2014 IRB Junior World Championship

Venues

The championship was held across three two location, Auckland and Pukekohe. ECOLight Stadium and QBE Stadium are only designated to the pool matches, while Eden Park will be used for top three play-offs; Final, 3rd place play-off and 5th place play-off.

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship:

Match officials

Below are the list of officials that officiated across the 30 matches:

;Referees

• ARG Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
• AUS Angus Gardner (Australia)
• AUS Matt O'Brien (Australia)
• FRA Alexandre Ruiz (France)
• JPN Akihisa Aso (Japan)
• NZL Ben O'Keefe (New Zealand)
• ROM Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
• RSA Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
• URU Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)

;Reserve or Assistant Referees

• NZL Brett Johnson (New Zealand)
• NZL Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
• NZL Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
• NZL Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
• NZL Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
• NZL Grant Stuart (New Zealand)
• NZL Paul Williams (New Zealand)

;Television match officials

• NZL Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
• NZL Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
• NZL Peter Nock (New Zealand)
• NZL Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)
• NZL Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
• NZL Chris Wratt (New Zealand)

Pool stage

The playing schedule and pools were announced on 28 November 2013.

All times are in New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12)

The points awarded in the Pool Stage are as follows:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
• 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
• 0 points for a loss above 7 points

If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams are level on points the following tiebreakers are applied:

1. The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
2. The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
3. The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
4. The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
5. The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
6. If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, PD = Points difference between match points for and match points against, TF = tries for, TA = tries against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points

Pool A

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="20"|PD !width="20"|TF !width="20"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 118 || 43 || +75 || 15 || 4 || 2 || 14 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 89 || 58 || +31 || 11 || 7 || 2 || 10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 35 || 118 || −83 || 2 || 15 || 0 || 4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 59 || 82 || −23 || 5 || 7 || 2 || 2 |- |}

Montagner 67' c Kellaway (2) 49' m, 60' c Lacey 64' m

Jones (2) 21' c, 58' c Chisholm (2) 34' m, 51' c Burns 66' c Catchpole 74' m Burns (1/2) 67'

Ezcurra 44' Bruno 37'

Earle (2) 31' c, 62' c Jones 43' c McIntyre 48' c Horwitz (1/1) 35'

Haylett-Perry 20' c Burton 39' c Jack Payne 51' m

Pool B

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="20"|PD !width="20"|TF !width="25"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 86 || 40 || +46 || 10 || 4 || 3 || 11 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 82 || 57 || +25 || 10 || 7 || 1 || 9 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 59 || 31 || +28 || 7 || 3 || 1 || 9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 24 || 123 || −99 || 4 || 17 || 0 || 0 |- |}

Benjamin (2) 28' m, 66' c Penalty Try (2) 40' c, 52' c Roach 80' m Tabualevu 34' c Toga 78' c Kurukava (1/1) 79' Aseri Robarobalevu

McKeon (1/1) 68'

Penalty Try 34' c Lespinasse 48' m Fontaine 57' c Courcoul 63' m Bonneval 74' m Meret (0/1) Maika Baleinaloto

Penalty Try 39' c Benjamin 46' c Ringrose (2) 11' c, 51' c Kelleher 76' m

Gaffney 49' c McKeon 78' c Vueti (0/1) Ameniasi Natuiyaga Aseri Robarobalevu

Pool C

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="20"|Pld !width="20"|W !width="20"|D !width="20"|L !width="20"|PF !width="20"|PA !width="20"|PD !width="25"|TF !width="20"|TA !width="20"|BP !width="20"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 115 || 37 || +78 || 16 || 5 || 2 || 14 |-style="background:#ccffcc" | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 126 || 52 || +74 || 18 || 7 || 2 || 10 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 47 || 87 || −40 || 6 || 13 || 0 || 4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 30 || 142 || −112 || 5 || 20 || 0 || 0 |- |}

Petersen 28' c Greeff (2) 45' c, 79' c Kriel (2) 49' c, 74' c Marx 56' c Gelant 58' c Davis 65' m Du Plessis 80'

Drummond 23' c Peni 36' c Li 72' c Lienert-Brown 76' c Harris 78' c Hickey (3/3) 74', 77', 79' Apa 59' m

Pecquer 51' m Ritchie 72' m Lowe (0/2) Apa 43' c Mu 47' c Jotham Wrampling

Mo'unga (1/1) 78' Pollard 47' c Greeff 57' m Gelant 71' c

Nathaniel Apa Esterhuizen 63' c Petersen 79' c

Renton (2) 15'c, 48' c Jacobson 34' c McKenzie 58' c Faiane 65' m Aso 71' c Fukofuka 80' c Mo'unga (5/6) 35', 49', 59', 72', 80'

Standings after Pool Stage

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

|||38||12 |||18||21 |||41||21 |||17||22

Semifinals

Alvarez 35' m Gigena 56' m Schulz 60' m Bazan Velez 77' c Vueti 75' c Vueti (1/1) 65'

Giammarioli 68' c Irvine-Hess 54' c Rae 59' c

11th place game

Mudu 80' c Vueti (1/1) 80' Cornelli 32' c Daniele 54' m Di Giulio 73' m De Santis (0/2)

9th place game

Montagner 30' c Fernandez 69' c Boffelli 79' m MacDonald 45' c Lowe 64' c Lowe (1/1) 65'

5–8th place play-offs

|||53||16 |||18||19 |||34||27 |||3|'|20

Semifinals

Lacey (2) 13' c, 49' m Stewart 43' c Foketi 64' m Fa'aso'o 78' m Talataina Mu (1/1) 39'

Tyler Morgan 31' c Raynaud 37' m Singer 67' c

7th place game

Benjamin (2) 20' m, 64' c

5th place game

Hamdaoui 9' c Mignot 28' c Kellaway (2) 45' c, 56' m Scoble 76' m Horwitz (0/1)

Finals

|||42||15 |||32||25 |||21||20 |||23||45

Semifinals

Hobbs-Awoyemi 21' c Packman 27' c Woolstencroft 33' c Jones 54' m Wootton 68' m

Petersen 51' c Esterhuizen 70' m Els 78' c Li 32' c Aso 66' c McKenzie (2/2) 33', 67'

3rd place game

Heffernan 32' c Mo'unga (2) 20' c, 72' c Tucker 50' m Drummond 67' c Boshier 79' m

Final

Conlon 52' c Morris (1/1) 37'

Notes

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