Italy spoil Tonga's U19 party
Italy scraped home 8-6 against Tonga in Division B of the International Rugby Board’s Under-19 World Championship being played in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
This result destroys Tonga’s hopes of promotion to Division A but keeps Italy’s hopes alive.
Italy now play the USA in a semifinal.
The other semi-finalists will be Canada and Georgia, who lost to Zimbabwe in their pool match but received a boost from bonus points.
The match details and reports are provided by the IRB.
NB: * = replacement used
USA vs Zimbabwe, 22-7
USA overcame Zimbabwe 22-7 in their final Division B pool match at Queen’s, but then faced a nervous wait to see if they had done enough to qualify for the semi finals of the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007.
Both sides came into the match with dreams of finishing in the top four, the USA having won their two previous games to post eight points with Zimbabwe on five points after beating Georgia and losing to Canada.
It was the USA who started the stronger of the two sides with their pack winning the majority of ball at the breakdown, and their play was rewarded when flyhalf Hamish Roberts held his nerve to kick a penalty in the 10th minute, having missed with his previous attempt.
Zimbabwe knew that they would need a win and bonus point to boost their chances of reaching the semi-finals and therefore tried to play a fluid, attacking style of rugby. However their backline simply couldn’t get enough of the ball to trouble the USA’s stubborn defence.
The USA stretched their 3-0 advantage on the half hour when inside centre Jack Tracy rounded off a period of sustained pressure with a try and three minutes later No.8 Taylor Mokate scored his side’s second to give them a 15-0 lead at half-time.
The match resumed as a very close affair with both sides giving away possession in the middle of the park and it was Zimbabwe who grabbed the first try of the second half to haul themselves back into the match, a neat back line move seeing Tapuwanashe Chitima cut between the centres to score under the posts.
Zimbabwe threatened to make it a very tense finale, but a strong effort from the USA forwards led to replacement Shawn Pittman going over the try-line after a series of set pieces to make certain of victory.
Afterwards the Zimbabwe captain Andrew Rose said: “We lost another game and it’s always disappointing but we’ve got to pull our socks up and go to the next game. The guys have really enjoyed it, a lot of the guys have never been to the UK before. We’re now hoping to finish in the top six.”
USA captain Scott Lavalla said: “The guys are absolutely delighted. At this moment everyone’s just enjoying the win. We’re out there playing for each other above all and I attribute the win to that. We knew coming in we’d have to perform to succeed.”
Scorers:
For Zimbabwe:
Try: Tapuwanashe Chitima
Con: Tichafara Makwanya
For the USA:
Tries: Jack Tracy, Taylor Mokate, Shawn Pittman
Cons: Hamish Roberts
Pen: Hamish Roberts
Teams:
Zimbabwe: 15 Barry Mansfield, 14 Tanaka Chamunokara, 13 Tapuwanashe Chitima, 12 Christopher Hulley, 11 Mufaro Musara, 10 Tichafara Makwanya, 9 Ryan Manyika, 8 Daniel Nicholls, 7 Michael Todd, 6 Andrew Rose (captain), 5 Andre Odendaal, 4 Christopher Dryburgh, 3 Tinashe Bopoto, 2 John Raynor, 1 Farai Mapunde
Replacements (from): 16 Benjamin Mavros*, 17 Kudzaishe Moyo*, 18 Nkosana Kunene, 19 Allan Kennedy, 20 Shaun Neal*, 21 Dylan Bradshaw, 22 Lloyd Swift*, 23 Robert Lee-Webb, 24 Orry Pearce*, 25 Raymond de Jong, 26 Rangarirai Zembe
USA: 15 Nate Ebner, 14 Adam Ducoing, 13 Hoseki Kofe, 12 Jack Tracy, 11 Zach Test, 10 Hamish Roberts, 9 Sean Treacy, 8 Taylor Mokate, 7 Ryan Roundy, 6 Liam Murphy, 5 Scott Lavalla (captain), 4 Garrett Lambert, 3 Nicholas Cook, 2 Bill Wynne, 1 Stevie Johnston
Replacements (from): 16 Zach Heath, 17 Shawn Pittman*, 18 Kyle Toombs, 19 Kevin Erskine, 20 Austin Cella*, 21 Gareth Jones, 22 Travis Benson, 23 Nick Johnson, 24 James Jewison*, 25 Eric West, 26 Simon Kinet*
Uruguay vs Chile, 30-20
Uruguay defeated Chile 30-20 in a passionate and bruising South American derby in Division B at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 in which they survived a second-half fight back from their opponents.
