IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy available online starting Jun. 18th

[dudeabides]

These matches may not be as interesting as the Jr World Championship tournament already underway, but they are still international rugby. If you like to watch that like me...

Watch the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy LIVE on ksl.com June 18-30

Junior World Rugby Trophy Schedule

June 18, 2012 (Monday)

Japan v. Zimbabwe - 12:00pm
Chile v. Russia - 2:00pm
Georgia v. Canada - 4:00pm
USA v. Tonga - 6:00pm

June 22, 2012 (Friday)

Georgia v. Zimbabwe - 12:00pm
Japan v. Canada - 2:00pm
Tonga v. Russia - 4:00pm
USA v. Chile - 6:00pm

June 26, 2012 (Tuesday)

Canada v. Zimbabwe - 12:00pm
Japan v. Georgia - 2:00pm
Tonga v. Chile - 4:00pm
USA v. Russia - 6:00pm

June 30, 2012 (Saturday)

7th place playoff - 12:00pm
5th place playoff - 2:00pm
3rd place playoff - 4:00pm
Final - 6:00pm

For more info about the JWT visit http://www.irb.com

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1155&sid=20696287

[Nielsch]

Winner will get promoted to the IRB Junior World Championship. Will be interesting to see if the USA can do something against Tonga. Japan versus Canada will hopefully be interesting to watch too.

[dudeabides]

I had hoped to go catch one of the days' events, but my rugby trip money got kinda tied up by a USA v Italy trip. Nevertheless I'll be watching and pulling for these guys even if they need a miracle...

[bushytop]

Winner will get promoted to the IRB Junior World Championship. Will be interesting to see if the USA can do something against Tonga. Japan versus Canada will hopefully be interesting to watch too.

Interesting... have you any idea who are the form sides within the tourny... I'd imagine Georgia are quite strong?

[Toko_11]

Interesting... have you any idea who are the form sides within the tourny... I'd imagine Georgia are quite strong?

This is how I would rate the teams
Tonga Georgia and Japan should be the favorites.
Canada and, USA could cause upsets.
Russia, Chile and Zimbabwe are the underdogs.

[psychic duck]

what does it say about Russia's future when their U20 team just got spanked 53-19 against the giant rugby nation of ......... Chile !

[Toko_11]

giant rugby nation of ......... Chile !

hahahah. wow i didn't expect that. Makes you wonder how do Russians want to develop rugby if not through youth. I believe in rugby the youth tournament results are a lot more reliable for predicting future strength of nations than in other sports like Basketball or Football

[Hinato]

Victoire du Japon 39-36 contre le Zimbabwe grâce à un essai de l'arrière Yutaro Murai dans les dernières secondes du match!

[Toko_11]

Victoire du Japon 39-36 contre le Zimbabwe grâce à un essai de l'arrière Yutaro Murai dans les dernières secondes du match!

I don't speak french but i guess Japan beat Zimbabwe 39-36 huh ? surprising results so far.

[Hinato]

Le Japon menait 22-14 à la pause mais le Zimbabwe a fait mal en seconde mi-temps. Un match très ouvert et un très beau rugby entre deux nations qui jouent ouvertement le jeu. Le Japon est passé pas loin de la catastrophe, mais vaut mieux maintenant que contre le Canada ou la Géorgie.

[Hinato]

La Géorgie a battu le Canada 24-17. La 1ère place de la poule B se jouera comme prévu entre le Japon et la Géorgie.

[Feicarsinn]

Guys, can we please keep posts in English? Just makes it easier all round.

[Hinato]

Georgia beat Canada 31-17. The first place in Pool B will be played as scheduled between Japan and Georgia.

[Hinato]

Japan led 22-14 at halftime but Zimbabwe has hurt in the second half. A very open match and a beautiful rugby between two nations that openly play the game Japan fell not far from the disaster, but now that is better against Canada and Georgia.

[Toko_11]

Georgia 31 -17 Canada. Terrible quality on the live stream :| Bad organization from the yanks

[dudeabides]

USA vs Tonga coming on now!

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=20696287&nid...by-trophy-&s=3

Go team go!

[psychic duck]

Georgia has sent possibly their best ever U20 squad this year and have a very good chance of winning their first ever year in the main tournament

Lasha Lomidze is being hyped as the nearest thing in the youth ranks to Gorgodze and is already in the Espoirs squad of Montpellier, whilst in the backs Merab Sharikadze is already a first choice centre for the senior team (although he struggled in defence against USA last weekend), and Dzneladze and Nikolava were both on the "A" team tour to England and Wales this year

The Georgia U18 team has already beaten the Italy U18 team of course, so there is good youth coming through

[Hinato]

Tonga in Pool A favorite logically

[Hinato]

Psychic duck not underestimate Japan. Very good players in the team, including the back.

[Toko_11]

USA came very close to scoring a try. this day is full of surprises. 3-0 still the game is very even. both teams making few mistakes but in general they look pretty good.

30' Tonga sin bin

some USA players aren't passing when needed. i don't know if its because of greed or inexperience.

also they lost another good chance for scoring a try.

I like this game so far because neither tam looks better than Georgia from what I've seen so far, which makes me really optimistic.

USA not taking the advantage of extra player

36' 3-3 Tonga scores a long free kick

[Hinato]

Tonga to 14, but the U.S. missed an opportunity to test.

[psychic duck]

Psychic duck not underestimate Japan. Very good players in the team, including the back.

Japan U20 lost to Wales U20 119-7 this year

[Toko_11]

USA 3 - 6 Tonga

[Toko_11]

6-6 not the most entertaining game so far... I would go as far as saying its a little bit boring. and by "little Bit" I mean "A lot"

[Hinato]

The best match of the day: Japan-Zimbabwe objectively.

[Toko_11]

Yes Japan, Zimbabwe and their open door policy

[dudeabides]

Tonga turning it up in the 2nd half. Nice work by them for sure to still have the stamina after all the pressure they put on the USA in the first half and tackled the hell out of them. There are still 20 min's or so left for it to turn around though.

[Toko_11]

Another try for The US and unless Chile has some undercover Kiwis playing for them I'm sure that The USA will be in the final.

And now we know that JWC will have a debutante next year. I just hope its Georgia

[Hinato]

The big game of chicken will be Georgia-Japan. With the defeat of Tonga today, the road to the title is wide open for those who finish first in Pool B.

[psychic duck]

Another try for The US and unless Chile has some undercover Kiwis playing for them I'm sure that The USA will be in the final.

And now we know that JWC will have a debutante next year. I just hope its Georgia

according to what I've been told by somebody who watched, Georgia in command of the match and the front row were dominant, and in the back rower Mamrikishvili was also good as was the scrum half

I'm looking forward to seeing Lomidze soon, I've heard he is the star of this team, I wonder how quickly he will break into the Georgian side (probably very quickly considering Georgia plays third choice forwards for half the ENC and in June)

The big game of chicken will be Georgia-Japan. With the defeat of Tonga today, the road to the title is wide open for those who finish first in Pool B.

Wales 119-7 Japan