New Zealand, South Africa in U19 final

The Baby Blacks will play the Bay Boks in the final of the International Rugby Board’s Under-19 World Championship being played in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Neither had particular problems in winning their semi-final matches on Tuesday.

The Baby Boks beat the reigning champions, Australia, 32-18 while the Baby Blacks were much too strong for the willing Welsh, winning 36-12. The New Zealanders clinched the match at half-time and scored only one try in the second half, the last act of the match.

Scotland had to battle to beat Fiji 11-7, England beat Argentina 31-13, France beast Samoa 25-13 and Ireland beat Japan 31-10.

The match details and reports are supplied by the IRB.

NB 8 = replacement who played

South Africa vs Australia, 32-18

South Africa booked their place in the Division A final of the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 after out-muscling defending champions Australia at Ravenhill to triumph 32-18 on Tuesday 17 April.

Australia had actually opened the scoring with a second minute penalty from centre Rowan Kellam, but from then on in the first half it was the South African pack who assumed control of the game, putting the defending champions under pressure at every set piece.

South Africa won two scrums against the head and were rewarded for their pressure when centre Stephan Dippenaar picked up a loose ball from a turn-over and fed his hooker Henri Bantjes, who barged his way over the line from five metres out in the seventh minute.

Stefan Watermeyer failed to convert, but such was South Africa’s dominance at the breakdown that it was inevitable further tries would follow, fullback Wilton Pietersen making amends for failing to touch down minutes earlier to slice through the Australian defence to score.

Watermeyer added the conversion this time and then kicked a penalty to give South Africa a 15-3 lead at half-time, just rewards for their first half performance against an Australian side who appeared shell-shocked and turned the ball over at vital times to leave little ball for their backs.

Australia came out with renewed purpose in the second half, unwilling to surrender their crown without a fight, but it was South Africa who stretched their lead when a driving maul over the line saw loosehead prop Corne Fourie emerge with the ball and a huge grin on his face.

Watermeyer’s conversion drifted wide and nine minutes into the second half second row Rob Simmons boosted Australian hope of a revival when he scored after great work by hooker James Hanson, who popped the ball inside before going into touch, for an easy try.

The conversion attempt from Kellam missed and as Australia began to find a foothold in the game, some tough tackling from South Africa kept them at bay. This tackling soon turned defence into attack as Australia turned the ball over and Dippenaar to take play into their opponents’ half.

Dippenaar passed out of the tackle to Pietersen, who appeared to have the legs to score only for wing Blair Connor to bravely hang on and bring him to a standstill. Sadly for Connor, flyhalf Francois Brummer came charging up in support to score under the posts for the Baby Boks.

The conversion by Watermeyer stretched the advantage to 27-8, but once more Australia refused to lie down and a probing kick from centre Mitchell Inman forced South Africa to concede a lineout only five metres from their try line.

Quick thinking from wing Alfi Mafi meant 17-year-old Simmons had the easy task of diving over the line unchallenged for his second try of the match, cutting the deficit to 27-13. Australian hopes were raised again when Pietersen was sinbinned with around seven minutes remaining.

Australia though would need two converted tries to draw level. They got one when Mafi finished off an exciting backline move to score a try, which was awarded after consultation with the television match official David Kerr.

Kellam again missed with the conversion and South Africa made certain of victory themselves, the 2005 champions scoring their fifth try of the match when the ball bounced nicely into the hands of Dippenaar for a try his performance deserved.

Watermeyer missed the conversion, but punched the air with delight as referee Matt Stanish signalled the end of the match and South Africa’s place in the final to banish the disappointment of their eighth place finish in last year’s tournament.

Afterwards the South Africa captain Gerrit van Velze: “There is a good confidence within the team as we are getting better every game. We will keep our feet on the ground, but I have always dreamt of playing in games like these.”

Australian captain Brett Gillespie: “The pressure from the South African pack didn’t allow us any quality ball. Crucial mistakes in the first half cost us and we will have to get back to basics for an important game in three days’ time.”

