Wales and Scotland cause upsets to advance to Fifth place JWC Final

WRAP: Wales and Scotland booked their place in the Fifth Place Final of the Junior World Championship after defeating Australia and Argentina, respectively.

Wales defeated Australia by 36-34 in a tightly contested match, whilst Scotland got the better of Los Pumitas by 44-26 to book their meeting in the Fifth Place Final.

In the 13th-place semifinals, Japan thrashed USA 71-21, whilst Spain put Uruguay to the sword with a convincing 57-6 victory.

Both Finals will take place on Friday, July 17.

*See all the scores and scorers below!

13th place semifinals

Japan 71-21 USA

Scorers:

For Japan:
Tries: Iwakura 3, Fukada, Uchida 2, Suda, Miura 3, Motoyama
Cons: Niwa 8

For USA:
Tries: Finicle, Mitchell, Darbishire
Cons: Darbishire 3

Yellow cards: Trower (USA, 22′), Spencer Huntley (USA, 65′)
Red card: Alfie Booth (USA, 71′)

Teams:

Japan U20: 15 Ryuto Koga, 14 Shinnosuke Uchida, 13 Rio Iwakura, 12 Tsunehidemichi Fukuda, 11 Isa Fukada, 10 Takeru Niwa, 9 Soshi Kataoka, 8 Akihiro Tsubone (captain), 7 Yuta Otabe, 6 Riku Fujikubo, 5 Masato Hyakutake, 4 Masato Yanase, 3 Hurato Sasaki, 2 Koshi Tsumura, 1 Song Ha Ri
Replacements: 16 Sota Miura, 17 Keigo Aruga, 18 Keitatsu Motoyama, 19 Yuga Ichikawa, 20 Chikara Fukuda, 21 Kohaku Suda, 22 Yura Morioka, 23 Gentaro Sakata

USA U20: 15 Gavin Holder, 14 Finnian Love, 13 Dane Mitchell, 12 Leo Keesler-Venables, 11 Sialeafuhia Ofa, 10 Declan Cadden, 9 Spencer Huntley (captain), 8 Papaseea Matelau, 7 Harrison Cluff, 6 Liam Hill, 5 Frank Finicle, 4 Pierce Kelly, 3 Tyler Trower, 2 Aiden Stewart, 1 Colin Donnelly
Replacements: 16 Salesi Kafovalu, 17 Sawyer Troupe, 18 Alfie Booth, 19 Tanielu Talaepa, 20 Yiannis Efthymiopoulos, 21 Jack Firebrace, 22 Joseph Sarkees, 23 William Darbishire

Referee: Christopher Allison (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Ruairidh Campbell (Scotland), Mariam Goguadze (Georgia)
TMO: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)

Spain 57-6 Uruguay

Scorers:

For Spain:
Tries: Salvador, Chico, Farace Fabra, Marsinyac 2, Del Campo, Carreras, Enciso, Carreras
Cons: Hafoka 6

For Uruguay:
Pens: Pereira 2

Yellow cards: Bruno Baccino (Uruguay, 15′), Piero Veglio (Uruguay, 61′), De la Fuente (Spain, 69′)

Teams:

Spain U20: 15 Telmo Fisher Obieta, 14 Jorje Garreta, 13 Marcos López Camano (captain), 12 Oriol Marsinyac Garcia, 11 Pelayo Serrano, 10 Malakai Hafoka Toca, 9 Bernat Fernández, 8 Bosco Cattaneo, 7 Unax Salvador, 6 Miguel Narvarte, 5 Unax Carballo, 4 Max Artigas, 3 Solomon Ibeoba, 2 Iván Farace, 1 Daniel Chico Ayo
Replacements: 16 Mauro Del Campo, 17 Joan Barcenilla D’Onghia, 18 Daniel Navarro, 19 Rocklyn Kenneally, 20 Marcel Cuesta, 21 Manuel Vazquez, 22 Alfonso Enciso, 23 Carlos De La Fuente

Uruguay U20: 15 Nicolas Pittaluga, 14 1Matteo Acosta, 13 Joaquin Fresnedo, 12 Vicente Alvarez, 11 Bruno Baccino, 10 Juan Francisco Pereira, 9 Mateo Ibarburu, 8 Ignacio Merli (captain), 7 Pedro Suarez, 6 Mateo Guarch, 5 Guillermo Curuchet, 4 Nicolas Mattsson, 3 Juan Francisco Bessio, 2 Sebastian Perez, 1 Dario Rodriguez
Replacements: 16 Jose Candia Sciarra, 17 German Gonzalez, 18 Sebastian Rivero, 19 Piero Veglio, 20 Alex Sonneveld, 21 Francisco Lawlor, 22 Bruno Primavesi, 23 Bautista Menchaca

