2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
# 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.

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. Attendance was strong for the tournament, with all four match days resulting in packed crowds filling Murray Rugby Park Stadium. 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. 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 |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 18 June 2012 18:00

| United States | 22 – 11 | Tonga |
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| 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 |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 22 June 2012 18:00

| United States | 54 – 25 | Chile |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 26 June 2012 16:00

| Tonga | 41 – 14 | Chile |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 26 June 2012 18:00

| United States | 36 – 13 | Russia |
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* 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 |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 18 June 2012 16:00

| Georgia | 31 – 17 | Canada |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 22 June 2012 12:00

| Georgia | 43 – 7 | Zimbabwe |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 22 June 2012 14:00

| Japan | 38 – 35 | Canada |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 26 June 2012 12:00

| Canada | 66 – 45 | Zimbabwe |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City
* 26 June 2012 14:00

| Japan | 36 – 29 | Georgia |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

## Knockout stage

### 7th place game

* 30 June 2012 12:00

| Russia | 10-22 | Zimbabwe |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

### 5th place game

* 30 June 2012 14:00

| Chile | 43-31 | Canada |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

### Third place game

* 30 June 2012 16:00

| Tonga | 31-29 | Georgia |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

### Final

* 30 June 2012 18:00

| United States | 37-33 | Japan |
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* Murray Rugby Park Stadium, Salt Lake City

## Leading scorers

* Points = Madison Hughes, USA
* Tries = Hosea Saumaki, Tonga
* Conversions = Conor McCann, Canada
* Penalties = Madison Hughes, USA
* Drop Goals = (none)
* Source