Scorers:

For Australia:
Tries: Rob Simmons 2, Alfi Mafi
Pen: Rowan Kellam

For South Africa:
Tries: Henri Bantjes, Wilton Pietersen, Francois Brummer, Corne Fourie, Stephan Dippenaar
Cons: Stefan Watermeyer 2
Pen: Stefan Watermeyer

Teams:

Australia: 15 Andrew Barrett, 14 Alfi Mafi, 13 Rowan Kellam, 12 Mitchell Inman, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Brett Gillespie (captain), 9 Jeremy Su’a, 8 Michael Uoka, 7 Rodney Maa, 6 Ben McCalman, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Daniel Palmer, 2 James Hanson, 1 Tetera Faulkner
Replacements (from): 16 Daniel Penca*, 17 Ben Daley*, 18 Albert Anae*, 19 Adam Campbell, 20 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 21 Chris Harkins, 22 Dan Robinson, 23 Jason Ryan, 24 Patrick McCabe, 25 Peter Betham*, 26 John Grant

South Africa: 15 Wilton Pietersen, 14 Bernado Botha, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 Vainon Willis, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Gerrit van Velze (captain), 7 Johan van Deventer, 6 Thiliphaut Marole, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Cornell Hess, 3 Frederick Kirsten, 2 Henri Bantjes , 1 Corne Fourie
Replacements (from): 16 Pieter Janse Van Vuuren*, 17 Jean-Jacques Rossouw*, 18 Wiehahn Herbst*, 19 Berend Botha*, 20 Marlin Ruiters, 21 Tshepo Masuga, 22 Aubrey McDonald, 23 Mlindazwe Nqoro*, 24 Yaasir Hartzenberg*, 25 Earl-Jivan Snyman, 26 Sobelo Nhlapo*

New Zealand vs Wales, 36-12

New Zealand will face South Africa in the Division A final at the IRB Under-19 World Championship after the Baby Blacks overcame Wales 36-12 in their semi-final at Ravenhill on Tuesday 17 April.

The score line was virtually the same as when the two sides met at the same venue in the opening round of pool matches, New Zealand winning 37-14 to get their campaign to reclaim the title after two final losses off to the perfect start.

New Zealand, though, did not have this semi-final all their own way with Wales producing a strong second-half display to the delight of their contingent in the crowd. Ultimately though it was New Zealand’s three first-half tries that ended hopes of a northern hemisphere finalist.

Drafted in to replace the injured Israel Dagg at fullback, Trent Renata kicked a penalty in the first minute to open the scoring for New Zealand. Six minutes later centre Jackson Willison carved open the Welsh defence to score an impressive individual try.

Renata added the conversion and then cancelled out a penalty from Wales wing Leigh Halfpenny with one of his own to give New Zealand a 13-3 lead after only 14 minutes. This quickly became 18-3 when Renata rounded off a great piece of back play to score in the corner.Wing Zach Guildford scored New Zealand’s third try of the half after Kade Poki set off on one of his exciting runs before finding centre Robert Fruean, who had scored a hat-trick of tries against Wales in the pool game.

Fruean threw a long pass to Guildford, who wasn’t going to be denied his try from 22 metres out.

Wales were forced to make a number of changes, including taking off replacement David Langdon after only five minutes on the field when he suffered a fractured cheekbone.

The lengthy stoppage while Langdon was treated by medics allowed his Welsh team-mates to regroup and they duly reduced the deficit to 23-9 at half-time after two further penalties from the boot of Halfpenny, who went into this match as the leading point-scorer in Division A.

Halfpenny kicked his fourth penalty of the match shortly after the break to bring Wales back to 23-12 and keep alive their hopes of a revival against a New Zealand who were starting to allow a few errors to creep into their game.

Once more Renata cancelled out Halfpenny’s penalty within minutes with an effort of his own. Wales though continued to battle and play their hearts out, but New Zealand managed to keep them at bay despite not playing at their best.

Renata kicked his fourth penalty of the match before a late try from Winston Stanley wrapped up the victory, the replacement hitting a great line through the Welsh midfield to touch down. Renata converted the try, taking his personal tally for the game to 21 points.

New Zealand will now face South Africa, hoping to avenge their loss in the 2005 final. This match kicks off at 19.30 local time at Ravenhill on Saturday, while Wales will look to bounce back in the third place play-off against 2006 champions Australia in the 17.30 match at the same venue.

Afterwards the New Zealand coach Kieran Crowley said: “We started well and got three good tries, but I’m a little disappointed with our second-half display. Credit to Wales as they took the game to us in the second half, but we have to look at our phase play for the final.”

The New Zealand captain Chris Smith said: “It was a physical encounter and we will expect the same from South Africa. I don’t believe we have peaked yet, but a semi-final win is a win.”

