2013 IRB Junior World Championship

The 2013 IRB Junior World Championship was the sixth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in France by rugby's governing body, the IRB. A total of twelve nations played in the tournament. South Africa went into the tournament as defending champions, after winning the tournament for the first time in 2012. England were crowned the 2013 champions for the first time after defeating Wales 23 - 15 in the final on the 23 June at Stade de la Rabine in Vannes.

2013 IRB Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	France
Date	5–23 June 2013
No. of nations	12
Final positions
Champions	England
Runner-up	Wales
Third place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
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After finishing last at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship, Italy were relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy and therefore didn't participate in this year's event. After finishing first at the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, the United States were promoted to this competition for 2013.[1] Their stay in the IRB Junior World Championship was short lived however as they lost in the 11th place final to Fiji 46 - 12 and were relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy being replaced for the 2014 competition by its winners Italy.

Venues

The championship was held in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vannes and Nantes in France. In an effort to improve TV broadcasting for all matches, only three venues were used.[2]

For the first time since the competitions inception, the final was contested by two northern hemisphere teams. Also for the first time New Zealand did not participate in the final.

Pool	City	Venue	Capacity
Pool A	La Roche-sur-Yon	Stade Henri Desgranges	10,000
Pool B	Vannes	Stade de la Rabine	9,500
Pool C	Nantes	Stade Pascal Laporte

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship:[3]

Pool	Team	No. of Tournaments	Position 2012	Position 2013	Notes
A	England	5	7th	1st	Champions
A	France	5	6th	5th
A	South Africa	5	1st	3rd	Bronze Medal Winner
A	United States	2	DNP^1	12th	Promoted from 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy Relegated to 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
B	Australia	5	8th	7th
B	Fiji	5	11th	11th
B	Ireland	5	5th	8th
B	New Zealand	5	2nd	4th
C	Argentina	5	4th	6th
C	Samoa	4	10th	9th
C	Scotland	5	9th	10th
C	Wales	5	3rd	2nd	Runners-ups

¹  United States were promoted from the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.

Pool stage

The following playing schedule was released in November 2012:[4]

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams advances to Finals
	Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs
	Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Pool A

Venue: Stade Henri Desgranges, La Roche-sur-Yon

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	22	154	43	+111	1	13
England	3	2	0	1	23	163	37	+126	2	10
France	3	1	0	2	9	70	59	+11	2	6
United States	3	0	0	3	0	3	251	–248	0	0

	5 June 2013	France	6–30	England
	18:45	Pen: Serin (2/3) 26', 41' Cards: Alban Placine 33' to 43'	Report[5]	Try: Cowan-Dickie  23' Clifford (2)  56'  80' Con: Slade (3/3) 24', 56', 80' Pen: Slade (3/5) 15', 29', 79'	Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

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	5 June 2013	South Africa	97–0	United States
	20:45	Try: Beerwinkel  5' Kolbe  13' Senatla (4)  14'  28'  31'  42' Steenkamp  19' Geduld (2)  22'  26' Du Toit  36' Kriel (2)  44'  67' Willemse (2)  50'  57' Obi (2)  52'  60' Con: Pollard (1/6) 19' Du Preez (6/10) Pen: Pollard (1/1) 3'	Report[6]		Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

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	9 June 2013	South Africa	31–24	England
	16:45	Try: Senatla (2)  1' c,  31' m Du Plessis  42' c Con: Du Preez (2/3) 2', 42' Pen: Du Preez (4/6) 6', 10', 16', 56' Cards: Irné Herbst 77' to end'	Report[7]	Try: Sloan  36' c Stooke  41' c Purdy  59' c Con: Slade (3/3) 36', 41', 60' Pen: Slade (1/3) 48' Cards: Tom Price 78' to end'	Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

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	9 June 2013	France	45–3	United States
	18:45	Try: Jedrasiak  13' c Parez  28' c Lacroix  43' c Cros  45' c Duhalde  61' c Wieprecht  78' c Con: Mallet (6/6) 14', 29', 43', 46', 62', 78' Pen: Mallet (1/1) 9'	Report[8]	Pen: Bourke (1/1) 25'	Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)

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	13 June 2013	England	109–0	United States
	18:45	Try: Purdy (2)  1' m,  59' c Day (3)  4' m,  16' c,  49' c Sisi (2)  9' c,  63' c Moriarty (3)  19' m,  54' c,  68' m Conlon (2)  21' c,  41' c Devoto  29' m Howard (2)  37' c,  44' c Stephenson (2)  56' c,  74' c Con: Hooley (11/16) 10', 16', 21', 41', 44', 50', 54', 56', 59', 63', 75' Devoto (1/1) 37'	Report[9]		Referee: Andrew Lees (Australia)