Both sides had previously won one and lost one and a victory would give the winner a chance of a top four finish.
Uruguay started quickly and within the first five minutes were ahead. The ball was worked to flank Juan Ormaechea who touched down under the posts, which German Albanell converted.
Chile wasted no time in replying and were awarded a penalty which Francisco Gonzalez duly converted.
Uruguay quickly restored the lead to seven points when Chile were guilty of killing the ball and Albanell slotted over a penalty.
Albanell then increased the difference further with a well taken drop goal.
As Chile began to find a foot hold on the match Uruguay centre Adrian Lewis put in a crunching tackle on Chilean wing Diego Schachner, leaving the ball to break free which Leandro Leivas took advantage of and scored relatively unchallenged.
On the stoke of half-time Chilean inside centre Ricardo Sifri kept his team in the game with an impressive try-saving tackle after great work by Jeronimo Etcheverry. Almost immediately Chile reduced Uruguay’s lead with a difficult but well taken try by Schachner.
Chile began the second period strongly and after two quick tries from Schachner and replacement Francisco Metuaze brought the scores level at 20-20.
It stayed that way until seven minutes from time when Uruguay were again awarded a penalty which Albanell converted.
With five minutes to go Chilean captain and flank Benjamin Del Solar was sin-binned after joining a ruck illegally, leaving his team a man down for the remaining minutes.
In the last play of the game Ignacio Inchausti made Del Solar pay with a well worked move on the blind side to score, which Albanell converted.
Uruguay need other results to go their way to reach the semi-finals, whilst Chile will probably be playing for fifth place.
Afterwards the Uruguay coach Martin Meandro said: “We had a great victory and it feels good to have won such a physical contest.”
Chile head coach Rodrigo Boye said: “I was happy with the team’s performance but it was just a very physical game and finishing with only fourteen players was very difficult.”
Scorers:
For Chile:
Tries: Diego Schachner 2, Francisco Metuaze
Con: Francisco Gonzalez
Pen: Francisco Gonzalez
For Uruguay:
Tries: Juan Ormaechea, Leandro Leivas, Ignacio Inchausti
Cons: German Albanell 3
Pens: German Albanell 2
Drop: German Albanell
Teams:
Chile: 15 Tomas Smits, 14 Juan Jose Ruiz, 13 Francisco de la Fuente, 12 Ricardo Sifri, 11 Diego Schachner, 10 Francisco Gonzalez, 9 Alonso Oliver, 8 Fabio Rodriguez, 7 Felipe Yaconi, 6 Benjamin Del Solar (captain), 5 Tomas Dahmen, 4 Nicolas Lafrentz, 3 Luka Salamunic, 2 Jose Santander, 1 Alejandro Rios
Replacements (from): 16 Matias Prado, 17 Joaquin Carrasco, 18 Rafael Richard*, 19 Ignacio Alvarez*, 20 Max Rochette*, 21 Patricio Valladares*, 22 Francisco Metuaze*, 23 Matias Hojas, 24 Sebastian Aviles*, 25 Arturo Raby, 26 Jose Ignacio Larenas
Uruguay: 15 Jeronimo Etcheverry, 14 Santiago Gibernau, 13 Leandro Leivas, 12 Adrian Lewis, 11 Manuel Sagarra, 10 German Albanell, 9 Francisco Vecino, 8 Matias Fonseca (captain), 7 Juan Pablo Pereira, 6 Juan Ormaechea, 5 Federico Perez, 4 Francisco Vilaseca, 3 Rafael Tchilingirbachain, 2 Joaquin Rocco, 1 Juan Verde
Replacements (from): 16 Juan Pablo Ruffalini*, 17 Tomas Jolivet*, 19 Diego Magno*, 20 Ignacio Inchausti*, 21 Edgardo Benitez, 22 Eduardo Nin, 23 Juan de Freitas, 24 Agustin Bordaberry*, 25 Alejandro Nieto*, 26 Rodrigo Mendez
Chinese Taipei v Cook Islands, 10-10
Chinese Taipei snatched a 10-10 draw with the Cook Islands after a last minute try by Chung-Yu Huang at Gibson Park, Malone to mean that both sides are still searching for their first wins at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007.