The Wales captain Sam Warburton said: “Individual errors cost us tonight, but the guys put up a great fight in the second half. We want to get third place and to do that we will work on our weaknesses and try to exploit the Australians.”

Scorers:
For New Zealand:
Tries: Jackson Willison, Trent Renata, Zach Guildford, Winston Stanley
Cons: Trent Renata 2
Pens: Trent Renata 4

For Wales:
Pens: Leigh Halfpenny 4

Teams:

New Zealand: 15 Trent Renata, 14 Zach Guildford, 13 Robert Fruean, 12 Jackson Willison, 11 Kade Poki, 10 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 9 Wayne Ngaluafe, 8 Liukanasi Manu, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Peter Saili, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 4 Chris Smith (captain), 3 Ben Afeaki, 2 Ash Dixon , 1 Rodney Ah You
Replacements (from): 16 Quentin MacDonald*, 17 Paea Fa’anunu*, 18 Nicholas Barrett, 19 Thomas Crowley*, 20 Josh Townsend*, 21 John Hardie*, 22 Matthew Cameron, 24 Winston Stanley*, 26 Sean Maitland*

Wales: 15 Daniel Evans, 14 Jimmy Norris, 13 Luke Ford, 12 Rhys Williams, 11 Leigh Halfpenny, 10 Gareth Owen, 9 Gareth Williams, 8 Sam Warburton (captain), 7 Nic Cudd, 6 Jevon Groves, 5 Josh Turnbull, 4 Haydn Pugh, 3 Lloyd Elliott, 2 Huw Dowden, 1 Ryan Bevington
Replacements (from): 16 Ben Roberts*, 17 Sam Hobbs*, 18 Phil Price, 19 Nathan White, 20 Lloyd Phillips*, 21 Jonathan Griffiths, 22 Rhys Webb*, 23 David Langdon*, 24 Tom Williams*, 25 Nick Harwood, 26 James Egan*

France vs Samoa, 25-13

France bounced back from missing out on the semi-finals by beating Samoa 35-13 in Division A at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 at Deramore, Belfast Harlequins.

The first score came in the 13th minute when France charged down a relieving kick and Samoa were forced to slide the ball into touch.

France won the line-out and the pack drove over the line for prop forward Arthur Joly to claim the score with captain Mathieu Belie adding the conversion.

Soon after France increased their advantage when scrumhalf Maxime Machenaud made a break to link up with Belie and Charles Giminez who raced in wide out on the right for a 12 point advantage.

As France pressed forward once more the ball was lost and Samoa took full advantage. Excellent ball handling skills and a terrific final pass allowed Afa Aiono to sprint over.

As their confidence grew Samoa passed the ball with great fluidity, but stern tackling prevented the breakthrough.

The final play of the half allowed France to seize their third try when yet another Samoan attack floundered.

French fullback Cedric Coll gathered a loose pass and sprinted fully 90 metres to score between the posts with Belie once more finding the target with the conversion.

After the interval Samoa claimed their second try when No.8 Richard Muagutita picked up at the back of the scrum and made a number of metres before Faialaga Afamasaga surged over.

The free flowing rugby from the Samoans caused France some problems but attack after attack was stopped until France were caught off-side.

Samoa captain Alatasi Tuopo grabbed the ball and made no mistake as he slotted the penalty over, but Morgan Parra secured the French victory with a penalty and a last-minute drop goal.

France will now play England in the fifth place play-off, whilst Samoa play Argentina for seventh place.

Afterwards the France captain Mathieu Belie said: “I am disappointed because we didn’t do what we had to do, but we got the victory. I think we can beat England, but we have to improve our whole game and I think we can do this.”

France assistant coach Jean Marc Bederede said: “I am a bit disappointed because Samoa were a bit more aggressive than us . We made a lot of mistakes and were lucky to win this game. We need to keep our nerve and hold on to the ball a lot more against England.”

Samoa captain Alatasi Tupou said: “I feel we played well today but we just missed out on a number of occasions, we probably should have won the game but it is good to finish higher than last year. We must continue our good work in the tackle area and we could beat Argentina.”

