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World Rugby u20 Trophy fixtures announced

World Rugby has announced the fixture list for the 2016 u20 Trophy competition, to take place in Harare, Zimbabwe, starting on April 19. Two sides from the Americas will be present, with Los Teritos representing Uruguay and the Junior All-Americans heading over from the USA after defeating Canada in Texas last month. The two sides will be in separate pools, making an all-Americas final a distinct possibility.

Uruguay will be part of Pool A along with hosts Zimbabwe and Pacific Island nations Fiji and Samoa, the latter having been relegated from the u20 Championship following defeat to Italy in 2015. Joining the USA in Pool B will be Hong Kong, Namibia, and Spain.

All pool matches will take place at the Harare Sports Club, with the final day moving to the National Stadium. It’s unclear whether the games will be streamed in full, but World Rugby will post a highlights package at the end of each match day. The winner of the competition will gain automatic entry into the 2017 World Rugby u20 Championship, to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

2016 WORLD RUGBY u20 TROPHY FIXTURES

Tues, Apr 19 04:00 EST, 10:00 local POOL B USA Namibia
Tues, Apr 19 06:00 EST, 12:00 local POOL B Spain Hong Kong
Tues, Apr 19 08:00 EST, 14:00 local POOL A Uruguay Fiji
Tues, Apr 19 10:00 EST, 16:00 local POOL A Samoa Zimbabwe
Sat, Apr 23 04:00 EST, 10:00 local POOL A Samoa Fiji
Sat, Apr 23 06:00 EST, 12:00 local POOL A Uruguay Zimbabwe
Sat, Apr 23 08:00 EST, 14:00 local POOL B Spain Namibia
Sat, Apr 23 10:00 EST, 16:00 local POOL B USA Hong Kong
Wed, Apr 27 04:00 EST, 10:00 local POOL A Fiji Zimbabwe
Wed, Apr 27 06:00 EST, 12:00 local POOL B Namibia Hong Kong
Wed, Apr 27 08:00 EST, 14:00 local POOL A Samoa Uruguay
Wed, Apr 27 10:00 EST, 16:00 local POOL B Spain USA
Sun, May 1 04:00 EST, 10:00 local 7th place Tbd Tbd
Sun, May 1 06:00 EST, 12:00 local 5th place Tbd Tbd
Sun, May 1 08:00 EST, 14:00 local 3rd place Tbd Tbd
Sun, May 1 10:00 EST, 16:00 local Final Tbd Tbd

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