JWC MATCH PREVIEW

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JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.

WALES

V

ENGLAND

Sunday 23th June 2013, KO: 18:45 Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

2013 Records HEADLINES

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Sunday’s match will be the first all northern hemisphere final at the IRB Junior World Championship. It will also be the first ever meeting of England and Wales at the JWC. This is the fourth time England have reached the final of the IRB Junior World Championship, having lost to New Zealand on all previous three occasions in 2011 (33-22), 2009 (44-28) and 2008 (38-3). Wales find themselves in their first Junior World Championship final on Sunday. The highest Wales have finished in this competition was last year when they finished in third place after they beat Argentina 25-17. Wales are the only team left in this year’s competition that have not lost a game. England have lost one match, against South Africa (31-24) in the pool stages. If Wales win on Sunday it will be the first time that they have won five consecutive matches in the IRB Junior World Championships. The most consecutive matches they have won was four between the 2011 and 2012 editions of JWC. Wales and England meet for the first time since their 2013 U20 Six Nations clash. England beat Wales 28-15 to stop their neighbours from winning the Grand Slam and in the process took the Under 20 Six Nations title from Wales’ grasp.

MATCH SUMMARY:

• • •

Wales started this competition with an impressive 42-3 win over Samoa and finished top of their pool unbeaten with wins over Scotland (26-21) and Argentina (25-20). Wales scored 93 points and 9 tries in their three pool games, conceding 44 points. Their semi-final opponents, South Africa, were defending champions but Wales managed to win 18-17 after an ASHLEY EVANS try in the last few minutes. England started this year’s competition with a 30-6 win over France. Next came a 31-24 loss to South Africa before an impressive 109-0 win over the USA in their final game in the pool stages. That game ensured their place in the semi-final as a runner-up. A surprising 33-21 win over New Zealand in the semi-final meant England were to progress to the final for the fourth time in six years.

TOURNAMENT RECORD

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SAM DAVIES needs to score eight more points than Argentina’s Patricio Fernandez in the last round of matches on Sunday, to finish as highest points scorer in this year’s competition. Wales have the best disciplinary record in this year’s IRB Junior World Championship, having not received a yellow or red card so far. Wales have received a total of 15 yellows and no red cards in the 29 games they have played in at the Junior World Championship since 2008. Wales arrive at their first Junior World Championship final with a 69% winning record in the competition. They have won 20 and lost nine of their 29 games to date. Wales’ Matthew Jarvis is the second highest points scorer in the IRB Junior World Championships with a total of 116 points. England’s Tom Homer holds the all-time record, scoring a total of 118 points in this competition. England are going into this year’s final having already lost a match. Wales in contrast, are so far unbeaten in this year’s competition. England have a win percentage of 72% in the IRB Junior World Championships with a total of 21 wins and eight losses in 29 games. England’s 109-0 win over the USA last week was the highest points scored in a match since the competition began. South Africa had held the record previously having scored 108 points against the USA in 2008.

>> Points Points 63 56 42

Player Patricio Fernandez

Argentina

Sam Davies

Wales

Henry Slade

England

>> Tries Tries 6 3

Player Seabelo Senatla

South Africa

8 Players

All Time Records >> Points Points 118

Player Tom Homer

England

116

Matthew Jarvis

105

Francois Brummer

Wales

South Africa

>> Tries Tries 10 10

Player Andrew Conway

Ireland

Zac Guildford

New Zealand

8

Christian Wade

8

Jamie Farndale

8

Julian Savea

8

Ryuhei Arita

England

Scotland

New Zealand Japan

MAN IN THE MIDDLE



MIKE FRASER of New Zealand makes his fourth appearance as a referee in the Junior World Championship when he officiates in the final between Wales and England. FRASER made his debut in the meeting of South Africa and England at the start of this competition.

