2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship Explained

Countries:
Date:	28 April – 6 May 2017
Champions:	(3rd title)
Matches:	6
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20s, was the third edition of the Oceania Rugby Junior Championship. The competition was expanded from the previous season with and joining and hosts at Bond University on the Gold Coast.

The Oceania Championship was played over three rounds in nine days, with New Zealand defeating Australia by 43–6 in the last match of the round-robin tournament on 6 May 2017, to take the title.

The Oceania Trophy was played as a two-match series between Fiji and Tonga, held in Lautoka, Fiji. Both matches finished as draws but Fiji, after securing a four-try bonus point in the second match, won the event.

Teams

The teams for the 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments were:Championship

Trophy

Championship

Standings

Final competition table:

width=175	Team	width=25 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=25 abbr="Won"	W	width=25 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=25 abbr="Lost"	L	width=32 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=32 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=32 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=32 abbr="Losing bonus"	LB	width=32 abbr="Try bonus"	TB-->	width=25 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	3	0	0	186	32	+154	15
	3	2	0	1	81	87	−6	9
	3	1	0	2	82	152	−70	5
	3	0	0	3	56	134	−78	1
Updated: 6 May 2017Source: Oceania Rugby^[1]

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Oceania Champion
Third title

Trophy

The Oceania Trophy was played in Lautoka, Fiji as a two-match series between Fiji and Tonga.

Standings

Final competition table:

width=25		width=175	Team	width=25 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=25 abbr="Won"	W	width=25 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=25 abbr="Lost"	L	width=32 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=32 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=32 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=32 abbr="Losing bonus"	LB	width=32 abbr="Try bonus"	TB-->	width=25 abbr="Points"	Pts
- style="background: #CCFFCC;"	1		2	0	2	0	41	41	0	5
2		2	0	2	0	41	41	0	4
Updated: 2 December 2017Source: Oceania Rugby^[2]

Results

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Oceania Trophy Winner
Third title

See also

• 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
• 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy

External links

• Oceania Rugby website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6 May 2017 . 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20s Championship . Oceania Rugby . 6 May 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170506160640/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/common/pages/public/rv/ladder.aspx?gradeid=22911_1&seasonid=101&entityid=66726 . 6 May 2017.
2. Web site: 4 December 2017 . Fiji Qualify to 2018 World Rugby U20s Trophy . Oceania Rugby . 12 March 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180312100935/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/pageitem.aspx?id=132483 . 12 March 2018.