2009 IRB Junior World Championship

The 2009 IRB Junior World Championship (known as the 2009 IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaces the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The competition was contested by 16 men's junior national teams and was held in June 2009. It was hosted by Japan.

2009 IRB Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host Japan
DateJune 5, 2009–
June 21, 2009
Teams16
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runner-up England
Third place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Wales 2008
2010 Argentina

Venues

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City Ground Capacity
Tokyo Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium 27,188
Nagoya Mizuho Rugby Stadium 15,000
Osaka Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium 30,000
Fukuoka Level-5 Stadium 22,563
Tosu Best Amenity Stadium 24,490

Pool Stage

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 22 140 9 +131 2 14
  Ireland 3 2 0 1 8 61 26 +35 1 9
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 5 51 79 -28 2 6
  Uruguay 3 0 0 3 2 15 153 -138 0 0
5 June 2009
5:00pm
Argentina  9 - 16  Ireland
Pen: Rosati (3/4) 22', 25', 45'Tries: Spence 13' c
Con: McKinley (1/1)
Pen: McKinley (3/5) 42', 50', 58'
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   Chris Pollock

5 June 2009
7:00pm
New Zealand  75 - 0  Uruguay
Tries: Guildford (3) 9' c, 18' m, 36' c
Stanley 11' m
Stanaway-Teao (2) 15' c, 48' c
Rei (2) 32' m, 43' m
Wilson 59' c
Treeby 65' m
Robinson (2) 69' m, 73' m
Eru 80' m
Con: Rei (4/8)
Cruden (1/2)
Taylor (0/3)
Pen: Albanell (0/1)
Ormaechea   55'
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   James Leckie

9 June 2009
5:00pm
Uruguay  15 - 33  Argentina
Tries: Verde 19' c
Etcheverry 60' m
Con: Brancato (1/1)
Albanell (0/1)
Pen: Freitas (0/1)
Brancato (1/2) 20'
Tries: Garriga 3' m
Molina 25' m
Guzman 38' m
Bonilla 43' c
Kessen 74' m
Con: Bonilla (1/4)
Rosati (0/1)
Pen: Bonilla (2/2) 47', 51'
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   Andrew Small

9 June 2009
7:00pm
Ireland  0 - 17  New Zealand
Pen: McKinley (0/1)
Spence   59'
Tries: Stanley 54' c
Treeby 63' c
Con: Robinson (2/2)
Pen: Cruden (1/3) 12'
Robinson (0/1)
Robinson  
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   Jérôme Garcès

13 June 2009
1:00pm
Ireland  45 - 0  Uruguay
Tries: Shiels (2) 22' c, 34' c
Kearney (2) 29' m, 44' c,
Burke 49' c
McGregor 64' c
Keating 73' m
Con: Murray (5/6)
Burke (0/1)
Pen: Murray (0/1)
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   Carlo Damasco

13 June 2009
3:00pm
Argentina  9 - 48  New Zealand
Pen: Rosati (1/1) 11'
Bonilla (1/2) 64'
Drop: Lucchetti 22'
Tries: Wilson 41' c
Guildford 44' m
Tuitavake (3) 54' m, 59' c, 66' c
Hall 72' c
Dixon 74' c
Con: Robinson (1/3)
Rei (4/4)
Pen: Robinson (1/2) 37'
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   James Leckie

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 17 125 14 +111 3 15
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 7 53 86 -33 1 9
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 4 33 54 -21 1 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 5 27 84 -57 2 2
5 June 2009
5:00pm
Samoa  17 - 14  Scotland
Tries: Selesele 5' c
Faimoa 58' c
Con: Laulala (2/2)
Pen: Laulala (0/1)
Drop: Wilson 80'
Tries: Dunbar 50' m
Con: Horne (0/1)
Pen: Horne (3/4) 33', 38', 46'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Andrew Small

5 June 2009
7:00pm
England  43 - 0  Japan
Tries: Ovens 14' c
York 24' c
Eves 38' c
Lowe 45' c
Fearns 53' m
Lawes 69' c
Con: Homer (5/6)
Pen: Homer (1/1) 20'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Peter Allan

