# 2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship

The 2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20s, was the first edition of the Oceania Rugby Junior Championship. It was played as two tournaments; the Oceania Under 20 Championship hosted on the Gold Coast in Australia, and the Oceania Under 20 Trophy hosted in Suva, Fiji.
The Championship tournament was played in May and won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia by 46–29 in the last match of the round-robin competition. A planned tournament for a further six national under 20 sides was postponed, however the Trophy competition was eventually played in December and won by Fiji, who defeated Tonga by 19–10 in the last round to qualify for the World Rugby U20 Trophy in 2016.

## Teams

The teams for the 2015 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments were:
Championship
* Australia
* Japan
* New Zealand
* Samoa
Trophy
* Fiji
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

## Championship
### Standings

Final competition table:
    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts  New Zealand 330015743+11412  Australia 320110987+228  Samoa 31025799−424  Japan 300361155−940 Updated: 9 May 2015 Source: oceaniarugby.com
    Competition rules Points breakdown: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 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
Due to stormy weather conditions the first round matches were postponed by 24 hours.

### Round 1

Team details :
New Zealand :
| FB | 15 | Luteru Laulala |
| RW | 14 | Vincent Tavae-Aso |
| OC | 13 | Joshua Goodhue |
| IC | 12 | Tinoai Faiane |
| LW | 11 | Sean Wainui |
| FH | 10 | Otere Black |
| SH | 9 | Hohepa Tahuriorangi |
| N8 | 8 | Blake Gibson |
| OF | 7 | Mitchell Karpik |
| BF | 6 | Mitchell Jacobson |
| RL | 5 | Hamish Dalzell |
| LL | 4 | Geoffrey Cridge |
| TP | 3 | Atunaisa Moli (c) |
| HK | 2 | Leni Apisai |
| LP | 1 | Thomas Hill |
| Replacements: |||
| R | 16 | Liam Polwart |
| R | 17 | John Riccitelli |
| R | 18 | Isileli Tu'ungafasi |
| R | 19 | Mitchell Dunshea |
| R | 20 | Teariki Ben-Nicholas |
| R | 21 | Luke Campbell |
| R | 22 | Anton Lienert-Brown |
| R | 23 | Mitchell Hunt |
Japan :
| FB | 15 | Ryuji Noguchi |
| RW | 14 | Seiya Ozaki |
| OC | 13 | Kaisei Kasahara |
| IC | 12 | Ataata Moeakiola |
| LW | 11 | Hirofumi Higashikawa |
| FH | 10 | Taisetsu Kanai |
| SH | 9 | Daiki Nakajima |
| N8 | 8 | Faulua Makisi |
| OF | 7 | Kosuke Urabe |
| BF | 6 | Hiroto Kato |
| RL | 5 | Tevita Malaefo’ou Tatafu |
| LL | 4 | Mitsuru Furukawa |
| TP | 3 | Tatsuya Kakimoto |
| HK | 2 | Kosuke Horikoshi (c) |
| LP | 1 | Shogo Miura |
| Replacements: |||
| HK | 16 | Ryosuke Iwaihara |
| PR | 17 | Ryoma Kuhara |
| LK | 18 | Yuma Fujino |
| N8 | 19 | Rinpei Sasaki |
| SH | 20 | Go Maeda |
| FH | 21 | Akira Takenaka |
| CE | 22 | Yusuke Kajimura |
| R | 23 | Toshiki Kuwayama |
Team details :
Australia :
| FB | 15 | Alex Newsome |
| RW | 14 | Christian Yassmin |
| OC | 13 | Andrew Kellaway (c) |
| IC | 12 | Duncan Paia'aua |
| LW | 11 | Jack Redden |
| FH | 10 | Andrew Deegan |
| SH | 9 | James Tuttle |
| N8 | 8 | Lolo Fakaosilea |
| OF | 7 | Michael Gunn |
| BF | 6 | Bradley Wilkin |
| RL | 5 | Riley Winter |
| LL | 4 | Ned Hanigan |
| TP | 3 | Tyrel Lomax |
| HK | 2 | Connal McInerney |
| LP | 1 | Cameron Orr |
| Replacements: |||
| R | 16 | Folau Faingaa |
| R | 17 | Aaron Pleash |
| R | 18 | Fereti Saaga |
| R | 19 | Lukhan Lealaiauloto-Tui |
| R | 20 | Oliver Kamp |
| R | 21 | Harry Nucifora |
| R | 22 | James Dalgleish |
| R | 23 | Tyson Davis |
Samoa :
| FB | 15 | Chase Tiatia |
| RW | 14 | Ah-Mu Tuimalealiifano |
| OC | 13 | Pepesana Patafilo |
| IC | 12 | Tagaloa Fonoti |
| LW | 11 | Trent Winterstein |
| FH | 10 | Josh Ioane |
| SH | 9 | Jonathan Taumateine |
| N8 | 8 | Jordan Jackett |
| OF | 7 | Uini Fetalaiga |
| BF | 6 | Josh Dowsing (c) |
| RL | 5 | Ben Tuiomanufili |
| LL | 4 | Mikaele Tapili |
| TP | 3 | Mike Tamoaieta |
| HK | 2 | Elia Elia |
| LP | 1 | Jarred Adams |
| Replacements: |||
| R | 16 | Junior Halafuka |
| R | 17 | Marco Fepulea'i |
| R | 18 | Romero Tagi |
| R | 19 | Potu Leavasa |
| R | 20 | Gordon Langkilde |
| R | 21 | Melani Matavao |
| R | 22 | Johnny Samuelu |
| R | 23 | Kome Samau |

