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Friday 20 April 2007
Fiji U19s thrash Japan for 11th place
Fiji finished their campaign at the IRB Under 19 World Championship in style by scoring 10 tries in a 60-12 rout of Japan to claim 11th place in Division A. Wing Henry Speight became the toast of the Fiji side with four tries in the match.
Fiji opened the scoring in their first attack into Japan’s half. Flanker Jese Cirikisuva burst through the defence to touch down behind the posts and Natubavivi Kasami added the conversion to give Fiji an early seven-point lead.
Fiji dominated the opening half and added further tries from captain John Vugakoto, who used his pace to exploit an overlap, whilst Speight scored two before the break. Seremaia Tagicakibau converted both for a comfortable 26-0 half-time lead.
The second half began with Fiji quickly reasserting their dominance as Vuga Tagicakibau pounced on a charged down kick after two minutes for Fiji's fifth try.
Japan responded well and opened their account with a try from Jamie Blackie who was driven over following a driving maul.
Speight capped his tournament by crossing the line twice more with Waqabaca Kotobaluva and Samuela Vumisa also scoring and Tevita Taga adding a conversion.
Japan added a late consolation through Blackie, who showed his pace to out-strip the Fiji cover and continued to attack the Fiji line, but it was too late for Japan.
Fiji added to Japan’s woes with a 10th and final try right on full-time. Vugakoto sped down the wing and past Japan’s cover defence to score behind the posts.
Isikeli Vuruna added the conversion to give Fiji a comfortable 60-12 victory and earn them their second win in from their debut year in Division A.
Quotes:
Fiji coach Josua Tokula: “I am very proud of the boys today. Their performance was fantastic and they did their country proud. We were only promoted to the A Division last year and we have built a good platform for our next teams to build on by staying in the top division.”
Fiji captain John Vugakoto: “The boys performed very well today, we were concentrating on getting points on the board, but it was nice to be able to score 10 tries against a strong team like Japan. This tournament has been fantastic, we have been able to test ourselves against the best players in the world and also have been able to see a new part of the world.”
Japan coach Misutake Hagimoto: “We are really disappointed with today’s result. We have not improved throughout the five matches of the tournament but we will try to learn from the experience."
Japan captain Tappei Higashide: “I am very disappointed, we really wanted to win for Japan, but just couldn’t get things right.”
Friday 20 April 2007
Fiji 60 Japan 12
IRB U19s World Championship
Belfast Harlequins, Belfast
Half-time: 26-0
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Touch judges: (Richard Kerr (Ireland), Joao Mourinha (Portugal)
FIJI U19s: 15 Seremaia Tagicakibau, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Isikeli Vuruna, 12 Rakuita Vakalalabure (Seru Baleinatabua 59), 11 William Saukuru (Kini Murimurivalu 54), 10 Natubavivi Kasami (Tevita Taga 46), 9 Vuga Tagicakibau, 8 John Vugakoto (capt), 7 Waqabaca Kotobalavu (Manoa Driu 59), 6 Jese Cirikisuva (Samuela Vunisa 46), 5 Tevita Tuiloa (Josese Niutimi 59), 4 Temo Vakaloloma, 3 Jeke Lalai, 2 Peni Kilibau, 1 Serupepeli Qaranivalu
Coach: Josua Toakula
Not used: Saula Qalomai, Mesake Sotiakivanuayawa, Uraia Vecenadavui, Peni Rokodiva
Tries: Speight (4), Vugakoto (2), Cirikisuva, V Tagicakibau, Kotobalavu, Vunisa; Conversions: S Tagicakibau (2), Taga (2), Kasami.
JAPAN U19s: 15 Takaya Iida (Ryo Morita 38), 14 Takamasa Okubo (Naoki Chono 58), 13 Naoki Katchi (Katsuyuki Sakai 18), 12 Yasutaka Sasakura (Katsuyuki Sakai 7-9), 11 Jamie Blackie, 10 Mizuki Yanagihara, 9 Tappei Higashide (capt), 8 Shohei Maekawa, 7 Jumpei Ohira, 6 Hiraoki Sugimoto (Yuichiro Ogihara 50), 5 Norimasa Kuribayashi, 4 Keisuke Matsuda (Eiri Nakada 24), 3 Koichi Nitta, 2 Ryosuke Inoue (Futoshi Mori 50), 1 Masataka Mikami (Masahiro Nakagawa 67).
Coach: Misutake Hagimoto
Not used: Masaru Furutate
Tries: Blackie (2); Conversion: Yanagihara.
Scoring sequence (Fiji’s scores shown first):
6min – TRY FIJI, Cirikisuva; conversion Kasami – 7-0
21min – TRY FIJI, Vugakoto – 12-0
30min – TRY FIJI, Speight; conversion S Tagicakibau– 19-0
36min – TRY FIJI, Speight; conversion S Tagicakibau – 26-0
Half-time
37min – TRY FIJI, V Tagicakibau – 31-0
40min – TRY JAPAN, Blackie; conversion Yanagihara – 31-7
48min – TRY FIJI, Speight – 36-7
52min – TRY FIJI, Kotobalavu; conversion Taga – 43-7
57min – TRY FIJI, Speight – 48-7
66min – TRY JAPAN, Blackie – 48-12
68min – TRY FIJI, Vunisa – 53-12
74min – TRY FIJI, Vugakoto; conversion Taga – 60-12
Full-time
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