9 June 2009
5:00pm
Scotland  7 - 30  England
Tries: Jericevich 79' c
Con: Horne (1/1)
Tries: Sharples 13' c
Trinder 36' c
Eves 41' m
Fearns 77' m
Con: Homer (2/3)
Miller (0/1)
Pen: Homer (2/3) 2', 40'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Chris Pollock

9 June 2009
7:00pm
Japan  20 - 29  Samoa
Tries: Toyosima 7' m
Arita (3) 47' m, 59' m, 71' m
Con: Toyosima (0/3)
Tatekawa (0/1)
Tries: Sufia 4' m
Laau 19' c
Sefo 21' c
Selesele 66' c
Con: Laulala (3/4)
Pen: Laulala (1/2) 15'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Ian Smith

13 June 2009
1:00pm
England  52 - 7  Samoa
Tries: Trinder (2) 3' c, 8' m
Lowe 26' c
Fearns (2) 31' c, 60' m
Youngs 39' c
Sharples 71' m
Con: Homer (3/4)
Miller (0/2)
Pen: Homer (2/2) 12', 21'
Clegg (1/1) 44'
Tries: Falealii 49' c
Con: Laulala (1/1)
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Pascal Gaüzère

13 June 2009
3:00pm
Japan  7 - 12  Scotland
Tries: Minamihashi 11' c
Con: Nakasone (0/1)
Tries: Anderson 28' m
Fusaro 31' c
Con: Horne (1/2)
Pen: Horne (0/1)
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Ian Smith

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 19 144 40 +104 3 15
  France 3 2 0 1 17 118 81 +37 2 10
  Fiji 3 1 0 2 6 55 98 -43 0 4
  Italy 3 0 0 3 2 30 128 -98 1 1
5 June 2009
5:00pm
France  43 - 13  Italy
Tries: Slimani 1' c
Fall (2) 7' m, 55' m
Cazenve 43' c
Namy 52' m
Guillot 70' c
Doumayrou 77' c
Con: Bernard (2/5)
Barraud (2/2)
Tries: Benvenuti 79' c
Con: Mortali (1/1)
Pen: Benvenuti (2/2) 36', 45'
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Javier Mancuso

5 June 2009
7:00pm
South Africa  36 - 10  Fiji
Tries: Stander 24' m
R. Ebersohn 49' c
S. Ebersohn 55' c
Mastriet 69' m
Con: S. Ebersohn (2/4)
Pen: Brummer (0/2)
S. Ebersohn (3/4) 12', 39', 44'
Drop: S. Ebersohn 28'
Tries: Nakaitaci 15' c
Con: Nakaitaci (1/1)
Pen: Nakaitaci (1/3) 26'
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Keith Brown

9 June 2009
1:00pm
Fiji  25 - 48  France
Tries: Yavala 2' c
Nasau 37' m
Nakobukobua 49' c
Con: Vunaki (1/2)
Nakaitaci (1/1)
Pen: Vunaki (2/2) 26', 46'
Tries: Orioli (2) 9' c, 65' c
Camara (2) 23' c, 42' c
Griffoul 31' c
Lauret 53' m
Guillot 60' m
Con: Barraud (2/2)
Bernard (3/5)
Pen: Bernard (1/2) 48'
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Carlo Damasco

9 June 2009
3:00pm
Italy  3 - 65  South Africa
Pen: Benvenuti (0/2)
Mortali (1/1) 68'
Tries: Van den Heever (2) 25' c, 31' m
Seabela (2) 35' m, 68' c
L. Cronjé (2) 43' c, 50' m
S. Ebersohn 47' m
R. Ebersohn 56' c
Chikukwa 65' c
Sadie 80' c
Con: S. Ebersohn (4/8)
L. Cronjé (2/2)
Pen: S. Ebersohn (1/1) 4'
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Peter Allan