The tournament’s first draw means that both sides can finish no higher than ninth in Division B, having accumulated only two points from their three pool matches in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Chinese Taipei dominated the opening half hour of the match, taking the lead in the seventh minute when flank Chao-Wei Guo was driven over by his fellow forwards after a line-out 15 metres from the Cook Islands’ line.
But Chinese Taipei were unable to convert their pressure into further scores and were left to rue this failure when the Cook Islands scored two tries in the final five minutes of the first half to lead 10-5 at the break.
The first came from prop Tara Metuariki, who forced his way through from five metres out after the Cook Islanders had put together several phases to bring themselves into the Chinese Taipei 22.
Metuariki’s front row colleague Louis Mokoroa claimed his side’s second try, the hooker touching down wide on the right as the Cook Islands’ backs showed their pace and ball handling skills to give their forwards an attacking platform.
The second half was a low scoring affair with the ball predominatly in the Cook Islands’ half and, although both teams threatened to break through, it was not until the third minute of injury time that a score was forthcoming.
Huang received the ball 15 metres out and, with seemingly no chance of beating the covering defence, the replacement used his pace and power to find a gap in the corner and the try was awarded after consultation between referee Sarah Corrigan and touch judge Jerome Garces.
Chinese Taipei could not convert the try from near the touchline to win the match and Corrigan blew the final whistle to bring the tight, but exciting match to a conclusion.
Afterwards the Cook Islands coach Ioaba Ezekiela said: “The team performed well, but the result was a little disappointing. Credit to the Chinese Taipei team, they performed well and had the experience of having been here before. Hopefully we can improve next time and look for a high finishing position.”
Cook Islands captain Papa Mataroa said: “Chinese Taipei surprised us with their attacking start. We talked beforehand about their speed and attack wide out on the wings, but their power up front surprised us.”
Chinese Taipei coach Hung-Lung Huang said: “I feel we should have won the game and I am very, very disappointed with a draw. We had a lot of mistakes in this game and in training we will try to address this. This tournament is wonderful for us as we can learn from the top teams and develop our knowledge.”
Scorers:
For Chinese Taipei:
Tries: Chao-Wei Guo, Chung-Yu Huang
For Cook Islands:
Tries: Tara Metuariki, Louis Mokoroa
Teams:
Chinese Taipei: 15 Jui-Lin Chang, 14 Chung-Wei Chou, 13 Hsun Pan, 12 Chih-Wei Chu, 11 Chen-Wen Li, 10 Wei-Fan Lu, 9 Hao-Ming Chen, 8 Cheng-Yang Chen (captain), 7 Chun-Chieh Chiu, 6 Chao-Wei Guo, 5 Chia-Yu Tai, 4 Wei-Cheng Cheng, 3 Wen-Lin Liu, 2 Tung-Yang Wu, 1 Jung-Chieh Chang
Replacements (from): 16 Wei-Ting Chen, 17 Che-Yen Liu*, 18 Wei-Chu Lin*, 19 Chun-Wei Szu*, 20 Chia-Lin Yen, 21 Kai-Chun Tsai, 22 I-Jen Chen*, 23 Chun-Yen Fang, 24 Hao-i Lee, 25 Chung-Yu Huang*
Cook Islands: 15 Roney Maui, 14 Eddy Nicholas, 13 Jack Petero, 12 Ced Toru, 11 Tahiri Elikana, 10 Tepou Nipurahi, 9 Sean Fletcher, 8 Patella Tou, 7 Mana Pureau, 6 Papa Mataroa (captain), 5 Metua Tuare, 4 Norman Heather, 3 Tara Metuariki, 2 Louis Mokoroa, 1 Tony Moeauri
Replacements (from): 16 James Philip, 17 Tupou Faireka*, 18 Fred Enoka*, 19 Ngatoa Mana, 20 Ngati Manuela, 21 Terua Tuisovivi, 22 Terry Toki*, 23 Jovan Wichman, 24 Junior Napara, 25 Aka Matapo
Canada vs Romania, 15-7
Canada ran out 15-7 winners over Division B top seeds Romania at Upritchard Park, Bangor to maintain their unbeaten record and book their place in the semi finals of the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007.
Sean White, the Canadian captain and scrumhalf, returned to lead his side after missing their defeat of Russia last Sunday and marked the occasion with their opening try in the 15th minute after some sustained pressure on the Romanian line.
