JWC MATCH PREVIEW
JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.
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Wales
Fiji
Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 12:00 Estadio CA Colon, Santa Fe
2010 Records
Weather Forecast: Sunny, Temperature 16-17°C, Wind Speed 5-10 km/h The play off for 7th place in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships sees Wales take on Fiji for the second time in this year’s tournament following their convincing 31-3 success in the Pool stages. Wales finished second in Pool A with wins over Samoa and Fiji before losing to the tournament favourites New Zealand in the final group match and missed out on the chance of finishing fifth overall when Argentina beat them 9-8 on a penalty kick shoot out following a 19-19 draw. Fiji finished third in the Pool thanks to a 15-12 win over Samoa in their final group match but then lost 44-9 to France in the semi final play offs and will come into this match as clear underdogs. Wales have made eight changes to the team that started against Argentina, leaving just two players that will have started every game in this tournament; wing KRISTIAN PHILLIPS and full back DAN FISH, both of whom also started all five matches in the 2010 Six Nations Championship. Fiji have made six changes in personnel to their starting line up from the team that lost to France, with KIRWAN SANDAY returning at prop, MICHAEL TURNER at hooker, IROMI DAWAI at number 8, MELI KURISARU at fly half, RATU KURUDRINI at outside centre and MARITINO NEMANI on the wing. JOSH MATAVESI switches from fly half to scrum half.
>> Points Points 63
Player Patrick Lambie
South Africa
54
Tyler Bleyendaal
50
Tom Homer
New Zealand England
>> Tries Tries 8 4 4
Player Julian Savea
New Zealand
Jonny May
England
Aidan Toua
Australia
All Time Records Let’s get physical
Team Wales Fiji
Players Aged 20 5 3
>> Points
Players Aged 18 2 1
Average Average Players Height Height of 185 cms (cms) Pack or taller 188 187
191 189
10 12
Average Average Players Weight Weight of 100 kg + (kg) Pack 98.9 97.7
108.8 102.6
7 5
Wales starting line up is an average of two months per man older than their opponents and they have an advantage over Fiji on height and weight.
The tall guys Wales have a slight advantage of 2 cm per man in height over their opponents in the line outs, with their tallest player being second row forward JOEL GALLEY at 201 cm (6ft 7ins), which is 5 cm above his opposite number MAIKELI NAROMAITOGA, who is Fiji’s tallest player at 196cm (6ft 5ins).
Points 118 105 94
Player Tom Homer
England
Francois Brummer
South Africa
Matthew Jarvis Wales
>> Tries Tries 10 8 8
Player Zac Guildford
New Zealand
Julian Savea
New Zealand
Ryuhei Arita
Japan
The heavyweight division The combined weight of the Wales pack is 870 kg, which gives them a 49 kg advantage over their Fijian opponents. Tighthead prop RHODRI JONES, who is the youngest member of the Welsh squad, is also the heaviest player in their starting line up at 119 kg (18st 10lbs), which is 4 kg more than his opposite number, Fiji’s LEONG KWONG at 115 kg (18st 2lbs).
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Wales
Fiji
JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) History Wales came 4th in 2008 and 6th in 2009, whilst Fiji finished 14th and 12th respectively. The two sides had not met before this tournament and Fiji will hope to get off to a better start than they did in the Pool match, when they were 21-3 down after just 24 minutes of the first half. Wales fly half MATTHEW JARVIS kicked 14 points that day, with tries coming from MORGAN ALLEN, who starts this game on the replacements bench, ASHLEY BECK and BEN JOHN.