13 June 2009
3:00pm
Fiji  20 - 14  Italy
Tries: Ledua 42' c
Matawalu 73' c
Con: Nakaitaci (1/1)
Seniloli (1/1)
Pen: Vunaki (0/1)
Nakaitaci (2/2) 13', 24'
Tries: Venditi 46' m
Con: Benvenuti (0/1)
Pen: Benvenuti (3/5) 9', 58', 75'
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Jérôme Garces

13 June 2009
5:00pm
France  27 - 43  South Africa
Tries: Lapandry 3' c
Doumayrou 20' c
Penalty 77' c
Con: Bernard (3/3)
Pen: Bernard (2/3) 1', 31'
Tries: Mastriet (2) 40' m, 73' c
Marais 41' c
R. Cronjé 57' c
L. Cronjé 69' m
Con: Brummer (3/5)
Pen: S. Ebersohn (0/2)
Brummer (3/4) 35', 38', 45'
Drop: S. Ebersohn 7'
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   James Jones

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 24 164 11 +153 3 15
  Wales 3 2 0 1 14 107 58 +49 2 10
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 7 47 111 -64 1 5
  Canada 3 0 0 3 5 35 173 -138 0 0
5 June 2009
5:00pm
Australia  86 - 0  Canada
Tries: Kingi (4) 6' m, 12' c, 57' m, 64' c
Fitzpatrick 24' c
To'omua (2) 31' c, 44' c
Beale (4) 34' m, 48' m, 52' c, 73' m
Tapuai 59' m
Davies 66' c
Coleman 69' c
Con: To'omua (5/9)
Kingi (3/5)
Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu
Referee:   James Jones

5 June 2009
7:00pm
Tonga  5 - 51  Wales
Tries: Mulikiha'amea 71' m
Con: Hifo (0/1)
Tries: Gardiner 1' c
Tipuric (2) 27' c, 46' c
Williams 66' c
Reynolds 74' c
Sweet 76' c
Con: Jarvis (4/4)
Newton (2/2)
Pen: Jarvis (3/5) 11', 25', 40'
Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu
Referee:   Pascal Gaüzère

9 June 2009
5:00pm
Australia  40 - 6  Tonga
Tries: Taumoepeau 4' c
Charles 31' c
Davies (2) 35' c, 76' c
Murday 44' c
Swanepoel 79' m
Con: White (4/4)
Beale (1/2)
Pen: Morath-Hansen (2/2) 9', 24'
Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu
Referee:   James Bolabiu

9 June 2009
7:00pm
Canada  15 - 51  Wales
Tries: Pearso 35' m
Crow 79' c
Con: Jones (1/2)
Pen: Jones (1/2) 32'
Tries: Loxton (2) 2' m, 44' c
Gardiner 10' c
Tipuric (3) 16' c, 34' c, 70' m
Downes 61' c
Con: Jarvis (5/6)
Langdon (0/1)
Pen: Jarvis (2/2) 24', 28'
Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu
Referee:   Taizo Hirabayashi

13 June 2009
1:00pm
Canada  20 - 36  Tonga
Tries: Beukeboom15' m
Johnstone 56' m
philippson 70' c
Con: Jones (0/1)
Braid (1/2)
Pen: Jones (0/2)
Braid (1/1) 33'
Tries: Finau 7' m
Moli 21' m
Lafo'ou (2) 30' c, 77' m
Morath-Hansen 47' c
Mulikiha'amea 50' c
Con: Morath-Hansen (0/1)
Hifo (3/5)
Pen: Morath-Hansen (0/1)
Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu
Referee:   Javier Mancuso

13 June 2009
3:00pm
Wales  5 - 38  Australia
Tries: Downes 71' m
Con: Newton (0/1)
Pen: Jarvis (0/3)
Tries: Anae 42' m
Davies (2) 57' c, 69' c
Simmons 75' c
Con: Kingi (2/3)
White (1/1)
Pen: Kingi (4/4) 6', 14', 17', 25'
Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu
Referee:   Keith Brown

Knockout stage

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13th-place play-offs

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Play-off Semi-finals 13th Place Final
      
