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Tonga 4th in hard-fought U20s Trophy [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Monday, June 1, 2015 - 18:52.  Updated on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 14:10.

Tonga settled for fourth place in the World Rugby U20s Trophy after a hard fought campaign that ended with a loss to Uruguay 43-44 on 24 May in Lisbon.

Tonga scored three times in the opening quarter, by vice-captain Patelesio ‘One’one, Semisi Tei and Feliuaki Halaifonua. Uruguay came back with two tries to take the half time lead 20-17 after having initially trailed behind Tonga 17-6 at the end of the first quarter.

At the same time, Fiji defeated Namibia 36-24 for fifth place.

Georgia won the World Rugby U20 Trophy 2015 for first time after defeating Canada 49-24 in the final.

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U20 Trophy [4]
Uruguay [5]
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