Scorers:

For France:
Tries: Arthur Joly, Charles Gimenez, Cedric Coll
Cons: Mathieu Belie 2
Pen: Morgan Parra
Drop: Morgan Parra

For Samoa:
Tries: Afa Aiono, Faialaga Afamasaga

Pen: Faialaga Afamasaga

Teams:

France: 15Cedric Coll, 14 Erwan Berot, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Charles Gimenez, 11 Vincent Mehn, 10 Mathieu Belie (captain), 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Antoine Loubiere, 7 Louis Madaule, 6 Yohan Vivalda, 5 Adam Jaulhac, 4 Yoann Maestri, 3 Arthur Joly, 2 Jordan Merle, 1 Raphael Olive
Replacements (from): 16 Antonin Raffault*, 17 Nicolas Agnesi, 18 Clement Ric*, 19 Jean Roidot*, 20 Laurent Thuery, 21 Bastien Fitte*, 22 Adrien Tomas*, 23 Morgan Parra*, 25 Raphael Lakafia*

Samoa: 15Faialaga Afamasaga, 14 David Masoe, 13 Fualaga Pemita, 12 Thretton Palamo, 11 Jonathan Faletoese, 10 Salevi Leota , 9 Alatasi Tupou (captain), 8 Richard Muagutitia, 7 Afa Aiono, 6 Misioka Timoteo, 5 Seti Tafua, 4 Maselino Paulino, 3 Kalem Chan Boon, 2 Siologa Leota, 1 Siaosi Iona
Replacements (from): 16 Anetelea Lalotoa, 17 Davidson Tavita*, 18 Rowley Tofa, 19 Faalemiga Selesele*, 20 Ikoke Solomona, 21 Tenina Sauileoge*, 22 Peniamina Malaga*, 23 Seti Talalelei, 24 Tuavae Pati*

England vs Argentina, 31-13

For the second time in the space of a week England overcame a spirited challenge from Argentina in the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007, this time by a more convincing margin of 31-13 to keep alive their hopes of finishing fifth in Division A.

Argentina had given England a scare in their pool match at Deramore, Belfast Harlequins, on Monday 9 April, the South Americans fighting back from 17-3 down to lose 17-15 and so revenge would have been on their minds when the sides met again at Shaw’s Bridge.

England though started the brighter, scoring two tries in the opening six minutes. The first set the tone for the half, Noah Cato taking the ball tight against his touch-line in his own half before throwing a dummy and breaking up the wing before offloading to flank Gareth Dew.

The ball was eventually spun wide for right wing Miles Benjamin to score in the corner after only two minutes. England’s second try quickly followed as flyhalf Adam Greendale fed Gareth Griffiths, who committed his defender and offloaded for Cato to score.

Alex Goode converted both tries to give England a 14-0 lead before Argentinean flyhalf Matias Thomas kicked a drop goal to reduce the deficit. England though scored their third try inside 13 minutes when an impressive move sent Cato clear for his second try.

Once more though Argentina hit back, second row Guillermo Roan taking three England defenders over the line with him to score the try that sent his side in trailing only 19-8 at half-time.

This deficit was reduced even further nine minutes after the break when captain Belisario Agulla turned down a penalty and kicked for the corner. Hooker Roberto Tejeizo threw in the ball to the resultant line-out, then joined the back of the maul and was on hand to touch down.

The conversion was missed to leave Argentina trailing only 19-13, but that was as close as the South Americans got to victory as England ran in two late tries through replacements Andrew Saull and David Smith.

England now face France in the fifth place play-off at Shaw’s Bridge on Friday – a repeat of the third place playoff in 2006. Argentina meanwhile will look to bounce back from three successive defeats when they meet Samoa in the seventh place play-off.

Afterwards the England coach Nigel Redman said: “Sport is a game of winning and losing and you’ve got to learn from your mistakes and I’ll not be happy until we get a complete performance.”

Argentina coach Patricio Noriega said: “I am happy we played like we did in the second half, but we let ourselves down in the first half. We were beaten by them already and we tried to use that to our advantage.”

Argentina flyhalf Matias Thomas: “Because we are not professional it is a big challenge when we play teams like England here in Ireland, but we have fought well sometimes and we are not embarrassed.”