Experience Wales have the most experienced squad in the tournament based on previous IRB Junior World Championship appearances and six of their starting line up played in Japan in 2009; hooker RHYS WILLIAMS, flanker JOSH NAVIDI, number 8 JAMES THOMAS, scrum half RHYS DOWNES, fly half MATTHEW JARVIS and inside centre ASHLEY BECK, who has scored two tries in this year’s tournament. Fiji prop LEONG KWONG is the only member of their squad who was involved in the 2009 tournament but has lost all six matches in which he has been in the starting line up. Four of this year’s squad have started all Fiji’s matches in Argentina; captain SEVERO DOMONI, flanker KOLINIO NALASEKATA, scrum half JOSH MATAVESI, who has kicked 23 points in the tournament, and inside centre NAVITALAI RATULEVU.
Welsh centurion? Wales fly half MATTHEW JARVIS needs just six more points to reach 100 in IRB Junior World Championship competition and is third in the all time individual points scorer list with 94. He needs 12 more points to overtake South Africa’s FRANCOIS BRUMMER in second place, with England’s TOM HOMER top of the table on 118 points.
The man in the middle JACO PEYPER of South Africa takes charge of proceedings on Monday, his fourth match of the tournament and his first involving either of these two sides. In his most recent game he issued three yellow cards to Samoan players during their 37-10 defeat to Ireland and he has shown five yellow cards in total in three matches.
IRB Junior World Championships Facts and Figures Wales (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • • • • •
Need to score 18 points to reach 100 for this year’s tournament. Converted 28 out of 35 tries scored, a conversion rate of 80%, which is the second highest behind France at 83.6%. Kicked 33 penalties, the third highest of all teams behind Ireland and England in a northern hemisphere dominated category. Received 11 yellow cards, third behind Fiji with 14 and Samoa with 12. Teams playing against Wales have received 1 red and 11 yellow cards, which is the highest of any team’s opponents. Overall there have been 23 cards shown in Wales’ matches, which is more than any other team.
Fiji (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • • • • • • • •
Scored just 38 points in this year’s tournament, which is second lowest after Tonga on 30. Joint lowest try scorers in this year’s tournament with just 3. Conceded 456 points in 14 matches, the second highest total behind Tonga on 466. Conceded 56 tries, third highest after Tonga and Canada. Conceded 99 points to penalty kicks, second only to Ireland. Converted only 14 of their 27 tries overall, a 51.9% strike rate. Only Samoa and Tonga have a lower conversion percentage. Have only won three matches overall and have only led at half time twice, the worst records of the 12 teams competing. Have been shown 1 red and 14 yellow cards in the 14 matches they have played, which is the highest of all teams.
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Wales
Fiji
Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 Dan Fish
WALES Matches #: 15
Replacements
Glamorgan Wanderers
14
13
12
11
Kristian Phillips
Ben John
Ashley Beck
James Loxton
Neath
Aberavon
Aberavon
Cardiff
10
9
Matthew Jarvis
Rhys Downes
Aberavon
Pontypridd
Key Stats
8 James Thomas Ebbw Vale
6 Ed Siggery
7
5
Llandovery
Lloyd Peers
Llanelli
Bridgend
3
# Caps Starting Lineup: 80 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Rhys Williams (20) Youngest Player: Rhodri Jones (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 109 kg
Josh Navidi
4
Joel Galley
16 Ieuan Davies (Glamorgan Wanderers) 17 Joe Rees (Tonmawr) 18 Will Taylor (Bonymaen) 19 Morgan Allen (Pontypool) 20 Gareth Davies (Llanelli) 21 Steve Shingler (Llanelli) 22 Scott Williams (Llanelli)
Glamorgan Wanderers
Officials
2
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) - 3 Matches
1
Rhodri Jones
Rhys Williams
Dan Watchurst (C)
Llandovery
Pontypridd
Bedwas
Matches at Venue: 0 Matches Wales: 0 Matches Fiji: 0 Matches Match Debut: 05/06/2010 - France v Ireland
Assistant Referee: Nathan Pearce (Australia)
1
2
Kirwan Sanday
Michael Turner
Leong Kwong
Brisbane
Sunnybank
Airport, Nadi
4 6 Emosi Ugavule
Assistant Referee: Joaquin Montes (Uruguay)
3
5
Severo Domoni (C)
Maikeli Naromaitoga
HPU
Korovuto
Suvavou
7 Kolinio Nalasekata Penrith
8
Replacements
Iromi Dawai
16 Jeremaia Tokomalua (Naitasari North) 17 Jone Lesi (HPU) 18 Jovesa Tanikorolevu (HPU) 19 Penaia Driu Naweilulu (Gaunavou) 20 Paulo Maria Dulunaqio (Marist) 21 Epi Naiyoko (Nadroga) 22 Solomoni Rasolea (Brisbane)
Western Marine Club, Nadi
9
10
Josh Matavesi
Meli Kurisaru
Truro College
Gaunavou
11
12
13
14
Christopher Nasiganiyavi
Navitalai Ratulevu
Ratu Tevita Kurudrini
Maritino Nemani
GPS
Nakida Barbas
Brisbane
Auckland Academy
15 Thomas Linde
Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 55 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Emosi Ugavule (20) Youngest Player: Christopher Nasiganiyavi (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 103 kg
Sunnybank FIJI Matches #: 15
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Wales
Fiji
Head to Head Recent Results
All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.
