2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy

2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
Tournament details
Host nation Chile
Dates15 April 2008 – 27 April 2008
No. of nations8
Final positions
Champions  Uruguay
Runner-up  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played16

The inaugural IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was hosted by Chile in April 2008. The eight-team competition for national men under-20 sides is the second tier of the IRB Junior World Championship, which replaced the U19 & U21 World Championships.

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts Status
 Chile 3 3 0 0 9 67 19 +48 1 13 Into final
 Romania 3 2 0 1 12 77 47 +30 2 10 Into play-off for 3rd place
 Namibia 3 1 0 2 7 57 62 −5 2 6 Into play-off for 5th place
 Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 3 31 104 −73 0 0 Into play-off for 7th place
15 April 2008
2:00pm
Romania 28 – 26 Namibia
Stade Français, Santiago
15 April 2008
4:00pm
Cook Islands 10 – 33 Chile
Stade Français, Santiago
19 April 2008
2:00pm
Romania 46 – 7 Cook Islands
Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
19 April 2008
4:00pm
Chile 20 – 6 Namibia
Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
23 April 2008
4:00pm
Namibia 25 – 14 Cook Islands
Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
23 April 2008
4:00pm
Chile 14 – 3 Romania
Stade Français, Santiago

Pool B

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts Status
 Uruguay 3 3 0 0 24 169 24 +145 2 14 Into final
 Georgia 3 2 0 1 23 156 54 +102 3 11 Into play-off for 3rd place
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 15 94 134 −40 2 6 Into play-off for 5th place
 Jamaica 3 0 0 3 2 20 227 −207 0 0 Into play-off for 7th place
15 April 2008
2:00pm
Georgia 90 – 3 Jamaica
Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
15 April 2008
4:00pm
Uruguay 67 – 8 South Korea
Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
19 April 2008
2:00pm
Georgia 50 – 31 South Korea
Stade Français, Santiago
19 April 2008
4:00pm
Jamaica 0 – 82 Uruguay
Stade Français, Santiago
23 April 2008
2:00pm
South Korea 55 – 17 Jamaica
Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
23 April 2008
2:00pm
Uruguay 20 – 16 Georgia
Stade Français, Santiago

Play-offs

7th-place play-off

27 April 2008
10:00am
Cook Islands 54 – 15 Jamaica
Stade Français, Santiago

5th-place play-off

27 April 2008
12:00pm
Namibia 36 – 29 South Korea
Stade Français, Santiago

3rd-place play-off

27 April 2008
2:00pm
Romania 10 – 34 Georgia
Stade Français, Santiago

Final

27 April 2008
4:00pm
Chile 8 – 20 Uruguay
Stade Français, Santiago

See also