Samoa have scored 161 unanswered points and Japan 206 for the concession of only two penalty goals in dominating the opening two rounds of their respective regional junior events in Apia, Samoa and Bangkok, Thailand.
Samoa's Under 20s suffered relegation from the IRB Junior
World Championship in 2010 and their current Under 19 side will
qualify directly for the 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.
They have been hugely impressive on home soil at Apia Park,
seeing off first Tahiti 109-0 and then American Samoa 52-0. They
next face Papua New Guinea on 30 August in what is likely to be
their most testing match before the final ranking games on 3
September.
Japan need to win their event, being held in Bangkok over
three match days from 22 to 28 August, in order to book their place
at the 2011 World Trophy.
So far they have beaten Singapore 114-3 and Sri Lanka 92-3 to
underline their total superiority and in the final face Hong Kong,
who themselves have recorded two hard-fought wins against Malaysia,
24-17 and Thailand, 18-12.
Earlier, in Asia's Under 19 Division 2 tournament in
Laos, the Philippines took the spoils ahead of Kazakhstan, Iran,
India and Laos.
Oceania Under 19 championship
Results
American Samoa 5-57 Cook Islands
Papua New Guinea 67-0 Vanuatu
Samoa 109-0 Tahiti
Cook Islands 15-14 Papua New Guinea
American Samoa 0-52 Samoa
Remaining fixtures
30 August - group games
Cook Islands v Vanuatu
American Samoa v Tahiti
Samoa v Papua New Guinea
3 September - finals
TBC
Asia Under 19 championship
Results
Hong Kong 24?17 Malaysia
Sri Lanka 29?10 Korea
Chinese Taipei 22?23 Thailand
Japan 114?3 Singapore
Korea 20?12 Singapore
Malaysia 26?31 Chinese Taipei
Sri Lanka 3?92 Japan (semi?final)
Hong Kong 18?12 Thailand (semi?final)
28 August - finals
Singapore v Malaysia (7th/ 8th place)
Korea v Chinese Taipei (5th/ 6th place)
Sri Lanka v Thailand (3rd/ 4th place)
Japan v Hong Kong (1st/2nd place)