Date
Team A
09/06/2010
Wales
Result 31
3
Team B
Venue
Fiji
Paraná
Summary Wales
1 Matches (0 Draw)
Fiji
1
Won
0
31
Points
3
3
Tries
0
2
Conversions
0
4
Penalties
1
0
Drop Goals
0
Player Records For Wales against Fiji 21 Players - 1 Matthew Jarvis - 14
For Fiji against Wales Appearances
1 - 22 Players
Points
3 - Josh Matavesi
3 Players - 1
Tries
-
2 Players - 1
Conversions
-
Matthew Jarvis - 4 -
Penalties
1 - Josh Matavesi
Drop Goals
-
Player Records in a Match For Wales against Fiji Matthew Jarvis on 09/06/2010 - 14
For Fiji against Wales Points
3 - Josh Matavesi on 09/06/2010
On 3 Occasions - 1
Tries
-
On 2 Occasions - 1
Conversions
-
Matthew Jarvis on 09/06/2010 - 4 -
Penalties
1 - Josh Matavesi on 09/06/2010
Drop Goals
-
Team Records in a Match For Wales against Fiji
For Fiji against Wales
On 09/06/2010 - 31
Points
On 09/06/2010 - 3
Tries
On 09/06/2010 - 2
Conversions
On 09/06/2010 - 4
Penalties
-
3 - On 09/06/2010 1 - On 09/06/2010
Drop Goals
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Wales
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Phil Davies Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
05/06/2009 v Tonga (W 51-5) 55.56% 2.44
Date
JWC Record Under Phil Davies 4 Lost
Opponent
Result
Venue
17/06/2010
Argentina
L
19
19
Santa Fe
13/06/2010
New Zealand
L
10
43
Santa Fe
09/06/2010
Fiji
W
31
3
Paraná
05/06/2010
Samoa
W
22
13
Paraná
21/06/2009
France
L
13
68
Fukuoka
5 Wins
0 Drawn
221 For
Points
221 Against
22 For
Tries
25 Against
18 For
Conversions
18 Against
Points For
95
25 For
Penalties
20 Against
Points Ag
146
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Tries For
7
Tries Ag
17
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player
Caps as Caps v Sub Opponent
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
Dan Watchurst (C) Rhys Williams Rhodri Jones Lloyd Peers Joel Galley Ed Siggery Josh Navidi James Thomas Rhys Downes Matthew Jarvis James Loxton Ashley Beck Ben John Kristian Phillips Dan Fish
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
20 20 18 19 19 18 19 19 20 19 20 20 19 19 19
05/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 13/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 09/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010
4 8 2 3 2 2 7 9 9 9 7 8 2 4 4
1 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 4 1 2 1 0 4 5 5 5 4 5 1 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 2
0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 94 10 10 5 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 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 22 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
80
Ieuan Davies Joe Rees Will Taylor Morgan Allen Gareth Davies Steve Shingler Scott Williams
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
19 19 19 20 19 19 19
05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2009
4 3 3 4 3 3 9
20
12
43
0
37
139
9
14
22
0
2 2 1 1 2 2 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 1 2 2 1 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 2 2 1 2 4
0 0 0 5 0 13 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 3 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Wales Caps
Tries
Points
9 - Scott Andrews
6 - Justin Tipuric
