2019 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
# 2019 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship

The 2019 Oceania Rugby Under 20s, was the fifth edition of the Oceania Rugby Junior Championship. Japan returned to the Championship tournament for the first time since 2015, replacing Tonga from the previous year and joining Fiji, New Zealand, and hosts Australia for the three-round tournament at Bond University on the Gold Coast.

The Oceania Championship was played over three rounds in nine days, with Australia defeating New Zealand by 24–0 in the last match of the round-robin tournament to take the title for the first time.

## Teams

The teams for the 2019 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournament were:

* Australia
* Fiji
* Japan
* New Zealand

## Championship

### Standings

    2019 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts  Australia 330010414+901013  New Zealand 320114043+972010  Fiji 310266106–40105  Japan 300363210–147101 Updated: 4 May 2019 Source: World Rugby Archived 22 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
    Competition rules Points breakdown: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows: Most log points accumulated from all matches Most log points accumulated in matches between tied teams Highest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matches Most points scored accumulated from all matches

## Trophy

Due to a change in scheduling there was no Oceania Under 20 Trophy contested in 2019. In previous seasons the competition was held during December in the year before the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. In 2019, however, Oceania Rugby moved these qualification matches to be played in the same year as the 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.