Scorers:

For England:
Tries: Miles Benjamin, Noah Cato 2, David Smith, Andrew Saull
Cons: Alex Goode 3

For Argentina:
Tries: Guillermo Roan, Roberto Tejerizo
Drop: Matias Thomas

Teams:

England: 15Alex Goode, 14 Miles Benjamin, 13 Alex Tait, 12 Gareth Griffiths, 11 Noah Cato, 10 Adam Greendale, 9 Daniel Pointon, 8 Hugo Ellis (captain), 7 Garth Dew, 6 Jonathan Fisher, 5 Gregor Gillanders, 4 Benjamin Thomas, 3 Nathan Catt, 2 Joe Williams , 1 Billy Moss
Replacements (from): 16 Scott Freer, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Jack Steadman*, 19 Tom Denton*, 20 Joe Simpson*, 21 Richard Bolt*, 22 Greg King*, 23 David Smith*, 24 Tom Bedford, 25 Andrew Saull*, 26 Matthew Cox*

Argentina: 15Belisario Agulla, 14 Nicolas Andres, 13 Juan Pablo Socino, 12 Juan Pablo Estelles, 11 Diego Palma, 10 Matias Thomas, 9 Martin Landajo, 8 Lisandro Ahaulli de Chazal, 7 Guido Lofiego, 6 Marcos Insua, 5 Guillermo Roan, 4 Anibal Panzeira Garrido, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Roberto Tejerizo, 1 Javier Perez
Replacements (from): 16 Ignacio di Santi*, 17 Jeronimo Negroto*, 18 Facundo Corimayo, 19 Cristian Etchart*, 20 Juan Mangione, 21 Federico Durba, 22 Manuel Trebucq, 23 Jorge Hill Basilio*, 24 Nicolas Sanchez, 25 Francisco Panessi, 26 Ignacio Poet Belmonte

Ireland vs Japan, 31-10

Host nation Ireland restored some pride with a 31-10 win over Japan in Division A at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 at Shaw’s Bridge.

Ireland were ahead after six minutes when Paul Ryan put in a fine tackle and turn-over in the Japan 22, before offloading to wing Paddy Brophy, who easily finished off in the corner.

Minutes later Brophy scored again when he was on the end of a fine back move and after impressive handling by Jamie Smith he was able to outpace the Japanese covering defence.

Ireland began to throw the ball about with confidence and it was Eoin O’Malley, starting at flyhalf after playing his previous games at centre, who finished off a great piece of work by hooker Michael Sherry.

Japan kept attacking and after captain and scrumhalf Tappei Higashide took a quick tap penalty, his side were awarded an attacking line-out from which they mauled Jumpei Ohira over the line.

Ireland scored their fourth try after good work from the Irish pack as half-time approached. Smith ran a good line, before passing to wing Alan Gaughan whose offload allowed Patrick Mallon to score from close range.

Japan began the second period brightly and it was only because of excellent scrambling defence by Niall Morris that Japan did not score.

Their pressure eventually paid off soon after as Japan again mauled over the Irish line following a well taken line-out with Norimasa Kuribayashi touching down.

O’Malley sealed the win for Ireland when he went over for his second try of the match, which he converted himself.

Ireland will now face Scotland for ninth place, the second time the two teams have played in this tournament, whilst Japan will play Fiji to avoid finishing bottom.

Afterwards the Ireland centre Jamie Smith said: “There’s obviously more pressure on us as we’re playing at home and we did have a point to prove after the South Africa game.”

Japan’s coach Mitsutake Hagimoto said: “It’s hard for us against teams like Ireland and New Zealand here but I’ve enjoyed being here at the tournament.”

Japan’s captain Tappei Higashide said: “We have improved a lot throughout the tournament and we have that to be pleased about that. There have been tough matches for us.”

Scorers:

For Ireland:
Tries: Paddy Brophy 2, Patrick Mallon, Eoin O’Malley
Cons: Eoin O’Malley 3

For Japan:
Tries: Jumpei Ohira, Norimasa Kuribayashi

Teams:

Ireland: 15 Niall Morris, 14 Alan Gaughan, 13 Jamie Smith, 12 Murray Kinsella, 11 Paddy Brophy, 10 Eoin O’Malley, 9 Kris Greene, 8 Paul Ryan (captain), 7 Rajan Reilly, 6 Patrick Mallon, 5 Ian Nagle, 4 David Foley, 3 Matthew Nelson, 2 Michael Sherry, 1 Ian Leonard
Replacements (from): 16 Stephen Douglas, 17 Paul Karayiannis, 18 Patrick McCabe*, 19 Brian Cawley, 20 Kieran Essex*, 21 Harry McAleese, 22 Scott Deasy, 23 Tommy Seymour*, 24 Conor Cleary*, 25 Adam Craig, 26 Jason Harris-Wright*

