2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge

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2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Date6–14 March 2020
Champions Junior Japan
Runners-up Fiji Warriors
Matches played6
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The 2020 Pacific Challenge was the fifteenth World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Teams from Japan, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga featured in the competition which was played in Fiji as a round-robin tournament. Junior Japan went undefeated in winning the challenge title, with the Fiji Warriors finishing as runner-up. The Japanese defeated the Fijian team by 21–12 in the last round.[1]

Teams[edit]

The four teams that competed were:

Table[edit]

2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
 Junior Japan 3 3 0 0 143 25 +118 2 0 14
 Fiji Warriors 3 2 0 1 88 26 +62 2 0 10
 Tonga A 3 1 0 2 46 103 −57 1 0 5
 Samoa A 3 0 0 3 18 141 −123 0 0 0
Updated: 15 March 2020
Source: itsrugby.co.uk (archived)

Match results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

6 March 2020 Junior Japan  46–10  Tonga A ANZ Stadium, Suva  
3:30pm Summary[2]
6 March 2020 Fiji Warriors  29–5  Samoa A ANZ Stadium, Suva  
5:30pm Summary[3]

Round 2[edit]

10 March 2020 Samoa A  3–76  Junior Japan ANZ Stadium, Suva  
3:30pm Summary[4]
10 March 2020 Fiji Warriors  47–0  Tonga A ANZ Stadium, Suva  
5:30pm Summary[5]

Round 3[edit]

14 March 2020 Tonga A  36–10  Samoa A ANZ Stadium, Suva  
12:30pm Summary[6]
14 March 2020 Fiji Warriors  12–21  Junior Japan ANZ Stadium, Suva  
3:30pm Summary[7]



Junior Japan
Pacific Challenge Champion 
First title

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Junior Japan end Fiji Warriors' dominance at Pacific Challenge". World Rugby. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Japan v Tonga - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Fiji v Samoa - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Samoa v Japan - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Fiji v Tonga - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Tonga v Samoa - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Fiji v Japan - World Rugby Pacific Challenge". It's Rugby. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
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