Mary's College, Wellington who won the 2017 tournament.

Dax Landes High School, 2009 champions, together with the runners-up Higashi Fukuoka H.S. after the final

Competing nations[]

As of 2018 a total of 20 countries have participated in at least one edition of the Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament, with many countries being represented annually. Nations who have competed in the tournament are as follows:

Champions[]

Boys' competition[]

Marist College Canberra 2006 Sanix Rugby Squad Australia

Year	# of Teams		Final				Losing semi-finalists
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
2000	16	The King's School	28–5	Paul Roos Gymnasium	Aranui High School	Dollar Academy
2001	24	Grey College	-	St Peter's College		St Mary's College
2002	16	[1][circular reference]	32–10		Ratu Kadavulevu School	Wesley College
2003	16	Rotorua Boys' High School	-	Tonga College	St Alban's College	Royal Belfast Academical
2004	16	Rotorua Boys' High School	36–18			St Stanislaus' College
2005	16	Christchurch Boys' H.S.	32–8	The Southport School	Hoërskool Waterkloof
2006	16	Christchurch Boys' H.S.	34–20	Monument High School
2007	16	Westfields Sports H.S.	-		Christchurch Boys' H.S.
2008	16	Glenwood High School	39–0		Gisborne Boys' H.S.	St Edmund's College
2009	20		38–30		Glenwood High School	De La Salle College
2010	16	Hamilton Boys' H.S.	40–8	Truro College	The Hills Sports H.S.	Marais Viljoen High School
2011	16	Hamilton Boys' H.S.	35–17	Ivybridge Community College	Paarl Boys' High School
2012	16	Kelston Boys' High School	37–24	Truro College	Tonga College
2013	16	St Kentigern College	40–8	Hartpury College	St Joseph's College
2014	16	Hamilton Boys' H.S.	15–11	Paarl Boys' High School
2015	16	Paul Roos Gymnasium	35–3	Brisbane Boys' College	Scots College	Truro College
2016	16	Glenwood High School	45–6		Rotorua Boys' High School	Truro College
2017	16		9–3	Mt Albert Grammar School
2018	16	Ratu Kadavulevu School	35–5	Hastings Boys' H.S.	St Augustine's College
2019	16	Paul Roos Gymnasium	52–5	St Peters College		Waverley College

Schools with multiple appearances[]

Christchurch Boys High School, 2005 and 2006 champions

In the table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Seasons" column, bold years indicate winning seasons.

Appearances	School	Seasons
8		2004, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
6	Enisei-STM	2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
4	Truro College	2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
4		2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
3	Hamilton Boys' High School	'2009', 2010, 2011, 2014
3	Paul Roos Gymnasium	2000, 2015, 2019
3	Rotorua Boys' High School	2003, 2004, 2016
3	Glenwood High School	2008, 2009, 2016
3		2017, 2018, 2019
3		2017, 2018, 2019
2	Christchurch Boys' High School	2005, 2006
2		2015, 2018
2		2015, 2019
2		2015, 2019
2		2017, 2018
2		2017, 2018
2	[2]	2017, 2018
2	Exeter College	2018, 2019

Girls' sevens competition[]

Year	# of Teams		Final				Losing semi-finalists
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
2014	8		35–21	Sunshine Coast Stingrays		Feilding High School
2015	8	Hamilton Girls' H.S.	31–12
2016	8		38–5		Hamilton Girls' High School
2017	8	St Mary's College	26–22		Hartpury College	Aranmore Catholic College
2018	8		17–10	Hamilton Girls' H.S.

See also[]

• Fukuoka Sanix Blues
• Rugby union in Japan
• National High School Rugby Tournament
• The National Schools 7's

References[]

External links[]

• Tournament Official Website (English) with downloadable pdfs of results
• Invitation on Australian Schools rugby website
• RKS (Fiji) at the 2002 tournament
• 2007 Sanix World Youth TournamentWebsite (from the JRFU, in Japanese)
• Sanix World Youth Tournament – Map To The Global Arena (in Japanese)
• Global Arena (in Japanese)