JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. IReLAnd V ScoTLAnd Monday 21th June 2010, Ko: 12:00 club Atletico estudiantes, Paraná Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny, Temperature 13-15°C, Wind Speed 8-13 km/h 2010 Records The 9th place play off at the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships sees Ireland take on >> Points Scotland in Parana on Monday afternoon, with both sides looking to finish the tournament on a high note after disappointing performances in the Pool stages. Points Player Ireland came into this tournament with high expectations after winning the Under 20s Six 63 Patrick Lambie Nations Championship earlier this year but lost all three games in a difficult group against South Africa France, England and Argentina. They comfortably beat Samoa 37-10 in the semi final play offs, 54 Tyler Bleyendaal including two tries by 18 year old winger ANDREW BOYLE on his debut. New Zealand 50 Tom Homer Scotland lost heavily to Australia and South Africa in Pool C but followed up those two defeats England with back to back wins over Tonga. >> Tries Ireland have made five changes to their starting line up from the side that beat Samoa, with DAVID O’CALLAGHAN returning at lock forward, DOMINIC RYAN at flanker, JOHN COONEY at Tries Player scrum half and NEVIN SPENCE and EOIN GRIFFIN in the centres. 8 Julian Savea Scotland have only made two changes to the side that beat Tonga 28-8 in the play off semi New Zealand finals, bringing in MICHAEL TAIT and CALLUM MacBURNIE on the wings. 4 Jonny May England 4 Aidan Toua Let’s get physical Australia All Time Records Average Average Players Average Average >> Points Team Players Players Height Height of 185 cms Weight Weight of Players Aged 20 Aged 18 (cms) Pack or taller (kg) Pack 100 kg + Ireland 8 2 186 188 9 97.7 103.6 6 Points Player Scotland 10 0 186 191 8 99.3 106.4 9 118 Tom Homer England Scotland’s team is the oldest of the 12 selected line ups for Monday’s matches and are an 105 Francois Brummer average of three months per man older than their opponents. They also have a physical South Africa advantage in height in the line outs and weight in the scrums. 94 Matthew Jarvis Wales The tall guys >> Tries Scotland’s forwards are 2 cm per man taller than their Irish opponents with their tallest player Tries Player being second row GRANT GILCHRIST at 203 cm (6ft 7 ins) tall. 10 Zac Guildford New Zealand Ireland’s tallest player is second row BRIAN HAYES who stands at 196 cm (6ft 5ins). 8 Julian Savea New Zealand 8 Ryuhei Arita The heavyweight division Japan The combined weight of the Scotland pack is 851 kg, which gives them a weight advantage of 22 kg over Ireland in the scrum. All eight of Scotland’s forwards weigh over 100 kg. Ireland’s tighthead prop MARTIN MOORE is the heaviest man in their starting line up at 115 kg (18st 2lbs) and he has a 10 kg advantage over his direct opponent in the scrum, Scotland’s loosehead prop ANTHONY KENT. © International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 20:20). Page 1 Monday 21th June 2010, Ko: 12:00 IReLAnd club Atletico estudiantes, Paraná ScoTLAnd JWc coMMenTAToRS noTeS (contd) History In previous IRB Junior World Championships Ireland finished 9th in 2008 and 8th in 2009, whilst Scotland finished one place lower on each occasion. This match is a repeat of the 2008 play off for 9th place, when Ireland beat Scotland 39-12. Perhaps more relevant is Ireland’s 44-15 win in the Six Nations Championship earlier this year when NEVIN SPENCE and ANDREW CONWAY both scored two tries and JAMES McKINNEY, who starts on the replacements bench for Sunday’s match, kicked 19 points. experience Second row forwards BRYAN HAYES and DAVID O’CALLAGHAN, flankers DOMINIC RYAN and BRIAN O’HARA and inside centre NEVIN SPENCE all played in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship for Ireland. Four Ireland players have started every match in this tournament; captain and hooker NIALL ANNETT, number 8 PADDY BUTLER, left winger SIMON ZEBO and full back ANDREW CONWAY, who scored tries against both England and Samoa to add to the four tries he scored in the Six Nations Championship and is the youngest player in the Irish squad. Six of the Scotland starting line up played in