2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

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.

2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
Tournament details
Host nation USA
VenueMurray Rugby Park Stadium
Salt Lake City, Utah
DatesJune 18 – June 30
No. of nations8
Champions  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s) Madison Hughes (72)
Most tries Hosea Saumaki (7)
2011
2013

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 330011249+63214
 Tonga 320111443+71210
 Chile 310292114−2215
 Russia 300339151−11200
18 June 2012
14:00
Chile  53 – 19  Russia
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

18 June 2012
18:00
United States  22 – 11  Tonga
Try: Hughes  75'
Falcon  79'
Con: Hughes (0/2)
Pen: Hughes (4/4)
Try: Atiola  49'
Con: Makaafi (0/1)
Pen: Makaafi (2/5)
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

22 June 2012
16:00
Tonga  62 – 7  Russia
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

22 June 2012
18:00
United States  54 – 25  Chile
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

26 June 2012
16:00
Tonga  41 – 14  Chile
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

26 June 2012
18:00
United States  36 – 13  Russia
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
 Japan 3300113100+13315
 Georgia 320110360+43311
 Canada 3102118114+437
 Zimbabwe 300388148−6033
18 June 2012
12:00
Japan  39 – 36  Zimbabwe
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

18 June 2012
16:00
Georgia  31 – 17  Canada
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

22 June 2012
12:00
Georgia  43 – 7  Zimbabwe
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

22 June 2012
14:00
Japan  38 – 35  Canada
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

26 June 2012
12:00
Canada  66 – 45  Zimbabwe
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

26 June 2012
14:00
Japan  36 – 29  Georgia
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

Knockout stage

7th place game

30 June 2012
12:00
Russia  10-22  Zimbabwe
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

5th place game

30 June 2012
14:00
Chile  43-31  Canada
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

Third place game

30 June 2012
16:00
Tonga  31-29  Georgia
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

Final

30 June 2012
18:00
United States  37-33  Japan
Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

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
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