1   Uruguay 11
4   Canada 29
  Canada 22
  Italy 32
3   Japan 15
2   Italy 21 15th Place Final
  Uruguay 17
  Japan 54

Play-off Semi-finals

June 17th, 2009
5:00pm
Uruguay  11 - 29  Canada
Albanell P 37
Brancato P 42
Etcheverry T 49
Kliman T 14
Barrett T 34
Johnstone T 40+
Jones (C) C 40+
Kliman   61
Wilson-Ross T 67
Schneider T 78
Jones (C) C 79
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   James Jones

June 17th, 2009
7:00pm
Japan  15 - 21  Italy
Yamashita T 10
Arita (C) T 59
Nakasone C 60
Nakasone P 67
Venditti T 13
Benvenuti C 14
Gori T 20
Benvenuti C 21
Gori T 38
Benvenuti C 39
Majstorovic   59
Lovotti   73
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   Javier Mancuso

15th Place Final

June 21st, 2009
12:00pm
Uruguay  17 - 54  Japan
De Freitas   17
Magno T 42
Albanell C 43
Pirotto T 51
Verde T 67
Tsurugasaki T 1
Nakasone T 13
Nakasone C 14
Shokai T 17
Nakasone C 17
Yamashita T 26
Nakasone C 27
Minamihashi T 31
Nakasone C 32
Minamihashi T 40+
Nakasone C 40+
Arita (C) T 47
Nakasone C 48
Shokai T 78
Tatekawa C 79
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   James Bolabiu

13th Place Final

June 21st, 2009
2:00pm
Canada  22 - 32  Italy
Jones (C) DG 17
Trainor T 22
Jones (C) C 23
Wilson-Ross T 40+
Jones (C) C 40+
Crow T 53
Wodzicki   62
Crow   73
Benvenuti T 14
Mortali P 20
Mortali T 30
Benvenuti C 31
Manici T 36
Mortali C 37
Lovotti   51
Manici T 62
Mortali C 63
Mortali P 64
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Referee:   Taizo Hirabayashi

9th-place play-offs

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Play-off Semi-finals 9th Place Final
      
1   Argentina 17
4   Tonga 26
  Tonga 25
  Scotland 28
3   Scotland 39
2   Fiji 26 11th Place Final
  Argentina 27
  Fiji 10

Play-off Semi-finals

June 17th, 2009
1:00pm
Argentina  17 - 26  Tonga
De La Vega T 26
Rosati C 27
Guisasola T 50
Rosati T 53
Hifo T 5
Hifo C 6
Finau T 9
Fifita (C) T 13
Hifo C 14
Pakalani T 41
Hifo C 42
Finau   52
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Peter Allan

June 17th, 2009
3:00pm
Scotland  39 - 26  Fiji
Horne P 1
Anderson T 3
Fusaro (C) T 10
Horne C 11
Horne P 17
Gillies T 27
Horne C 28
Anderson T 43
Horne C 44
Gillies T 64
Horne C 65
Yavala P 23
Levula T 30
Ledua T 37
Murimurivalu (C) C 37
Nakaitaci P 51
Nakaitaci P 54
Murimurivalu (C) T 62
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Taizo Hirabayashi

11th Place Final

June 21st, 2009
12:00pm
Argentina  27 - 10  Fiji
Lucchetti T 7
Rosati C 8
Rosati P 24
Rosati P 26
Ionna   42
De La Vega T 68
Bonilla C 69
Valega T 72
Bonilla C 73
Levula T 14
Vunaki C 15
Malai   22
Vunaki P 64
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Carlo Damasco

9th Place Final

June 21st, 2009
2:00pm
Tonga  25 - 28  Scotland
Hifo P 8
Vaiomounga   10
Hifo P 15
Ngaluafe T 21
Hifo C 22
Hifo   52
Vaiomounga T 55
Paea T 70
Hifo C 71
Horne P 15
McInally T 18
Horne C 19
Johnstone T 29
Horne C 30
Horne P 49
Anderson T 52
McGowan P 69
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Referee:   Ian Smith

5th-place play-offs

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Play-off Semi-finals 5th Place Final
      