94 - Matthew Jarvis
9 - Ashley Sweet
3 - Leigh Halfpenny
52 - Leigh Halfpenny
9 - Justin Tipuric
3 - Rhys Downes
30 - Justin Tipuric
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
18 - Leigh Halfpenny v France on 14/06/2008
Points:
51 on 2 Occasions
Tries:
3 - Justin Tipuric v Canada on 09/06/2009
Tries:
7 v Canada on 09/06/2009
Conversions: 5 - Matthew Jarvis v Canada on 09/06/2009
Conversions: 6 v Tonga on 05/06/2009
Penalties:
Penalties:
5 - Matthew Jarvis v Samoa on 05/06/2010
Drop Goals: 5 - Matthew Jarvis v Samoa on 05/06/2010
5 v Samoa on 05/06/2010
Drop Goals: 5 v Samoa on 05/06/2010
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Fiji
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Eroni Vereivalu Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
05/06/2010 v New Zealand (L 11-44) 25.00% 0.75
JWC Record Under Eroni Vereivalu 1 Wins
0 Drawn
3 Lost
38 For
Points
131 Against
3 For
Tries
13 Against
1 For
Conversions
12 Against
6 For
Penalties
14 Against
1 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Date
Opponent
Result
Venue
17/06/2010
France
L
9
44
Santa Fe
13/06/2010
Samoa
W
15
12
Paraná
09/06/2010
Wales
L
3
31
Paraná
05/06/2010
New Zealand
L
11
44
Santa Fe
21/06/2009
Argentina
L
10
27
Osaka
Points For
48
Points Ag
158
Tries For
4
Tries Ag
16
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Caps as Caps v Sub Opponent
Player
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
Kirwan Sanday Michael Turner Leong Kwong Severo Domoni (C) Maikeli Naromaitoga Emosi Ugavule Kolinio Nalasekata Iromi Dawai Josh Matavesi Meli Kurisaru Christopher Nasiganiyavi Navitalai Ratulevu Ratu Tevita Kurudrini Maritino Nemani Thomas Linde
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 19 20 19 19 20 19 20 19 19 18 19 19 19 19
05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010
2 3 8 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4
0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 6 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 0 5 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
55
Jeremaia Tokomalua Jone Lesi Jovesa Tanikorolevu Penaia Driu Naweilulu Paulo Maria Dulunaqio Epi Naiyoko Solomoni Rasolea
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
20 20 20 20 19 19 19
05/06/2010 13/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010
4 2 4 3 2 3 4
11
14
11
0
44
33
2
1
6
1
2 1 2 2 2 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 1 3 2 1 2 3
0 0 5 0 0 0 0
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 0
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Fiji Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Saulo Romumu
3 - Joseva Levula
26 - Noa Nakaitaci
9 - Joseva Levula
2 - William Saukuru
23 - Josh Matavesi
8 - Leong Kwong
2 - Penisoni Ledua
19 - Sakiusa Malai
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
10 - 2 players
Points:
27 v USA on 18/06/2008
Tries:
1 - 27 players
Tries:
5 v USA on 18/06/2008
Conversions: 2 - 2 players
Conversions: 2 on 4 Occasions
Penalties:
Penalties:
2 - 6 players
Drop Goals: 1 - Josh Matavesi v France on 17/06/2010
3 v Scotland on 17/06/2009
Drop Goals: 1 v France on 17/06/2010
© International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 20:21).