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Sunday 23th June 2013, KO: 18:45 Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

WALES

ENGLAND

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 Jordan Williams

WALES Matches #: 30

Replacements

Scarlets

14

13

12

11

Ashley Evans

Steffan Hughes

Jack Dixon

Hallam Amos

Ospreys

Scarlets

Newport Gwent Dragons

Newport Gwent Dragons

10

9

Sam Davies

Rhodri Williams

Ospreys

Scarlets

Key Stats

8 Ieuan Jones Newport Gwent Dragons

6 Jack Jones

7

5

Ospreys

4

Rhodri Hughes

Carwyn Jones

Ospreys

Scarlets

3

16 Ethan Lewis (Cardiff Blues) 17 Thomas Davies (Cardiff Blues) 18 Daniel Suter (Ospreys) 19 James Benjamin (Newport Gwent Dragons) 20 Daniel Thomas (Scarlets) 21 Joshua Davies (Newport Gwent Dragons) 22 Owen Jenkins (Cardiff Blues) 23 Thomas Pascoe (Cardiff Blues)

# Caps Starting Lineup: 79 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Carwyn Jones (20) Youngest Player: Jack Dixon (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 109 kg

Ellis Jenkins (C) Cardiff Blues

Officials

2

Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand) - 3 Matches

1

Nicky Thomas

Elliot Dee

Gareth Thomas

Ospreys

Newport Gwent Dragons

Scarlets

Matches at Venue: 1 Matches Wales: 0 Matches England: 1 Matches Match Debut: 09/06/2013 - South Africa v England

Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Lees (Australia)

1

2

Alec Hepburn

Luke Cowan-Dickie

Scott Wilson

London Wasps

Exeter Chiefs

Newcastle Falcons

4 6 Ross Moriarty

TV Match Official: Eric Gauzins (France)

5

Tom Price

Dom Barrow

Leicester Tigers

Leeds Carnegie

Gloucester Rugby

Assistant Referee 2: Mathieu Noirot (France)

3

7 Matt Hankin Saracens

8

Replacements

Jack Clifford (C)

16 Scott Spurling (Saracens) 17 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Northampton Saints) 18 Tom Smallbone (London Irish) 19 Harry Wells (Leicester Tigers) 20 Dave Sisi (London Irish) 21 Callum Braley (Bristol Rugby) 22 Ollie Devoto (Bath Rugby) 23 Henry Purdy (Leicester Tigers)

Harlequins

9

10

Alex Day

Henry Slade

Northampton Saints

Exeter Chiefs

11

12

13

14

Ben Howard

Sam Hill

Harry Sloan

Anthony Watson

Key Stats

Worcester Warriors

Exeter Chiefs

Harlequins

London Irish

# Caps Starting Lineup: 79 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 20 Oldest Player: Tom Price (20) Youngest Player: Harry Sloan (19) Avg Weight Forwards: 108 kg

15 Jack Nowell Exeter Chiefs ENGLAND Matches #: 30

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Sunday 23th June 2013, KO: 18:45 Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

WALES

JWC Recent Matches

JWC Record Under: Danny Wilson Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:

04/06/2012 v Fiji (W 44-18) 88.89% 3.22

JWC Record Under Danny Wilson 1 Lost

Date

Opponent

Result

Venue

18/06/2013

South Africa

W

18

17

Vannes

13/06/2013

Argentina

W

25

20

La Roche-sur-Yon

09/06/2013

Scotland

W

26

21

Nantes

05/06/2013

Samoa

W

42

3

Nantes

22/06/2012

Argentina

W

25

17

Cape Town

8 Wins

0 Drawn

269 For

Points

135 Against

29 For

Tries

14 Against

20 For

Conversions

10 Against

Points For

136

26 For

Penalties

15 Against

Points Ag

78

2 For

Drop Goals

0 Against

Tries For

12

Tries Ag

8

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player Gareth Thomas Elliot Dee Nicky Thomas Carwyn Jones Rhodri Hughes Jack Jones Ellis Jenkins (C) Ieuan Jones Rhodri Williams Sam Davies Hallam Amos Jack Dixon Steffan Hughes Ashley Evans Jordan Williams Ethan Lewis Thomas Davies Daniel Suter James Benjamin Daniel Thomas Joshua Davies Owen Jenkins Thomas Pascoe

Pos

Age

Debut

Caps

Caps as Sub

Caps v Opponent

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

Tries

Cons

Pens

DGs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

19 19 18 20 19 20 20 20 20 19 18 18 19 19 19

04/06/2012 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 12/06/2012 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 09/06/2013

7 4 4 3 9 4 9 6 4 7 3 8 4 4 3

4 3 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 4 4 3 8 4 8 5 4 6 3 7 4 4 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