### Round 2

Team details :
Samoa :
| FB | 15 | Jonathan Taumateine |
| RW | 14 | Johnny Samuelu |
| OC | 13 | Trent Winterstein |
| IC | 12 | Nathan Lilomaiava |
| LW | 11 | Malu Falaniko |
| FH | 10 | Josh Ioane (c) |
| SH | 9 | Leota Sam-Baker |
| N8 | 8 | Jordan Jackett |
| OF | 7 | Gordon Langkilde |
| BF | 6 | Uini Fetalaiga |
| RL | 5 | Ben Tuiomanufili |
| LL | 4 | Siatua Soloese |
| TP | 3 | Marco Fepulea'i |
| HK | 2 | Romero Tagi |
| LP | 1 | Junior Halafuka |
| Replacements: |||
| R | 16 | Meki Fareni |
| R | 17 | Jarred Adams |
| R | 18 | Mike Tamoaieta |
| R | 19 | Mikaele Tapili |
| R | 20 | Jamason Faanunu-Schultz |
| R | 21 | Tagaloa Fonoti |
| R | 22 | Pepesana Patafilo |
| R | 23 | Kome Samau |
New Zealand :
| FB | 15 | George Bridge |
| RW | 14 | Wesley Goosen |
| OC | 13 | Anton Lienert-Brown (c) |
| IC | 12 | Faase'e Faauli |
| LW | 11 | Nathaniel Apa |
| FH | 10 | Fletcher Smith |
| SH | 9 | Luke Campbell |
| N8 | 8 | Teariki Ben-Nicholas |
| OF | 7 | Dillon Hunt |
| BF | 6 | Mitchell Dunshea |
| RL | 5 | Jamie Lane |
| LL | 4 | Joshua Goodhue |
| TP | 3 | Taukiha' Amea Koloamatangi |
| HK | 2 | Liam Polwart |
| LP | 1 | John Riccitelli |
| Replacements: |||
| R | 16 | Steven Misa |
| R | 17 | Thomas Hill |
| R | 18 | Atunaisa Moli |
| R | 19 | Geoffrey Cridge |
| R | 20 | Mitchell Jacobson |
| R | 21 | Hohepa Tahuriorangi |
| R | 22 | Mitchell Hunt |
| R | 23 | Sean Wainui |
Team details :
Japan :
| FB | 15 | Ryuji Noguchi |
| RW | 14 | Seiya Ozaki (c) |
| OC | 13 | Kaisei Kasahara |
| IC | 12 | Yusuke Kajimura |
| LW | 11 | Hirofumi Higashikawa |
| FH | 10 | Taisetsu Kanai |
| SH | 9 | Ryuji Yonemura |
| N8 | 8 | Tevita Malaefoou Tatafu |
| OF | 7 | Kosuke Urabe |
| BF | 6 | Faulua Makisi |
| RL | 5 | Mitsuru Yoshikawa |
| LL | 4 | Hiroto Kato |
| TP | 3 | Tatsuya Kakimoto |
| HK | 2 | Sung Ho Park |
| LP | 1 | Shogo Miura |
| Replacements: |||
| R | 16 | Ryosuke Iwaihara |
| R | 17 | Ryoma Kuhara |
| R | 18 | Yuma Fujino |
| R | 19 | Rinpei Sasaki |
| R | 20 | Go Maeda |
| R | 21 | Akira Takenaka |
| R | 22 | Toshiki Kuwayama |
| R | 23 | Tatsuhiro Ozaki |
Australia :
| FB | 15 | Tyson Davis |
| RW | 14 | Christian Yassmin |
| OC | 13 | Alex Newsome |
| IC | 12 | Jack Redden |
| LW | 11 | Joey Fittock |
| FH | 10 | James Dalgleish (c) |
| SH | 9 | Harry Nucifora |
| N8 | 8 | Hayden Anderson |
| OF | 7 | Oliver Kamp |
| BF | 6 | Samuel Croke |
| RL | 5 | Lukhan Lealaiauloto-Tui |
| LL | 4 | Harrison Williams |
| TP | 3 | Fereti Saaga |
| HK | 2 | Folau Faingaa |
| LP | 1 | Aaron Pleash |
| Replacements: |||
| R | 16 | Connal McInerney |
| R | 17 | Cameron Orr |
| R | 18 | Tyrel Lomax |
| R | 19 | Riley Winter |
| R | 20 | Jack McCalman |
| R | 21 | James Tuttle |
| R | 22 | Andrew Deegan |
| R | 23 | Andrew Kellaway |

### Round 3

* New Zealand
* Oceania Champion
* First title

## Trophy
### Standings

Final competition table:
    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts  Fiji 330019116+17512  Tonga 320114635+1118  Papua New Guinea 310296125−294  Vanuatu 300313270−2570 Updated: 5 December 2015 Source: oceaniarugby.com
    Competition rules Points breakdown: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 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
* Fiji
* Oceania Trophy Winner
* First title