Records fall at IRB Junior champs
New Zealand wing Julian Savea and England fullback Tom Homer wrote their names into the IRB Junior championship record books on day two of the 2010 tournament in Argentina on Wednesday.
Savea crossed for four tries in New Zealand’s 77-7 defeat of Samoa in their Pool C encounter in Santa Fe, equalling the record for the most tries scored in a single match held by Australian trio Richard Kingi, Kurtley Beale and Dane Haylett-Petty.
Homer, meanwhile, kicked 21 points in England’s 36-21 victory over Under-20 Six Nations champions Ireland in Rosario to become the leading point scorer in Junior World Championship history with 112.
Nearly 50 000 fans have attended the two match days across the three host venues with Rosario again drawing the biggest crowds, although they went home disappointed after Argentina lost 31-23 to France despite a stirring second half fight back.
Australia and South Africa both looked impressive in scoring 11 tries to overcome Tonga 67-5 and Scotland 73-0 respectively in Pool C, while Wales were the other winners on day two after beating Fiji 31-3.
The pool stages climax on Sunday with three mouth-watering matches to determine the semifinalists as New Zealand face Wales and South Africa tackle Australia in Santa Fe, while England meet France in Rosario.
Results and scorers:
Pool A:
Wales 31-3 Fiji
Scorers:
For Wales:
Tries: Ben John, Morgan Allen, Ashley Beck
Cons: Matthew Jarvis, Steve Shingler
Pens: Jarvis 4
For Fiji:
Pen: Josh Matavesi
New Zealand 77-7 Samoa
Scorers:
For New Zealand:
Tries: Blade Thomson 2, Telusa Veainu, Julian Savea 4, Tyler Bleyendaal, Paul Ngauamo, Charlie Ngatai, Sam Prattley
Cons: Bleyendaal 5, Hayden Parker 3
For Samoa:
Try: Joshua Tyrell
Con: Patrick Fa’apale Faleono
Pool B
England 36-21 Ireland
Scorers:
For England:
Tries: Jamie Gibson, Freddie Burns 2
Cons: Tom Homer 3
Pens: Homer 5
For Ireland:
Tries: Andrew Conway, Eoin Griffin
Con: Noel Reid
Pens: James McKinney 3
Argentina 23-31 France
Scorers:
For Argentina:
Tries: Tomas Baravalle, Ramiro Moyano, Tomas De La Vega
Pen: Valentin Cruz Hernestrosa
DG: Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra
For France:
Tries: Alexi Bales, Remi Lamerat, Remi Lamerat, Jean Sousa
Cons: Gilles Bosch 4
Pen: Bosch
Pool C
Australia 67-5 Tonga
Scorers:
For Australia:
Tries: Lachlan McCaffrey, Nicholas White 3, Scott Sio, Cameron Mitchell, Robbie Coleman, Phoenix Battye, Samuel Robertson, Jake Schatz, Jonathon Lance
Cons: White 4, Matt Toomua 2
For Tonga:
Try: Mone Latu
South Africa 73-0 Scotland
Scorers:
Tries: Wandile Mjekevu, Siya Kolisi 2, Marcel van der Merwe, Brummer Badenhorst, Elton Jantjies 2, Patrick Lambie, Sibusiso Sithole 2, Keny Okafor
Cons: Patrick Lambie 8, Elton Jantjies
Scotland:
None
