Sanix Youth Rugby Tournament - 1st rounds
Monnas winning
The 2006 Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament is taking place in Fukuoka, Japan. Hoërskool Monument of Krugersdorp is taking part.
In all there are 16 schools, eight from Japan and eight from abroad.
This is the seventh such tournament. The first winners, in 2000, were King's of Parramatta in Australia when they beat Paul Roos in the final. After that Grey College of Bloemfontein and then Boland Landbou won. Rotorua Boys High won two years in a row, when St Alban's and then Ermelo were South African representatives, and in 2005 Christchurch Boys High were the winners when Waterkloof represented South Africa.
It is an exacting tournament. The winner will have to win five matches in six days. They play from 29 April to 5 May with a day off on 1 May. This is during what is called the Golden Week – a time of public holidays in Japan with Greenery Day on 29 April, Constitution Memorial Day on 3 May, "Between Day" on 4 May and Children's Day on 5 May.
The matches are played in the Global Arena, Munakata-city in Fukuoka, an industrial city on the island of Kyushu.
The participating schools are:
Australia: Marist College (Canberra)
England: Ivybridge Community College (Devon)
France: Lycée Bellevue (Toulouse)
Ireland: Christian Brothers College (Cork)
Korea : Pai Chai High School (Seoul)
New Zealand: Christchurch Boys' High School (Christchurch)
South Africa: Monument High School (Krugersdorp)
Tonga: Tonga College (Nuku'alofa)
Japan: Toin Gakuen High School (Kanagawa), Fushimi Technical High School (Kyoto), Osaka Institute Technology High School (Osaka), Tokai University Gyosei High School (Osaka), Oita Maizuru High School (Oita), Nagasaki Kita High School (Nagasaki), Saga Technical High School (Saga), Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka)
The 16 teams are divided into four pools, each of four teams:
Pool A: Ivybridge, Christchurch, Toin Gakuen, Nagsaki Kita
Pool B: Pai Chai, Monument, Osaka Institute Technology, Oita Maizuru
Pool C: Lycée Bellevue, Marist College, Tokai University Gyosei, Saga Technical
Pool D: CBC, Tonga College, Fushimi Technical, Higashi Fukuoka
Results of the first day
Christchurch Boys’ High vs Nagsaki Kita HS, 34-5
University Institute of Technology HS vs Pai Chai HS, 24-5
Ivybridge Community College vs Toin Gakuen HS, 24-17
Tokai University Gyosei HS vs Lycee Bellevue, 24-7
Monument HS vs Oita Maizuru HS, 45-14
Christian Brothers College vs Fushimi Technical HS, 22-19
Marist College vs Saga Technical HS, 28-15
Higashi HS vs Tonga College, 39-0
Marist College vs Lycee Bellevue, 32-0
Tonga College vs Christian Brothers College, 24-0
Higashi HS vs Fushimi Technical HS, 19-18
Tokai University Gyosei HS vs Saga Technical HS, 36-0
Christchurch Boys' HS vs Ivybridge Community College, 22-0
Monument HS vs Pai Chai HS, 43-0
Oita Maizuru HS vs Osaka Institute of Technology HS, 19-5
Toin Gakuen HS vs Nagsaki Kita HS, 33-15
Fixtures for the second day
Christchurch Boys' HS vs Toin Gakuen HS
Nagsaki Kita HS vs Ivybridge Community College
Monument HS vs Osaka Institute of Technology HS
Oita Maizuru HS vs Pai Chai HS
Saga Technical HS of vs Lycee Bellevue
Marist College vs Tokai University Gyosei HS
Higashi HS vs Christian Brothers College
Tonga College vs Fushimi Technical HS
