2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge

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]

2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Date6–14 March 2020
Champions Junior Japan
Runners-up Fiji Warriors
Matches played6

Teams

The four teams that competed were:

Table

2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
 Junior Japan 330014325+1182014
 Fiji Warriors 32018826+622010
 Tonga A 310246103−57105
 Samoa A 300318141−123000
Updated: 15 March 2020
Source: itsrugby.co.uk (archived)

Match results

Round 1

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

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

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

  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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