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	13 June 2013	France	19–26	South Africa
	20:45	Try: Regard  8' c Tauleigne  49' m Serin  64' c Con: Selponi (1/2) 9' Serin (1/1) 64'	Report[10]	Try: Swanepoel  1' m Obi  42' c Kolbe  78' m Con: Pollard (1/3) 42' Pen: Pollard (3/3) 14', 44', 70'	Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Pool B

Venue: Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	14	104	42	+62	2	14
Ireland	3	2	0	1	12	96	49	+47	2	10
Australia	3	1	0	2	10	71	45	+36	2	7
Fiji	3	0	0	3	2	21	151	-130	0	0

	5 June 2013	Ireland	19–15	Australia
	18:45	Try: Scholes  25' Con: Daly (1/1) 26' Pen: Daly (4/6) 6', 47', 66', 76'	Report[11]	Try: Staniforth  40' Northam  73' Con: Seuteni (0/1) Burton (1/1) 73' Pen: Seuteni (1/2) 30'	Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

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	5 June 2013	New Zealand	59–6	Fiji
	20:45	Try: Savea  1' Collins (2)  4'  75' Fuatai (2)  34'  64' Visinia  40' Van Dam (2)  46'  80' Scrafton  59' Con: Adams (3/5) 1', 34', 40' Rangihuna (2/4) 64', 75' Pen: Adams (2/2) 18', 26'	Report[12]	Pen: Waqa (2/3) 12', 15' Cards: Sevanaia Galala  32' Nasoni Kunavore 40' to 50' Sunia Tamani 45' to 55' Timilai Rokoduru 45' to 55' Viliame Rarasea  56'	Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)

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	9 June 2013	Ireland	51–3	Fiji
	18:45	Try: Sweetnam (2)  15' m,  72' c Taylor  44' c Scholes (2)  48' m,  51' m Leavy  65' m Con: Daly (1/4) 45' Scannell (1/2) 72' Pen: Daly (3/5) 10', 29', 36' Scannell (1/1) 70'	Report[13]	Pen: Waqa (1/2) 24'	Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

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	9 June 2013	New Zealand	14–10	Australia
	20:45	Try: Edwards  21' m Pen: Hickey (3/3) 6', 10', 16'	Report[14]	Try: Burton  60' c Con: Hodge (1/1) 61' Pen: Hodge (1/2) 25'	Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)

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	13 June 2013	New Zealand	31–26	Ireland
	18:45	Try: Tuipulotu  31' m Faiva (2)  45' m,  54' m Visinia  48' c Con: Hickey (1/4) 49' Pen: Hickey (3/5) 16', 19', 39' Cards: Nick Grogan 70' to 80'	Report[15]	Try: Farrell  34' m Leavy  58' m Bryne  66' c Con: Scannell (1/3) 67' Pen: Scannell (2/2) 11', 22' Roche (1/1) 70' Cards: Farrell 40' to 50'	Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

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	13 June 2013	Australia	46–12	Fiji
	20:45	Try: Hodge  10' m Browning  29' c Lacey  34' m Baldwin  39' Northam  53' m Burton (2)  65' c  68' c Con: Hodge (2/5) 30', 40' Burton (2/2) 65', 69'	Report[16]	Try: Qionimacawa  15' m Bolenaivalu  58' c Con: Bower (1/1) 59'	Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

Pool C

Venue: Stade Pascal Laporte, Nantes

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	0	9	93	44	+49	1	13
Argentina	3	2	0	1	9	92	53	+39	2	10
Scotland	3	1	0	2	9	70	103	–33	2	6
Samoa	3	0	0	3	6	52	106	–54	2	2

	5 June 2013	Wales	42–3	Samoa
	18:00	Try: Amos  12' Dixon  20' C. Jones  53' Bennett  62' I. Jones  65' Dee  78' Con: Davies (3/5) 21', 54', 63' Pen: Davies (2/3) 27', 30'	Report[17]	Pen: Ah Ki (1/3) 15'	Referee: Andrew Lees (Australia)

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	5 June 2013	Argentina	44–13	Scotland
	20:00	Try: Penalty try  10' Etchart  28' Ezcurra  76' Fernandez  77' Con: Fernandez (3/4) 11', 29', 76' Pen: Fernandez (5/6) 6', 14', 38', 39', 45', 62'	Report[18]	Try: Farndale  23' Bennett  73' Con: Allan (0/2) Pen: Allan (1/2) 20' Cards: Chris Auld 75' to end'	Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