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Wales
Fiji
Monday 21th June 2010, KO: 12:00 Estadio CA Colon, Santa Fe
2010 Records
Weather Forecast: Sunny, Temperature 16-17°C, Wind Speed 5-10 km/h The play off for 7th place in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships sees Wales take on Fiji for the second time in this year’s tournament following their convincing 31-3 success in the Pool stages. Wales finished second in Pool A with wins over Samoa and Fiji before losing to the tournament favourites New Zealand in the final group match and missed out on the chance of finishing fifth overall when Argentina beat them 9-8 on a penalty kick shoot out following a 19-19 draw. Fiji finished third in the Pool thanks to a 15-12 win over Samoa in their final group match but then lost 44-9 to France in the semi final play offs and will come into this match as clear underdogs. Wales have made eight changes to the team that started against Argentina, leaving just two players that will have started every game in this tournament; wing KRISTIAN PHILLIPS and full back DAN FISH, both of whom also started all five matches in the 2010 Six Nations Championship. Fiji have made six changes in personnel to their starting line up from the team that lost to France, with KIRWAN SANDAY returning at prop, MICHAEL TURNER at hooker, IROMI DAWAI at number 8, MELI KURISARU at fly half, RATU KURUDRINI at outside centre and MARITINO NEMANI on the wing. JOSH MATAVESI switches from fly half to scrum half.
>> Points Points 63
Player Patrick Lambie
South Africa
54
Tyler Bleyendaal
50
Tom Homer
New Zealand England
>> Tries Tries 8 4 4
Player Julian Savea
New Zealand
Jonny May
England
Aidan Toua
Australia
All Time Records Let’s get physical
Team Wales Fiji
Players Aged 20 5 3
>> Points
Players Aged 18 2 1
Average Average Players Height Height of 185 cms (cms) Pack or taller 188 187
191 189
10 12
Average Average Players Weight Weight of 100 kg + (kg) Pack 98.9 97.7
108.8 102.6
7 5
Wales starting line up is an average of two months per man older than their opponents and they have an advantage over Fiji on height and weight.
The tall guys Wales have a slight advantage of 2 cm per man in height over their opponents in the line outs, with their tallest player being second row forward JOEL GALLEY at 201 cm (6ft 7ins), which is 5 cm above his opposite number MAIKELI NAROMAITOGA, who is Fiji’s tallest player at 196cm (6ft 5ins).
Points 118 105 94
Player Tom Homer
England
Francois Brummer
South Africa
Matthew Jarvis Wales
>> Tries Tries 10 8 8
Player Zac Guildford
New Zealand
Julian Savea
New Zealand
Ryuhei Arita
Japan
The heavyweight division The combined weight of the Wales pack is 870 kg, which gives them a 49 kg advantage over their Fijian opponents. Tighthead prop RHODRI JONES, who is the youngest member of the Welsh squad, is also the heaviest player in their starting line up at 119 kg (18st 10lbs), which is 4 kg more than his opposite number, Fiji’s LEONG KWONG at 115 kg (18st 2lbs).
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Wales
Fiji
JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) History Wales came 4th in 2008 and 6th in 2009, whilst Fiji finished 14th and 12th respectively. The two sides had not met before this tournament and Fiji will hope to get off to a better start than they did in the Pool match, when they were 21-3 down after just 24 minutes of the first half. Wales fly half MATTHEW JARVIS kicked 14 points that day, with tries coming from MORGAN ALLEN, who starts this game on the replacements bench, ASHLEY BECK and BEN JOHN.
Experience Wales have the most experienced squad in the tournament based on previous IRB Junior World Championship appearances and six of their starting line up played in Japan in 2009; hooker RHYS WILLIAMS, flanker JOSH NAVIDI, number 8 JAMES THOMAS, scrum half RHYS DOWNES, fly half MATTHEW JARVIS and inside centre ASHLEY BECK, who has scored two tries in this year’s tournament. Fiji prop LEONG KWONG is the only member of their squad who was involved in the 2009 tournament but has lost all six matches in which he has been in the starting line up. Four of this year’s squad have started all Fiji’s matches in Argentina; captain SEVERO DOMONI, flanker KOLINIO NALASEKATA, scrum half JOSH MATAVESI, who has kicked 23 points in the tournament, and inside centre NAVITALAI RATULEVU.