Referee: Morgan White (Hong Kong China)
Assistant referees: Saba Makharadze (Georgia), Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)
TMO: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong China)

Fifth place semifinals

Argentina 26-44 Scotland

Scorers:

For Argentina:
Tries: Penalty Try, Lescano, Coll, Fernandez
Cons: Serpa 2

For Scotland:
Tries: Blyth-Lafferty, Roberts 2, Moncrieff, MacArthur, McKenna, Preston
Cons: Dalziel 3
Pen: Dalziel

Yellow cards: Benjamin Ledesma Arocena (Argentina, 21′), Dan Halkon (Scotland, 28), Nicolas Cambiasso (Argentina 35′), Pedro Coll (Argentina, 68′)

Teams:

Argentina U20: 15 Simon Pfister, 14 Bautista Lescano, 13 Ramon Fernandez, 12 Pedro Coll, 11 Joaquin Daireaux, 10 Manuel Giannantonio, 9 Benjamin Ledesma Arocena, 8 Federico Torre, 7 Basilio Canas, 6 Tomas Dande (captain), 5 Felipe Hygonenq, 4 Joaquin Pascual Viale, 3 Bautista Salinas Mallea, 2 Nicolas Cambiasso, 1 Fabrizio Cebron
Replacements: 16 Manuel Cueno Camargo, 17 Laureano Diaz, 18 Federico Narvaez, 19 Jeremy Annand, 20 Franco Mizawak, 21 Juan Preumayr, 22 Federico Laporte Serpa, 23 Tomas Canedo

Scotland U20: 15 Rory McHaffie, 14 Dan Kelly, 13 Henry Kesterton, 12 Alex Bryden, 11 Nairn Moncrieff, 10 Jake Dalziel, 9 Hamish MacArthur, 8 Oliver Finlayson-Russell, 7 Harvey Preston, 6 Sam Byrd, 5 Dan Halkon, 4 Christian Lindsay, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Joe Roberts (captain), 1 William Pearce
Replacements: 16 Jack Utterson, 17 Oliver McKenna, 18 Jamie Stewart, 19 Fin Mather, 20 Archie Appleby, 21 Asa Stewart-Harris, 22 Harry Soboil, 23 Ewan Caven

Referee: Ben Connor (Wales)
Assistant referees: David Vosalevu (Fiji), Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
TMO: Aled Griffiths (Wales)

Australia 36-38 Wales

Scorers:

For Australia
Tries: Farr-Jones 2, Blank, Whitfeld, Langi, Grenfell
Cons: Mackay, Bird 2

For Wales:
Tries: Cummings 2, Darwin-Lewis, Gwynne, Penalty Try
Cons: Leggatt-Jones 4
Pen: Leggatt-Jones

Yellow cards: Carwyn Leggatt-Jones (Australia, 19′), Toby Brial (Australia, 71′)
Red card: Will Evans (Wales, 62′)

Teams:

Australia U20: 15 Treyvon Pritchard, 14 Wallace Charlie, 13 Taione Taka, 12 Charlie Bird, 11 Riley Whitfeld, 10 Carwyn Leggatt-Jones, 9 Sam Blank, 8 Eli Langi, 7 Marshall Le Maitre, 6 TJ Talaileva, 5 Isaac Fonua, 4 William Ross, 3 Lehopoame Leota, 2 Ewald Kruger, 1 Jacob Job
Replacements: 16 John Greenfell, 17 Kingbenjamin Swerling-Finaipepe, 18 Edwin Langi, 19 Toby Brial, 20 Luca Cleverley, 21 Angus Grover, 22 Jonty Fowler, 23 Tom Farr-Jones

Wales U20: 15 Lewis Edwards, 14 Rhys Cummings, 13 Osian Lewis, 12 Steffan Emanuel (co-captain), 11 Tom Bowen, 10 Carwyn Leggatt Jones, 9 Sion James, 8 Evan Minto, 7 Caio James, 6 Deian Gwynne (co-captain), 5 Osian Justin Williams, 4 Will Evans, 3 Jack Pritchard, 2 Tom Howe, 1 Dylan James
Replacements: 16 Oscar Thomas, 17 George Leyland, 18 Eystyn Cook, 19 Luke Evans, 20 Alex Ridgway, 21 Cai Gealy, 22 Lloyd Lucas, 23 Bailey Cutts

Referee: Robbie Jenkinson (Ireland)
Assistant referees: David Vosalevu (Fiji), Soso Japaridze (Georgia)
TMO: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)