Flyhalf Nathan Hirayama converted this try and then added a penalty late in the first half after Romania were penalised for joining the ruck from the side to give Canada a 10-0 advantage, one which could not be added to as both sides began to make handling errors as nerves mounted.
The second half began brightly for Romania when wing Georgel Catuna crossed in the second minute to cut the deficit to only three points. Romania, without a win to their name, were resurgent and as Canadian frustration grew, their No.8 Thyssen de Goede was sin-binned.
Matt Evans performed well for Canada – along with Hiryama – and was rewarded with a try 10 minutes from time after Romanian flyhalf Alexandru Valcu’s offload went array and was eventually picked up by the centre.
Evans though still had a lot of work to do, but stepped inside the cover defence and grounded the ball under pressure from wing Madalin Lemnaru. Romania though were unfazed by the try and continued to push forward and cause Canada problems.
But there would be no second try for them as, after consecutive scrums, the ball was eventually turned over and No.8 Bogdan Petreanu was ultimately shown the yellow card for lying on the ball.
Canadian back row Seb Pearson was sent to the sin bin seven minutes later, but some stout defence kept Romania at arm’s length and ultimately the superb defensive kicking of Hirayama allowed Canada to breathe a sigh of relief as the final whistle went.
The victory ultimately was enough to see Canada finish second in the standing and set up a semi-final with Georgia, while Romania finish 11th and meet Chinese Taipei in their quest to finish at best ninth in Division B.
Afterwards the Canadian flyhalf Nathan Hirayama said: “It was really physical out there. They hit hard so we tried to give back as much as we could. We were glad we were able to cope.”
Romania coach Alexandru Achim: “I am a little more happy than after the previous two games, but I still think there is a lot more to come, but we won’t see it in the semi-finals.”
Scorers:
For Romania
Try: Georgel Catuna
Con: Valentin Ivan
For Canada:
Tries: Sean White, Matt Evans
Con: Nathan Hirayama
Pen: Nathan Hirayama
Teams:
Romania: 15 Adrian Maftei, 14 Madalin Lemnaru, 13 Ionel Cazan, 12 Viorel Zamfir, 11 Georgel Catuna, 10 Alexandru Valcu, 9 Valentin Ivan (captain), 8 Bogdan Petreanu, 7 Alexandru Beldean, 6 Alexandru Mitu, 5 Cristian Munteanu, 4 Remus Necula, 3 Catalin Graur, 2 Florin Enache, 1 Alexandru Braileanu
Replacements (from): 16 Marian Panzaru*, 17 Raducu Zaharia*, 18 Ciprian Boca*, 19 Sergiu Ursache, 20 Vasile Cioara*, 21 Lucian Morosan, 22 George Tanasescu*, 23 Ionut Panturu, 24 Vlad Marian, 25 Danut Prescura
Canada: 15 Harry Jones, 14 Jordan Wilson-Ross, 13 Matt Evans, 12 Jeff Campbell, 11 Kyle Buckley, 10 Nathan Hirayama, 9 Sean White (captain), 8 Thyssen de Goede, 7 Keegan Selby, 6 Ian Manly, 5 Richard Andrews, 4 Seb Pearson, 3 Russell Ward, 2 Ryan Hamilton, 1 Andrew Tiedemann
Replacements (from): 16 Kyle Leclerc, 18 Luke Racine, 20 Mike Berry*, 21 Benz Henrikson*, 22 Scott Manning*, 23 Mauro Perizzolo*, 24 Matt Mosby*, 25 Jamie Mackenzie*, 26 Jesse McConney
Georgia vs Russia, 24-6
Georgia won their third match in Division B at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 with a 24-6 victory over Russia to put them into the semi-finals.
The Georgians dominated for much of the match using both backs and forwards in an open and expansive game at Gibson Park, Malone.
Georgia wing Beka Tsiklauri scored the opening try when he sprinted in from the 22-metre line after slick passing from the Georgia backline had put him clear on the right wing. Tsiklauri attempted the conversion himself, but missed from wide on the right.
Centre Rati Nutsubidze extended Georgia’s lead when he touched down after centre partner Sandro Inashvili broke through Russia’s defence and passed inside to leave him free to run in the try.
Tsiklauri was successful with the conversion as Georgia rushed to a twelve point lead. The first half scoring was completed when Georgia fullback Michael Tsiklauri broke through the line to bring the score to 17-0 at the interval.
