2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

The 2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the second IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, the second-tier world rugby union championship for Under-20 national teams. The event is organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). This competition, which is contested by eight men's junior national teams, was held in Nairobi, Kenya from April 21 to May 3.

2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
Tournament details
Host nation Kenya
DatesApril 21st, 2009 – May 3rd, 2009
No. of nations8
Final positions
Champions  Romania
Runner-up  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Romania Stefan Patrascu (61)

The competition was won by Romania. Original plans called for them to receive an automatic berth into the following year's edition of the IRB Junior World Championship, the top tier of the IRB under-20 championship; however, Romania ultimately did not receive that berth after the Junior World Championship was reduced from 16 teams to 12.

Venues

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City Ground Capacity
Nairobi RFUEA Ground 6000
Nairobi Impala Ground

Pools

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
  United States 3 2 0 1 18 125 72 +53 4 12
  Kenya 3 2 0 1 18 117 54 +63 3 11
  Namibia 3 2 0 1 18 150 53 +97 2 10
  Cayman Islands 3 0 0 3 1 22 235 −213 0 0

All match times are East Africa Time (UTC+3).

April 21st, 2009
2:00pm
Cayman Islands  15 – 64  United States
Impala Ground, Nairobi

April 21st, 2009
4:15pm
Kenya  17 – 22  Namibia
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

April 25th, 2009
11:30am
Cayman Islands  7 – 104  Namibia
Impala Ground, Nairobi

April 25th, 2009
1:30pm
United States  32 – 33  Kenya
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

April 29th, 2009
12:00pm
Kenya  67 – 0  Cayman Islands
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

April 29th, 2009
2:00pm
Namibia  24 – 29  United States
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
  Romania 3 3 0 0 21 141 51 +90 2 14
  Chile 3 2 0 1 17 119 69 +50 3 11
  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 82 119 12 −37 1 5
  South Korea 3 0 0 3 7 54 157 −103 0 0

All match times are East Africa Time (UTC+3).

April 21st, 2009
12:00pm
Papua New Guinea  17 – 50  Romania
Impala Ground, Nairobi

April 21st, 2009
2:00pm
Chile  49 – 21  South Korea
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

April 25th, 2009
11:30am
Chile  50 – 22  Papua New Guinea
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

April 25th, 2009
1:30pm
South Korea  14 – 65  Romania
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

April 29th, 2009
12:00pm
Papua New Guinea  48 – 19  South Korea
Impala Ground, Nairobi

April 29th, 2009
4:15pm
Romania  26 – 20  Chile
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

Playoffs

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All match times are East Africa Time (UTC+3).

7th place

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May 3rd, 2009
11:30am
Cayman Islands  12 – 62  South Korea
Impala Ground, Nairobi

5th place

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May 3rd, 2009
11:30am
Namibia  48 – 43  Papua New Guinea
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

3rd place

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May 3rd, 2009
1:30pm
Kenya  17 – 19  Chile
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

Final

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May 3rd, 2009
3:30pm
United States  13 – 25  Romania
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

See also

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