1   Ireland 17
4   Wales 19
  Wales 13
  France 68
3   Samoa 6
2   France 16 7th Place Final
  Ireland 3
  Samoa 9

Play-off Semi-finals

June 17th, 2009
5:00pm
Ireland  17 - 19  Wales
Tries: Keating 6' m
Pen: McKinley (4) 30', 37', 67', 74'
Tries: Tipuric 21' c
Con: Jarvis (1/1)
Pen: Jarvis (4) 11', 25', 32', 44'
Loxton   26'
Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka
Referee:   Jérôme Garcès

June 17th, 2009
7:00pm
Samoa  6 - 16  France
Pen:Laulala (2) 7', 28'
Sufia   10'
Totini   76'
Tries: Lapandry 19' c
Con: Bosch (1/1)
Pen: Bosch (3) 4', 9', 35'
De Marco   45'
Lamerat   70'
Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka
Referee:   James Bolabiu

7th Place Final

June 21st, 2009
12:00pm
Ireland  3 - 9  Samoa
Pen: McKinley 4'Pen: Sefo 26'
Leleisiuao 37'
Laulala 68'
Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka
Referee:   Pascal Gaüzère

5th Place Final

June 21st, 2009
2:00pm
Wales  13 - 68  France
Tries: Harries 78' c
Con: Jarvis (1/1)
Pen: Jarvis (2) 36', 40'
Pitman   54'
Tipuric   57'
Tries: Lapandry 12' c
Bezy 16' c
Lamerat 28' c
Camara 43' c
Colliat 58' c
Slimani 60' c
Bernard 67' c
Guyot 75' c
Con: Bernard (8/8)
Pen: Bernard (4) 1', 5', 10', 19'
Camara   54'
Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka
Referee:   James Leckie

Championship play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
      
1   New Zealand 31
4   Australia 17
  New Zealand 44
  England 28
3   South Africa 21
2   England 40 3rd Place Final
  Australia 5
  South Africa 32

Championship Semi-finals

June 17th, 2009
5:00pm
New Zealand  31 - 17  Australia
Tries: Guildford (2) 8' c, 51' c
Treeby 48' c
Robinson 64' c
Con: Cruden (4/4)
Pen: Cruden 55'
Tries: Fitzpaterick 19' c
Tapuai 42' c
Con: Kingi (2/2)
Pen: Kingi 59'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Andrew Small

June 17th, 2009
7:00pm
South Africa  21 - 40  England
Tries: Stander 15' m
Hanekom 54' c
Con: Brummer (1/2)
Pen: Brummer (3) 13', 40', 59'
Elstadt   64'
Tries: Youngs 41' c
Gaskell 60' c
Lawes 70' c
Trinder 79' c
Con: Homer (4/4)
Pen: Homer (4) 3', 7', 10', 65'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Chris Pollock

3rd Place Final

June 21st, 2009
1:00pm
Australia  5 - 32  South Africa
Tries: Anae 14' m
White   28'
Tries: Cronjé 4' m, 79' c
Van den Heever 8' c
Hanekom 52' c
Con: Brummer (3/4)
Pen: Brummer (2) 1', 20'
Schoeman   56
Stander   66
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   Keith Brown

Championship Final

June 21st, 2009
3:00pm
New Zealand  44 - 28  England
Tries: Robinson 14' m
Guildford (2) 21' m, 59' m
Cruden (2) 27' m, 30' c
Treeby 43' c
Mitchell 71' c
Con: Cruden (3/7)
Pen: Cruden 25'
Talakai   68'
Tries: Gaskell 17' m
Fearns 49' c
Lewis 77' c
Con: Homer (1/2)
Miller (1/1)
Pen: Homer (3) 6', 12', 34'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Referee:   James Jones

Final standings

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Pos Team
1   New Zealand
2   England
3   South Africa
4   Australia
5   France
6   Wales
7   Samoa
8   Ireland
9   Scotland
10   Tonga
11   Argentina
12   Fiji
13   Italy
14   Canada
15   Japan
16   Uruguay

See also

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