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	9 June 2013	Argentina	28–16	Samoa
	15:00	Try: Bernardini  29' Mazzoni  57' Penalty try  63' Con: Fernandez (2/2) 58', 64' Pen: Boffelli (2/4) 12', 22 Fernandez (1/1) 52' Cards: Pablo Matera 40' to 50'	Report[19]	Try: Solia  76' Con: Ah Ki (1/1) 77' Pen: Fenika (3/5) 3', 15', 19' Cards: Faranisisi Fenika 11' to 21' Matthew Peni 16' to 26'	Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

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	9 June 2013	Wales	26–21	Scotland
	17:00	Try: Warren  14' Huges  57' Con: Davies (2/2) 15', 58' Pen: Davies (3/3) 10', 56', 62' Drop: Davies 28'	Report[20]	Try: Ashe  51' Masterson  76' Con: Allan (1/2) 52' Pen: Allan (3/3) 31', 38', 44'	Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

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	13 June 2013	Wales	25–20	Argentina
	16:45	Try: Hallam Amos  19' c Con: Davies (1/1) 20' Pen: Davies (5/5) 1', 17', 61', 69', 79' Drop: Davies 65'	Report[21]	Try: Matera  50' c Cordero  76' c Con: Fernandez (2/2) 50', 76' Pen: Fernandez (2/3) 52', 58' Cards: Guido Petti Pagadizábal 68' to 78' Juan Pablo Aguirre 79' to end'	Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

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	13 June 2013	Scotland	36–33	Samoa
	19:00	Try: Farndale  12' c Allan  25' c Hoyland  27' c Fergusson  53' m Kilmartin  59' c Con: Allan (3/3) 13', 26', 28' Cooper (1/2) 60' Pen: Cooper (1/1) 78'	Report[22]	Try: Nanai  10' m Broomhall  36' c Amituanai  43' c Peni  62' c Sam  66' c Con: Ki (1/2) 37' Alatimu (3/3) 44', 63', 67' Cards: Natal Malaki 51' to 61'	Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland

Standings after the Pool Stage

Overall Standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	14	104	42	+62	2	14
2	South Africa	3	3	0	0	22	154	43	+111	1	13
3	Wales	3	3	0	0	9	93	44	+49	1	13
4	England	3	2	0	1	23	163	37	+126	2	10
5	Ireland	3	2	0	1	12	96	49	+47	2	10
6	Argentina	3	2	0	1	9	92	53	+39	2	10
7	Australia	3	1	0	2	10	71	45	+36	2	7
8	France	3	1	0	2	9	70	59	+11	2	6
9	Scotland	3	1	0	2	9	70	103	-33	2	6
10	Samoa	3	0	0	3	6	52	106	-54	2	2
11	Fiji	3	0	0	3	2	21	151	-130	0	0
12	United States	3	0	0	3	0	3	251	-248	0	0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

	Semifinals				9th place
	Samoa	19
	Fiji	18
					Samoa	33
					Scotland	24
	Scotland	39
	United States	3
					11th place
					Fiji	46
					United States	12

Semifinals

	18 June 2013	Samoa	19–18	Fiji	Stade Pascal Laporte, Nantes
	18:00	Try: Solia  80' m Ki  80' m Pen: Alatimu (3/5) 17', 33', 39'	Report[23]	Try: Waqa  34' c Rokoduru  51' m Con: Waga (1/2) 36' Pen: Waga (2/3) 65', 75'	Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

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	18 June 2013	Scotland	39–3	United States	Stade Pascal Laporte, Nantes
	20:15	Try: Steele  39' c Bennett (2)  44' c,  58' c Kilmartin  75' m Auld  80' c Con: Bennett (3/3) 39', 45', 58' Cooper (1/2) 80' Pen: Bennett (2/2) 7', 11'	Report[24]	Pen: Audsley (1/1) 8' Cards: Christopher Banks 39' to 49' Lemoto Fillikitonga 55' to 65'	Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

11th place game

	23 June 2013	Fiji	46–12	United States	Stade Pascal Laporte, Nantes
	17:15	Try: Waqa (3)  5' c,  42' m,  79' c Tuisese  12' m Doge  28' m Vatubua  34' m Rarasea  75' c Kunavore  80' m Con: Waqa (1/5) 6' Douglas (2/3) 76', 80'	Report[25]	Try: Toluta'u  53' m Lindell  60' c Con: Audsley (1/2) 61'	Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