Welsh centurion? Wales fly half MATTHEW JARVIS needs just six more points to reach 100 in IRB Junior World Championship competition and is third in the all time individual points scorer list with 94. He needs 12 more points to overtake South Africa’s FRANCOIS BRUMMER in second place, with England’s TOM HOMER top of the table on 118 points.
The man in the middle JACO PEYPER of South Africa takes charge of proceedings on Monday, his fourth match of the tournament and his first involving either of these two sides. In his most recent game he issued three yellow cards to Samoan players during their 37-10 defeat to Ireland and he has shown five yellow cards in total in three matches.
IRB Junior World Championships Facts and Figures Wales (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • • • • •
Need to score 18 points to reach 100 for this year’s tournament. Converted 28 out of 35 tries scored, a conversion rate of 80%, which is the second highest behind France at 83.6%. Kicked 33 penalties, the third highest of all teams behind Ireland and England in a northern hemisphere dominated category. Received 11 yellow cards, third behind Fiji with 14 and Samoa with 12. Teams playing against Wales have received 1 red and 11 yellow cards, which is the highest of any team’s opponents. Overall there have been 23 cards shown in Wales’ matches, which is more than any other team.
Fiji (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • • • • • • • •
Scored just 38 points in this year’s tournament, which is second lowest after Tonga on 30. Joint lowest try scorers in this year’s tournament with just 3. Conceded 456 points in 14 matches, the second highest total behind Tonga on 466. Conceded 56 tries, third highest after Tonga and Canada. Conceded 99 points to penalty kicks, second only to Ireland. Converted only 14 of their 27 tries overall, a 51.9% strike rate. Only Samoa and Tonga have a lower conversion percentage. Have only won three matches overall and have only led at half time twice, the worst records of the 12 teams competing. Have been shown 1 red and 14 yellow cards in the 14 matches they have played, which is the highest of all teams.
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Wales
Fiji
Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 Dan Fish
WALES Matches #: 15
Replacements
Glamorgan Wanderers
14
13
12
11
Kristian Phillips
Ben John
Ashley Beck
James Loxton
Neath
Aberavon
Aberavon
Cardiff
10
9
Matthew Jarvis
Rhys Downes
Aberavon
Pontypridd
Key Stats
8 James Thomas Ebbw Vale
6 Ed Siggery
7
5
Llandovery
Lloyd Peers
Llanelli
Bridgend
3
# Caps Starting Lineup: 80 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Rhys Williams (20) Youngest Player: Rhodri Jones (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 109 kg
Josh Navidi
4
Joel Galley
16 Ieuan Davies (Glamorgan Wanderers) 17 Joe Rees (Tonmawr) 18 Will Taylor (Bonymaen) 19 Morgan Allen (Pontypool) 20 Gareth Davies (Llanelli) 21 Steve Shingler (Llanelli) 22 Scott Williams (Llanelli)
Glamorgan Wanderers
Officials
2
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) - 3 Matches
1
Rhodri Jones
Rhys Williams
Dan Watchurst (C)
Llandovery
Pontypridd
Bedwas
Matches at Venue: 0 Matches Wales: 0 Matches Fiji: 0 Matches Match Debut: 05/06/2010 - France v Ireland
Assistant Referee: Nathan Pearce (Australia)
1
2
Kirwan Sanday
Michael Turner
Leong Kwong
Brisbane
Sunnybank
Airport, Nadi
4 6 Emosi Ugavule
Assistant Referee: Joaquin Montes (Uruguay)
3
5
Severo Domoni (C)
Maikeli Naromaitoga
HPU
Korovuto
Suvavou
7 Kolinio Nalasekata Penrith
8
Replacements
Iromi Dawai
16 Jeremaia Tokomalua (Naitasari North) 17 Jone Lesi (HPU) 18 Jovesa Tanikorolevu (HPU) 19 Penaia Driu Naweilulu (Gaunavou) 20 Paulo Maria Dulunaqio (Marist) 21 Epi Naiyoko (Nadroga) 22 Solomoni Rasolea (Brisbane)
Western Marine Club, Nadi
9
10
Josh Matavesi
Meli Kurisaru
Truro College
Gaunavou
11
12
13
14
Christopher Nasiganiyavi
Navitalai Ratulevu
Ratu Tevita Kurudrini
Maritino Nemani
GPS
Nakida Barbas
Brisbane
Auckland Academy
15 Thomas Linde
Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 55 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Emosi Ugavule (20) Youngest Player: Christopher Nasiganiyavi (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 103 kg
Sunnybank FIJI Matches #: 15
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Wales
Fiji
Head to Head Recent Results
All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.
