Glenwood, Tarbes in Japan Final

Mon, 05 May 2008 10:51

The 9th Sanix World Youth Rugby Tournament is nearing an end in Japan with a final between Glenwood of South Africa and Tarbes of France.

Sixteen teams have been taking part - eight from Japan and eight from abroad. The 16 teams are divided into two pools.

The foreign teams are Gisborne Boys High (New Zealand), Sinclair Secondary School (Canada), Tarbes (France), St Benedict’s School (England), Gyeong San HS (Korea), St Edmund’s College, Canberra (Australia), Glenwood, Ratu Kadavulevu School (Fiji). The eight local schools are: Ryutsu Keizai University HS Kashiwa (Chiba), Toin Gakuen HS (Kanagawa), Fushimi Technical HS (Kyoto), Jyosho Keiko Gakuen HS (Osaka), Onomichi HS (Hiroshima), Nagasaki Hokuyodai HS (Nagasaki), Saga Technical HS (Saga) and Higashi Fukuoka HS (Fukuoka).

The Pools are as follows:

Pool A: Gyeong San , St Edmund’s, Onomichi,  Higashi Fukuoka
Pool B: Gisborne, Ratu Kadavulevu, Nagasaki Hokuyodai, Jyosho Keiko Gakuen
Pool C: Sinclair , Tarbes (France), Toin Gakuen, Saga
Pool D: St Benedict’s, Glenwood, Ryutsu Keizai, Fushimi

Four overseas referees officiated at the tournament 2008:

Simon Moore (Australia), James McPhail (New Zealand), Patrick Allard (Canada), Julien Carrere (France).

Pool Results:

Pool A

St Edmund's vs Higashi Fukuoka, 59-7
St Edmund's vs Onomichi , 35-8
St Edmund's vs Gyeong San , 73-0
Onomichi vs Gyeong San, 52-17
Onomichi vs Higashi Fukuoka, 35-8
Higashi Fukuoka vs Gyeong San, 73-0

Pool B

Gisborne vs Jyosho Keiko Gakuen, 48-12
Gisborne vs Nagasaki Hokuyodai, 43-3
Gisborne vs Ratu Kadavulevu, 40-0
Ratu Kadavulevu vs Nagasaki Hokuyodai, 33-0
Ratu Kadavulevu vs Jyosho Keiko Gakuen, 25-19
Jyosho Keiko Gakuen vs Nagasaki Hokuyodai, 35-13

Pool C

Tarbes vs Saga, 19-3
Tarbes vs Toin Gakuen, 47-0
Tarbes vs Sinclair, 42-0
Saga vs Toin Gakuen, 10-8
Saga vs Sinclair, 41-10
Toin Gakuen vs Sinclair, 43-0

Pool D

Glenwood vs Fushimi, 40-5
Glenwood vs Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kasiwa, 69-0
Glenwood vs St Benedict's, 14-12
St Benedict's vs Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kasiwa, 54-10
St Benedict's vs Fushimi, 54-7
Fushimi vs Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kasiwa, 26-5

Knock-out stage

1st - 4th
Tarbes vs St Edmund's, 30-26
Glenwood vs Gisborne, 15-8

5th - 8th
St Benedicts vs Ratu Ratu Kadavulevu, 23-11
Higashi Fukuoka vs Saga, 36-17

9th - 12th
Fushimi Technical vs Toin Gakuen, 41-17
Jyosho Keiko Gakuen vs Onomichi, 40-5

13th - 16th
Nagasaki Hokuyodai vs Gyeong San, 46-24
Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa vs Sinclair, 29-19