9th place game

	23 June 2013	Samoa	33–24	Scotland	Stade Pascal Laporte, Nantes
	15:00	Try: Nanai (2)  5' m,  10' c Slater  29' m Fonoti  72' c Con: Alatimu (2/4) 11', 73' Pen: Alatimu (3/3) 22', 46', 76' Cards: Melani Nanai  38'	Report[26]	Try: Allan  13' c Hoyland  16' c Fergusson  63' c Con: Allan (3/3) 14', 17', 64' Pen: Allan (1/3) 26'	Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

5–8th place play-offs

	Semifinals				5th place
	Argentina	22
	Australia	15
					Argentina	34
					France	37
	Ireland	8
	France	9
					7th place
					Australia	28
					Ireland	17

Semifinals

	18 June 2013	Argentina	22–15	Australia	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
	18:00	Try: Fernandez (2)  36' c,  71' m Schulz  45' c Con: Fernandez (2/3) 37', 45' Pen: Fernandez (1/3) 17' Cards: Pablo Matera 80' to end'	Report[27]	Try: Latu  13' c Paraka  58' m Con: Burton (1/2) 13' Pen: Burton (1/2) 43' Cards: Jack Dempsey 71' to end'	Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)

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	18 June 2013	Ireland	8–9	France	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
	20:15	Try: Murphy  30' m Pen: Scannell (1/2) 63' Cards: Sweetnam 1' to 11'	Report[28]	Pen: Serin (3/4) 2', 34', 47'	Referee: Andrew Lees (Australia)

7th place game

	23 June 2013	Australia	28–17	Ireland	Stade Henri Desgranges, La Roche-sur-Yon
	15:00	Try: Parker  20' c Wells  24' c Northam  63' m Con: Burton (2/3) 20', 25' Pen: McIntyre (1/1) 4' Burton (2/2) 13', 52'	Report[29]	Try: Scholes  42' m Pen: Scannell (4/6) 36', 41', 56', 61'	Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

5th place game

	23 June 2013	Argentina	34–37	France	Stade Henri Desgranges, La Roche-sur-Yon
	17:15	Try: Lezana (2)  16' c,  61' c Matera  39' m Con: Fernandez (2/3) 17', 61' Pen: Fernandez (5/5) 12', 20', 26', 30', 35' Cards: Pablo Matera 55' to 65'	Report[30]	Try: Thomas (2)  2' m,  78' c Jedrasiak  76' c Con: Mallet (2/2) 76' 78' Pen: Selponi (1/1) 42' Mallet (3/3) 46', 55', 64' Drop: Mallet 59', 68'	Referee: Ian Davies

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	South Africa	17
	Wales	18
					Wales	15
					England	23
	New Zealand	21
	England	33
					3rd place
					South Africa	41
					New Zealand	34

Semifinals

	18 June 2013	South Africa	17–18	Wales	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
	18:15	Try: Herbst  36' c Smith  59' c Con: Pollard (2/2) 37', 60' Pen: Pollard (1/4) 75'	Report[31]	Try: Jenkins  56' m Evans  79' c Con: Davies (1/2) 80' Pen: Davies (2/3) 20', 30'	Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

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	18 June 2013	New Zealand	21–33	England	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
	20:45	Try: Faiva  9' m Emery  59' c Con: Hickey (0/1) Rure (1/1) 59' Pen: Hickey (1/1) 40' Rure (2/2) 54', 73'	Report[32]	Try: Hankin  16' c Watson  37' c Smallbone  76' c Con: Slade (3/3) 16', 38', 77' Pen: Slade (4/4) 5', 12', 51', 80'	Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

Third place game

	23 June 2013	South Africa	41–34	New Zealand	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
	15:15	Try: Obi  34' c De Bruin  37' c Senatla  40' c Steenkamp  52' m Smith  56' c Ungerer  71' m Con: Pollard (4/6) 35', 38', 40', 56' Pen: Pollard (1/2) 61'	Report[33]	Try: Visinia (2)  8' c,  14' c Edwards  21' c Webber  40' Manihera  77' m Con: Hickey (3/4) 9', 15', 22' Pen: Hickey (1/1) 46' Cards: Jordan Manihera 52' to 62' Kalafi Pongi 62' to 72'	Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)

Final

	23 June 2013	Wales	15–23	England	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
	18:45	Try: Evans (2)  11' m,  25' c Con: Davies (1/2) 26' Pen: Davies (1/1) 23'	Report[34]	Try: Nowell  58' c Hill  63' c Con: Slade (2/2) 58', 63' Pen: Slade (3/5) 16', 72', 76'	Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

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