Date
Team A
09/06/2010
Wales
Result 31
3
Team B
Venue
Fiji
Paraná
Summary Wales
1 Matches (0 Draw)
Fiji
1
Won
0
31
Points
3
3
Tries
0
2
Conversions
0
4
Penalties
1
0
Drop Goals
0
Player Records For Wales against Fiji 21 Players - 1 Matthew Jarvis - 14
For Fiji against Wales Appearances
1 - 22 Players
Points
3 - Josh Matavesi
3 Players - 1
Tries
-
2 Players - 1
Conversions
-
Matthew Jarvis - 4 -
Penalties
1 - Josh Matavesi
Drop Goals
-
Player Records in a Match For Wales against Fiji Matthew Jarvis on 09/06/2010 - 14
For Fiji against Wales Points
3 - Josh Matavesi on 09/06/2010
On 3 Occasions - 1
Tries
-
On 2 Occasions - 1
Conversions
-
Matthew Jarvis on 09/06/2010 - 4 -
Penalties
1 - Josh Matavesi on 09/06/2010
Drop Goals
-
Team Records in a Match For Wales against Fiji
For Fiji against Wales
On 09/06/2010 - 31
Points
On 09/06/2010 - 3
Tries
On 09/06/2010 - 2
Conversions
On 09/06/2010 - 4
Penalties
-
3 - On 09/06/2010 1 - On 09/06/2010
Drop Goals
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Wales
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Phil Davies Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
05/06/2009 v Tonga (W 51-5) 55.56% 2.44
Date
JWC Record Under Phil Davies 4 Lost
Opponent
Result
Venue
17/06/2010
Argentina
L
19
19
Santa Fe
13/06/2010
New Zealand
L
10
43
Santa Fe
09/06/2010
Fiji
W
31
3
Paraná
05/06/2010
Samoa
W
22
13
Paraná
21/06/2009
France
L
13
68
Fukuoka
5 Wins
0 Drawn
221 For
Points
221 Against
22 For
Tries
25 Against
18 For
Conversions
18 Against
Points For
95
25 For
Penalties
20 Against
Points Ag
146
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Tries For
7
Tries Ag
17
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player
Caps as Caps v Sub Opponent
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
Dan Watchurst (C) Rhys Williams Rhodri Jones Lloyd Peers Joel Galley Ed Siggery Josh Navidi James Thomas Rhys Downes Matthew Jarvis James Loxton Ashley Beck Ben John Kristian Phillips Dan Fish
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
20 20 18 19 19 18 19 19 20 19 20 20 19 19 19
05/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 13/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 09/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010
4 8 2 3 2 2 7 9 9 9 7 8 2 4 4
1 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 4 1 2 1 0 4 5 5 5 4 5 1 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 2
0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 94 10 10 5 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 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 22 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
80
Ieuan Davies Joe Rees Will Taylor Morgan Allen Gareth Davies Steve Shingler Scott Williams
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
19 19 19 20 19 19 19
05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2009
4 3 3 4 3 3 9
20
12
43
0
37
139
9
14
22
0
2 2 1 1 2 2 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 1 2 2 1 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 2 2 1 2 4
0 0 0 5 0 13 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 3 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Wales Caps
Tries
Points
9 - Scott Andrews
6 - Justin Tipuric
94 - Matthew Jarvis
9 - Ashley Sweet
