Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship Explained

Oceania Rugby Under 20
Current Season: 2022 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
Seasontag: Most recent tournament
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Sport:Rugby union
Founded:2015
Teams:4 (2018)
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The Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship is an international rugby union competition organised by Oceania Rugby, which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania. It is contested by men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement, and played as two tournaments: the Oceania Championship for teams that qualify for the World Championship; and the Oceania Trophy for teams aiming to compete in the World Rugby U20 Trophy.

History

This event replaced Oceania's former age-grade competition, the Oceania Under 19 Rugby Championship. The inaugural first division tournament, played at on Australia's Gold Coast in May 2015, featured four national under 20 teams and was won by .

A planned tournament for a further six national under 20 sides was postponed, until December 2015. However, and participated in the Australian Under 20 Rugby Championship to prepare for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. The inaugural Oceania Rugby U20 Trophy, featuring four national under 20 teams, was played in Suva in December 2015 and won by .

Teams

The teams for the Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments, as of 2022, were:

Trophy

Tournament winners

Championship

YearHost cityTeamsWinnerRef
20154[1]
2016Gold Coast, Australia2[2]
2017Gold Coast, Australia4[3]
2018Gold Coast, Australia4[4]
2019align=left Gold Coast, Australia4[5]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2021[7]
2022align=left 4[8]

Trophy

YearHost cityTeamsWinnerRef
2015Suva, Fiji4
2016Suva, Fiji3[9]
2017Lautoka, Fiji2[10]
2018Apia, Samoa2[11]
2019Not contested
2020Apia, Samoa2[12]
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[13]
2022Nuku'alofa, Tonga2[14]

Notes

The Oceania U20 Trophy is traditionally held in November or December. There was no tournament in 2019 due to the event being pushed back by several months into 2020 to be closer to the World U20 Trophy.[15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 9 May 2015 . Australia U20’s fall to New Zealand in Oceania Rugby Junior Championship . ARU . 9 May 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150509090916/http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/15209/Australia-U20%E2%80%99s-fall-to-New-Zealand-in-Oceania-Rugby-Junior-Championship.aspx . 9 May 2015.
  2. Web site: 8 May 2016 . Australia bounce back to beat baby Blacks . The Roar . 7 May 2017 . live . https://archive.today/20170507004948/http://www.theroar.com.au/2016/05/08/australia-bounce-back-beat-baby-blacks/ . 7 May 2017.
  3. News: 7 May 2017 . Rugby: New Zealand U20s thrash Australia . New Zealand Herald . 6 May 2017 . live . https://archive.today/20170506235730/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11851175 . 6 May 2017.
  4. Web site: 6 May 2018 . New Zealand too strong for Junior Wallabies . rugby.com.au . 6 May 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180505200312/https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/05/04/live-2018oceaniau20s-day3 . 5 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Greenwood . Emma . Junior Wallabies beat New Zealand 24-0 to win maiden Oceania U20 title . Rugby.com.au . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504135742/https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/05/04/oceania-u20s-australia-new-zealand-japan-fiji . 4 May 2019 . 4 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Oceania U20s Championship cancelled . rugby.com.au . https://web.archive.org/web/20200522054721/https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2020/05/22/oceania-rugby-u20s-championship-cancelled . 22 May 2020 . 22 May 2020.
  7. Web site: 7 July 2021 . New Zealand Under 20 ready for home campaign . allblacks.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20211001172322/https://www.allblacks.com/news/new-zealand-under-20-ready-for-home-campaign/ . 1 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Julian . Adam . New Zealand Under 20s crowned Oceania Rugby champions . All Blacks . 10 July 2022.
  9. Web site: 10 December 2016 . Fiji crowned Oceania U20 Trophy champions . World Rugby . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222151448/http://www.worldrugby.org/news/211594 . 22 December 2016.
  10. 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.
  11. Web site: 11 December 2018 . Tonga wins 2018 Oceania Rugby U20s Trophy . Oceania Rugby .
  12. Web site: Samoa U20s Qualify for World Rugby U20s Trophy . Oceania Rugby . https://archive.today/20210618143520/https://oceania.rugby/news/2021/01/28/samoa-u20s-qualify-for-world-rugby-u20s-trophy . 18 June 2021 . 22 February 2020.
  13. News: Deo . Rohit . 2021 Oceania Rugby U20 Trophy cancelled . The Fiji Times . 9 April 2021 . https://archive.today/20210625045444/https://www.fijitimes.com/2021-oceania-rugby-u20-trophy-cancelled/ . 25 June 2021.
  14. Web site: Sports news in brief for December 7 . Radio New Zealand . 7 December 2023.
  15. News: Airey . Thomas . Samoa U20 selected for Oceania Trophy . 17 January 2020 . Samoa Observer . https://web.archive.org/web/20200126112909/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/56309/ . 26 January 2020.