5 5 0 5 0 0 10 10 0 64 10 5 5 5 0

1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Total

79

22

0

73

0

6

124

12

8

14

2

05/06/2013 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 09/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 12/06/2012

4 4 4 3 8 4 3 5

1 4 4 3 4 3 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 4 4 3 7 4 3 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

19 20 19 19 19 20 19 20

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Wales Caps

Tries

Points

10 - Scott Williams

6 - Justin Tipuric

116 - Matthew Jarvis

10 - Matthew Jarvis

4 - Eli Walker

70 - Matthew Morgan

10 - James Thomas

3 - Liam Williams

64 - Sam Davies

Player Records (In a Match)

Team Records (In a Match)

Points:

29 - Tom Prydie v Samoa on 12/06/2012

Points:

74 v Samoa on 12/06/2012

Tries:

3 - Justin Tipuric v Canada on 09/06/2009

Tries:

11 v Samoa on 12/06/2012

Conversions:

8 - Tom Prydie v Samoa on 12/06/2012

Conversions:

8 v Samoa on 12/06/2012

Penalties:

6 - 2 players

Penalties:

6 on 2 Occasions

Drop Goals:

1 - 2 players

Drop Goals:

1 on 2 Occasions

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Sunday 23th June 2013, KO: 18:45 Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

ENGLAND

JWC Recent Matches

JWC Record Under: Nick Walshe Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:

05/06/2013 v France (W 30-6) 75.00% 6.50

Date

Opponent

18/06/2013

New Zealand

W

33

21

Vannes

13/06/2013

USA

W

109

0

La Roche-sur-Yon

1 Lost

09/06/2013

South Africa

L

24

31

La Roche-sur-Yon

JWC Record Under Nick Walshe

Result

Venue

3 Wins

0 Drawn

196 For

Points

58 Against

05/06/2013

France

W

30

6

La Roche-sur-Yon

26 For

Tries

5 Against

22/06/2012

Australia

W

17

13

Cape Town

21 For

Conversions

3 Against

8 For

Penalties

9 Against

0 For

Drop Goals

0 Against

Points For

213

Points Ag

71

Tries For

27

Tries Ag

6

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player Alec Hepburn Luke Cowan-Dickie Scott Wilson Tom Price Dom Barrow Ross Moriarty Matt Hankin Jack Clifford (C) Alex Day Henry Slade Ben Howard Sam Hill Harry Sloan Anthony Watson Jack Nowell Scott Spurling Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi Tom Smallbone Harry Wells Dave Sisi Callum Braley Ollie Devoto Henry Purdy

Pos

Age

Debut

Caps

Caps as Sub

Caps v Opponent

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

Tries

Cons

Pens

DGs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

20 20 19 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 20

04/06/2012 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 09/06/2013

9 8 4 4 8 4 3 9 4 5 4 8 4 3 2

4 3 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 5 3 3 6 3 2 6 3 3 3 5 3 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 1

0 10 0 0 0 15 5 10 15 60 10 5 5 5 0

0 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total

79

17

0

54

0

25

140

17

14

9

0

13/06/2013 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 13/06/2013 04/06/2012 05/06/2013 05/06/2013 05/06/2013

2 4 3 1 8 3 3 4

1 2 2 0 2 2 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 3 3 1 6 2 3 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1

0 0 5 0 10 0 7 15

0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

20 19 19 19 20 19 19 19

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For England Caps

Tries

Points

10 - Jamie George

8 - Christian Wade

118 - Tom Homer

10 - Rory Clegg

5 - Carl Fearns

60 - Henry Slade

10 - Tom Homer

4 - Ben Youngs

51 - George Ford

Player Records (In a Match)

Team Records (In a Match)

23 - Tom Homer v Argentina on 05/06/2010

Points:

109 v USA on 13/06/2013

Tries:

3 - 4 players

Tries:

17 v USA on 13/06/2013

Conversions:

11 - Will Hooley v USA on 13/06/2013

Conversions:

12 v USA on 13/06/2013

Penalties:

5 - 3 players

Penalties:

5 on 3 Occasions

Drop Goals:

1 - Rory Clegg v France on 13/06/2010

Drop Goals:

1 v France on 13/06/2010

Points:

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