Russia started the second half strongly and were rewarded with a penalty that was successfully converted by Iustin Petrushka just one minute into the second half.
Georgia secured the all important bonus point midway through the half with a superb try. A clearing kick was fielded by Tsiklauri who worked the ball to hooker George Jashitashvili who showed good pace and power to touch down under the posts and leave an easy conversion for Beka Tsiklauri.
The final score of the game came from Russia as Petrushka converted a difficult penalty to bring the final score to 24-6 and set up a semi-final for Georgia against Canada and a 9th to 12th place play-off match for Russia.
Afterwards the Georgian captain Archil Kobauri said: “We trained hard on the rucks and mauls which we concentrated on in the last three days. Our coach is happy because we did what he wanted on the pitch.
“Russia has never won against Georgia and so I am happy that we have continued this tradition. We thought during the game about the bonus point but the win was more important. We played badly against Zimbabwe and so we will hope to repeat this performance in our semi final.”
Scorers:
For Russia:
Pens: Iustin Petrushka 2
For Georgia:
Tries: Beka Tsiklauri, Rati Nutsubidze, Michael Tsiklauri, Revazi Basilashvili
Cons: Beka Tsiklauri 2
Teams:
Russia: 15 Iustin Petrushka, 14 Marat Abdullin, 13 Timur Temiev, 12 Andrey Kuleshin, 11 Alexey Arnautov, 10 Andrey Lubkov, 9 Alexey Tolstykh (captain), 8 Andrey Gas, 7 Valentin Yusim, 6 Valery Klimenko, 5 Ilya Osminko, 4 Ruslan Fralkov, 3 Sergey Malikov, 2 Mikhail Chechetkin, 1 Alexey Pivovarow
Replacements (from): 16 Sergey Chernyshev, 17 Gennady Berezhnov*, 18 Yladimir Voronin, 19 Ivan Sysoev*, 20 Pavel Dmitriev*, 21 Sergey Gavryushin*, 22 Dmitry Gerasimov*, 23 Alexey Andreev*, 24 Vasily Sizykh*, 25 Gleb Babkin, 26 Roman Timofeev
Georgia: 15 Michael Tsiklauri, 14 Alexander Tuchashvili, 13 Sandro Inashvili, 12 Rati Nutsubidze, 11 Beka Tsiklauri, 10 Lasha Khmaladze, 9 Zakaria Zirakashvili, 8 Archil Kobauri (captain), 7 Vasil Kakovin, 6 Vakhtang Mdzinarishvili, 5 Beka Nikolaishvili, 4 David Chichua, 3 Revazi Basilashvili, 2 George Jashitashvili, 1 Irakli Mirtskhulava
Replacements (from): 16 George Tsirekidze*, 17 David Aladashvili, 18 Viktor Kolelishvili, 19 Giorgi Kalmakhelidze*, 20 Giorgi Svandize, 21 Vakhtang Kavtidze, 22 George Rokhvadze, 23 Beka Skhulukhia*
Italy vs Tonga, 8-6
Italy’s hopes of claiming the Division B crown remain intact after recording a dramatic 8-6 victory over Tonga at Queens to remain unbeaten in the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007.
Trailing 6-3 entering injury time of a tense, but thrilling encounter, it appeared as though Italy would miss out on the all-important top four position and a shot at the title. But with seconds remaining flyhalf Riccardo Bocchino squeezed over for a try in the corner that secured the points.
The try also ended Tonga’s title campaign. Having entered the match at the top of the standings the defeat means that the Tongans finished the pool stages in fifth and outside the all important semi-final places.
Although the match was a low-scoring affair the vocal supporters were treated to a game of high quality and excitement, which was dominated by the two best defences in the division.
After a nervous start by both sides the match settled into a tactical affair with both teams thwarted by some excellent individual cover tackling.
It took until the 17th minute for the deadlock to be broken when the Tongans were awarded a penalty after a period of sustained pressure inside the Italian half. Tongan centre Sione Toke calmly slotted over the penalty to give his side a deserved 3-0 lead.
With confidence boosted Tonga pressed for a further score and came close to the Italian line on several occasions. However, despite enjoying greater possession, Tonga could not find a way through a resolute Italian defence and entered the interval 3-0 ahead.