Japan: 15Ryo Morita, 14 Takamasa Okubo, 13 Naoki Katchi, 12 Yasutaka Sasakura, 11 Naoki Chono, 10 Mizuki Yanagihara, 9 Tappei Higashide (captain), 8 Shohei Maekawa, 7 Jumpei Ohira, 6 Hiraoki Sugimoto, 5 Norimasa Kuribayashi, 4 Keisuke Masuda, 3 Koichi Nitta, 2 Ryosuke Inoue, 1 Masataka Mikami
Replacements (from): 16 Futoshi Mori*, 17 Masaru Furutate, 18 Masahiko Nakagawa*, 19 Eiri Nakada*, 20 Takaya Iida, 21 Yuichiro Ogihara*, 22 Katsuyuki Sakai, 23 Jamie Blackie*

Scotland vs Fiji, 11-7

Scotland recorded their first victory in Division A at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 with an 11-7 win over Fiji who had beaten them 25-23 in the last round of pool matches.

It was a bright start from Scotland who pressured the Fiji line early on, but let slip a chance of opening the scoring with a missed penalty.

Having weathered the early storm Fiji broke out of their half to spread the ball wide where Peni Rokodiva dived over to score in the right corner. A touch-line conversion by Setoki Butukuro increased the Fijian advantage.

With Fiji operating at full throttle the Scottish defence was pressured on a number of occasions but they maintained focus and held their line.

When Scotland eventually broke free they surged into the opposition 22 and an off-side decision allowed flyhalf Ruairidh Jackson to slot home a penalty.

Just as the referee was about to blow for half-time Fiji were again penalised and Jackson kicked it to leave a single point between the sides at the break.

In the second period Scotland pinned Fiji in their own half for 10 minutes before they worked the ball along the back line for Lee Jones to squeeze in to give Scotland the lead.

With full time approaching Fiji mounted a number of attacks, but were unable to find an opening as final passes went astray and this allowed Scotland to clear to touch to end the game.

The victory means Scotland will play Ireland for ninth place, whilst Fiji will play Japan to avoid finishing bottom of Division A.

Afterwards Scotland assistant coach: Eamon John said: “We lost the first few games very narrowly so it was about time that we got on the right side of a close result. I suspected that Fiji would come out strong, and this game gives us the chance to redeem ourselves and play for ninth place. The game didn’t go exactly to plan, but we got the win and that is the most important thing.”

Fijian coach Josua Toakula said: “I was very disappointed at how we played today. Some decisions went against us but you have to live with that. We will try our best to win our final game against Japan.”

“Naturally we are disapointed with the mistakes we made. We expected to win this game but we must congratulate Scotland and wish them good luck in their final game.”

Scorers:

For Fiji:
Try: Peni Rokodiva
Con: Setoki Butukoro

For Scotland:
Try: Lee Jones
Pens: Ruairidh Jackson 2

Teams:

Fiji: 15Seremaia Tagicakibau, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Setoki Butukoro, 12 Rakuita Vakalalabure, 11 Isikeli Vuruna, 10 Ratu Natubavivi Kasami, 9 Peni Rokodiva, 8 Samuela Vunisa, 7 Uraia Vecenadavui, 6 John Vugakoto (captain), 5 Temo Vakaloloma, 4 Josese Bolabasaga Niutini, 3 Jack Lalai, 2 Saula Qalomai , 1 Mesake Sotiakivanuayawa
Replacements (from): 16 Peni Kilibau, 17 Waqabaca Kotobalavu*, 18 Tevita Tuiloa*, 19 Manoa Driu*, 20 Jese Cirikisuva, 21 Tevita Taga*, 22 Vuga Tagicakibau*, 23 Serpepeli Qaranivalu, 24 Kini Murimurivalu, 25 William Saukuru, 26 Seru Baleinatauba*

Scotland: 15Murray Allan, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Chris Kinloch, 12 Ruairidh Bonner, 11 Tom Bury, 10 Ruairidh Jackson, 9 Mathew Heeks, 8 Alexandre Wukovits, 7 Steven Burton, 6 Fraser McKenzie (captain), 5 Josh Brown, 4 Neale Patrick, 3 Joe Stafford, 2 Adrian Duncan, 1 Lewis Niven
Replacements (from): 16 Ralph McInally*, 17 Angus Dixon, 18 Gary Strain*, 19 Craig Charters*, 20 Kevin Bryce*, 21 Ross Samson*, 22 James Murray*, 23 Harry Duthie, 24 Redha Guedroudj*, 25 Craig Simmonds, 26 Stephen McColl