2019 Oceania Rugby U20 Championship was the fifth edition of Oceania Rugby's premier youth international rugby union competition featuring Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand. The tournament, which kicked off in April, also featured Japan for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2015.
On the final match of the tournament, Australia defeated New Zealand for the second time to seal their maiden Oceania Rugby U20 Championship title.
Background and venue Gold Coast, Queensland Bond Sports Park Capacity: 2,500 The tournament took place across nine days in April and May 2019. New Zealand and Australia had finished fourth and fifth respectively at the 2018 World Rugby U20 Championship, with the former going into the tournament as the defending champions. Fiji had won the 2018 World Rugby U20 Trophy for the first time.
Due to a change in scheduling there was no Oceania Rugby Under 20 Trophy contested in 2019, which was expected to have Samoa and Tonga as participants. 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.
Venue The venue for the tournament was Bond Sports Park in Gold Coast's Robina suburb. The ground, which holds a capacity of 2,500, is the home of the Bond University Rugby Club whom compete in the annual Queensland Premier Rugby club competition. The ground had also been used by various rugby teams for training.
Standings
Matches Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
See also 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship 2019 World Rugby U20 Trophy
References
External links Oceania Rugby website