Italy came out of the blocks strongly in the second half, but could not find a way through the Tongan defence. However, the Italians did get some reward for their efforts when prolific flyhalf Bocchino kicked a penalty to level the match at 3-3.
Tonga again took the lead with a second Sione Toke penalty and looked as though they had the match wrapped up entering injury time.
But the Italians threw everything at the Tongan defence in the dying moments and launched a series of attacks inside the Tonga 22.
Strong forward play helped Italy gain vital yards and with the last play of the game scrum half Luca Martinelli threw a beautiful pass out Bocchino who stepped inside two defenders to score the try that won the match and secured them top place in Division B.
Afterwards the Italy flank Alex Leo said: “Words just can’t describe it. It was a brilliant game. We gave everything we’ve got, and we live to fight another day. We’ve trained long and hard and I think we deserve it.”
The Italian coach Stefano Romagnol saidi: “The team was hard and aggressive and the match was very physical. Tonga where very tough but our spirit was important.”
The Tongan captain Richard Kaufusi: “Right now we are disappointed but we enjoyed the game and it was played in good spirit.”
Scorers:
For Tonga:
Pens: Sione Toke
For Italy:
Try: Riccardo Bocchino
Pen: Riccardo Bocchino
Teams:
Tonga: 15 Mateo Malupo, 14 Pauni Atiola, 13 William Takai, 12 Sione Toke, 11 Salesi Sete, 10 Richard Kaufusi (captain), 9 Sekope Maea, 8 Sione Kalamafeni, 7 Constantin Kauvaka, 6 Inoke Taufa, 5 Tevita Tangi, 4 Finau Tupa, 3 Sila Puafisi, 2 Tone Tukufuka, 1 Viliami Pola
Replacements (from): 16 Lepaola Taueli*, 17 Maleko Latu*, 18 Salesi Veikune, 19 Ikuna Manuofetoa, 20 Fransis Penitani, 21 Mahe Fangupo, 22 Simote Langi, 23 Alfred Hausia*, 24 Sione Katoa, 25 Charles Mateo, 26 Isileli Vaka’uta
Italy: 15 Francesco Fiorani, 14 Andrea Pratichetti, 13 Roberto Quartaroli, 12 Alberto Chiesa (captain), 11 Edoardo Rotella, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Luca Martinelli, 8 Rudolph Mernone, 7 Alex Leo, 6 Nicola Simion, 5 Alberto Cazzola, 4 Filippo Giusti, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Gabriele Morelli, 1 Andrea De Marchi
Replacements (from): 16 Tommaso D’Apice*, 17 Elia Violi, 18 Lorenzo Sebastiani, 19 Giacomo Sala, 20 Lorenzo Puliti, 21 Giuseppe Sapuppo, 22 Giovanni Massaro, 23 Marcello Magri, 24 Alberto Bergamo, 25 Mattia Locatelli, 26 Simone Favaro
Round 3 Results
Canada vs Romania, 15-7
Chinese Taipei vs Cook Islands, 10-10
Georgia vs Russia, 24-6
Italy vs Tonga, 8-6
Uruguay vs Chile, 30-20
USA vs Zimbabwe, 22-7
Those who do not make the semis, play off for positions. Tonga play Zimbabwe and Uruguay play Chile whom they have already beaten in the pool rounds. Cook Islands play Russia and Chinese Taipei play Romania.
Earlier Results
Round 1
Canada vs Zimbabwe, 8-0
Chile vs Cook Islands, 29-14
Georgia vs Romania, 28-0
Italy vs Chinese Taipei, 62-6
Tonga vs Uruguay, 36-5
USA vs Russia, 6-0
Round 2
Canada vs Russia, 33-5
Italy vs Chile, 32-13
Tonga vs Cook Islands, 72-6
Uruguay vs Chinese Taipei, 55-5
USA vs Romania, 16-10
Zimbabwe vs Georgia, 33-26
Fixtures – 16 April
10th vs 11th: Chinese Taipei vs Romania, Queen’s, Belfast
9th vs 12th: Cook Islands vs Russia, Gibson Park, Malone
6th vs 7th: Uruguay vs Chile, Uprichard Park, Bangor
5th vs 8th: Tonga vs Zimbabwe, Uprichard Park, Bangor
Semi-finals
2nd vs 3rd: Canada vs Georgia, Gibson Park, Malone
1st vs 4th: Italy vs USA, Queen’s, Belfast
