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
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Teams

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The four teams that competed were:

Table

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2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
  Junior Japan 3 3 0 0 143 25 +118 2 0 14
  Fiji Warriors 3 2 0 1 88 26 +62 2 0 10
  Tonga A 3 1 0 2 46 103 −57 1 0 5
  Samoa A 3 0 0 3 18 141 −123 0 0 0
Updated: 15 March 2020
Source: itsrugby.co.uk (archived)

Match results

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Round 1

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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

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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

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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

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  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.