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