3 - Leigh Halfpenny
52 - Leigh Halfpenny
9 - Justin Tipuric
3 - Rhys Downes
30 - Justin Tipuric
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
18 - Leigh Halfpenny v France on 14/06/2008
Points:
51 on 2 Occasions
Tries:
3 - Justin Tipuric v Canada on 09/06/2009
Tries:
7 v Canada on 09/06/2009
Conversions: 5 - Matthew Jarvis v Canada on 09/06/2009
Conversions: 6 v Tonga on 05/06/2009
Penalties:
Penalties:
5 - Matthew Jarvis v Samoa on 05/06/2010
Drop Goals: 5 - Matthew Jarvis v Samoa on 05/06/2010
5 v Samoa on 05/06/2010
Drop Goals: 5 v Samoa on 05/06/2010
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Fiji
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Eroni Vereivalu Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
05/06/2010 v New Zealand (L 11-44) 25.00% 0.75
JWC Record Under Eroni Vereivalu 1 Wins
0 Drawn
3 Lost
38 For
Points
131 Against
3 For
Tries
13 Against
1 For
Conversions
12 Against
6 For
Penalties
14 Against
1 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Date
Opponent
Result
Venue
17/06/2010
France
L
9
44
Santa Fe
13/06/2010
Samoa
W
15
12
Paraná
09/06/2010
Wales
L
3
31
Paraná
05/06/2010
New Zealand
L
11
44
Santa Fe
21/06/2009
Argentina
L
10
27
Osaka
Points For
48
Points Ag
158
Tries For
4
Tries Ag
16
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Caps as Caps v Sub Opponent
Player
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
Kirwan Sanday Michael Turner Leong Kwong Severo Domoni (C) Maikeli Naromaitoga Emosi Ugavule Kolinio Nalasekata Iromi Dawai Josh Matavesi Meli Kurisaru Christopher Nasiganiyavi Navitalai Ratulevu Ratu Tevita Kurudrini Maritino Nemani Thomas Linde
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 19 20 19 19 20 19 20 19 19 18 19 19 19 19
05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2009 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010
2 3 8 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4
0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 6 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 0 5 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
55
Jeremaia Tokomalua Jone Lesi Jovesa Tanikorolevu Penaia Driu Naweilulu Paulo Maria Dulunaqio Epi Naiyoko Solomoni Rasolea
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
20 20 20 20 19 19 19
05/06/2010 13/06/2010 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010 09/06/2010 05/06/2010
4 2 4 3 2 3 4
11
14
11
0
44
33
2
1
6
1
2 1 2 2 2 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 1 3 2 1 2 3
0 0 5 0 0 0 0
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 0
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Fiji Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Saulo Romumu
3 - Joseva Levula
26 - Noa Nakaitaci
9 - Joseva Levula
2 - William Saukuru
23 - Josh Matavesi
8 - Leong Kwong
2 - Penisoni Ledua
19 - Sakiusa Malai
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
10 - 2 players
Points:
27 v USA on 18/06/2008
Tries:
1 - 27 players
Tries:
5 v USA on 18/06/2008
Conversions: 2 - 2 players
Conversions: 2 on 4 Occasions
Penalties:
Penalties:
2 - 6 players
Drop Goals: 1 - Josh Matavesi v France on 17/06/2010
3 v Scotland on 17/06/2009
Drop Goals: 1 v France on 17/06/2010
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