Sanix Youth Tournament Starts this weekend

The matches take place in the Global Arena which has a capacity of 10 000 spectators.

 

That is the boys (Under-18) tournament. This year's tournament is the 19th.

 

There is also a girls seven-a-side tournament which started in 2014. This year's tournament is the fifth.

 

Participation is by invitation of the Japan Rugby Union. There will be 16 boys' teams, who play 15-a-side rugby, and eight girls' teams.

 

Boys' Teams

 

Of the 16 teams, one are Japanese schools and seven from  overseas.

 

The Japanese teams: Akita Technical High School(Akita), Toin Gakuen High School (Kanagawa), Tokai University Sagami High School (Kanagawa), Tokai University Osaka Gysei High School (Osaka), Osaka Toin High School (Osaka), Hotoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo), Onomichi High School (Hiroshima), Nagasaki Hokuyodai High School (Nagasaki), Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka).

 

The overseas teams: St Augustine’s College (Sydney, Australia), Jianguo High School (Chinese Taipei), Exeter College (England), Ratu Kadavulevu School (Lodoni, Fiji), Hastings Boys’ High School (New Zealand), Enisei-STM, a club, (Moscow, Russia), Framesby High School (Port Elizabeth, South Africa). 

 

Girls' Teams

 

Four of the eight teams are from Japan and four from overseas.

 

The Japanese teams: Brave Louve (Tokyo), Otemon Gakuin High School (Osaka), Iwami Chisuikan High School (Shimane), Fukuoka Ladies Rugby Football Club (Fukuoka)

 

The overseas teams: St Clare’s College (Waverley, Australia), Belmont Secondary School (Victoria, Canada), SGS Filton College (Bristol, England), Hamilton Girls’ High School (New Zealand)

 

Boys' Fixtures

 

Pool matches: 28 & 29 April and May 1, 2018

 

Knock-out matches: 2, 4, 5 May 2018

 

Girls' Sevens Fixtures

 

Pool matches: 28 April 2018

 

Knock-out matches: 29 May 20128

 

Pools

 

Pool A: Hastings Boys' High, Tokai University Gyosei, Jianguo, Nagasaki Hokuyodai High

Pool B: Framesby, Higashi, Onomichi, Hotoku Gakuen 

Pool C: Enisei-STM, Ratu Kadavulevu, Osaka Toin, Tokai University Sagami

Pool D: St Augustine’s, Exeter College, Akita Technical, Toin Gakuen

 

Fixtures

 

Day !

 

11.00: Hastings vs Tokai

12.15: Framesby vs Higashi

       Jianguo vs Nagasaki Hokuyodai

13.45: Ratu Kadavulevu vs Osaka Toin

       Onomichi vs Hotoku Gakuen

15.00: St Augustine's vs Toin Gakuen

       Enisei vs Tokai University Sagami

16.15: Exeter vs Akita

 

Day 2

 

10.30: Hastings vs Nagasaki

       Framesby vs Onomichi

11.45: Hotoku Gakuen vs Higashi

       Jianguo vs Tokai University Gyosei

13.00: Ratu Kadavulevu vs Tokai University Sagami

       St Augustine's vs Akita

14.15: Girls Final Rounds

15.10: Exeter vs Toin Gakuen

       Enisei vs Osaka Toin

       

Day 3

 

10.30: Ratu Kadavulevu vs Enisei

       Osaka Toin vs Tokai University Sagami  

11.45: St Augustine's vs Exeter

       Toin Gakuen vs Akita

13.15: Hastings vs Jianguo

       Tokai University Gyosei vs Nagasaki

14.30: Framesby vs Hotoku Gakuen

       Higashi vs Onomichi