last year’s tournament with flanker ROBERT HARLEY, number 8 STUART McINALLY and centre ALEX DUNBAR having some involvement in all five matches in that tournament as well as starting all five games in the Six Nations earlier this year. Hooker ALUN WALKER, lock forward DAVID DENTON, STUART McINALLY and scrum half ALEX BLACK are the four Scotland players to have started every game in this year’s tournament. Scotland captain STUART McINALLY has scored three tries in JWC competition, all against Tonga, including one in each of the last two games. The man in the middle GARRATT WILLIAMSON of New Zealand is the referee for this match, his fourth of the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. He took charge of Ireland’s 36-21 defeat to England and has yet to show a yellow card in the tournament. IRB Junior World championships Facts and Figures Ireland (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • Need to score 6 more points to reach 300 overall. • Converted 34 penalties – second in the table behind England on 36. • 34.7% of Ireland’s total points have been scored through penalty kicks, which is the highest percentage of the 12 teams competing. • Conceded 108 points to penalty kicks, which is higher than any other team. • Total of 70 penalties kicked in Ireland’s matches is 6 higher than any other team. • Scored 59.2% of their points in the second half of matches. Only New Zealand have a higher second half percentage. • Conceded 25 tries in 14 matches played, the second lowest of all teams competing in this year’s tournament behind New Zealand with 10. • 80% of tries scored against Ireland have been converted (20 out of 25), a higher percentage than against any other team along with New Zealand (8 out of 10). • Only scored 40.8% of their points in the first half of matches, the second lowest percentage of the 12 teams competing after New Zealand. • Not scored any drop goals in competition history. Scotland (all time tournament record unless otherwise stated): • Conceded 21 tries in this year’s tournament, joint highest with Tonga. • Conceded 54 tries overall, second only to Fiji of the teams competing this year with 56. • Only kicked 18 penalty goals, the joint lowest of the teams competing in 2010 with Australia and Fiji. • Not kicked a drop goal but have conceded three, second only to France, who have conceded four. © International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 20:20). Page 2 Monday 21th June 2010, Ko: 12:00 IReLAnd club Atletico estudiantes, Paraná ScoTLAnd Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 IRELAND Andrew Matches #: 15 Conway Blackrock College Replacements 16 David Doyle (University College Dublin) 14 13 12 11 17 Denis Buckley (Corinthians) Andrew Eoin Nevin Simon 18 Jordi Murphy (Blackrock College) Boyle Griffin Spence Zebo 19 Robin O’Sullivan (Bective) University College Corinthians Ballynahinch Cork Constitution Dublin 20 Michael Heaney (Belfast Harlequins) 21 James McKinney (Queen’s University 10 9 Belfast) Noel John 22 Michael Kelleher (Richmond) Reid Cooney University College University College Dublin Dublin Key Stats 8 Paddy # Caps Starting Lineup: 68 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Butler Oldest Player: David O’Callaghan (20) Shannon Youngest Player: Andrew Conway (18) 6 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 104 kg Dominic 5 4 Brian Ryan O’Hara Brian David Lansdowne Hayes O’Callaghan Bohemians Cork Constitution University College Cork officials 3 2 1 Referee: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand) - 3 Martin Niall Bryan Moore Annett (C) Cagney Matches Lansdowne Belfast Harlequins University College Cork Matches at Venue: 0 Matches Ireland: 1 Matches Scotland: 0 Matches Match Debut: 09/06/2010 - England v Ireland Assistant Referee: Emilio Traverso (Argentina) 1 2 3 Assistant Referee: Anthony Alun Nicky Mauro Rivera (Argentina) Kent Walker Little London Scottish Currie Hawick 4 5 6 David Grant 7 Denton Gilchrist Robert Michael Harley Edinburgh Academicals Stirling County Maltman West of Scotland Heriot’s FP 8 Replacements Stuart 16 Adam Fedorciow (Bath Rugby) McInally (C) 17 Colin Phillips (Stewart’s Melville FP) Edinburgh 18 Michael Fedo (Watsonians) 19 Callum Stidston-Nott (London Scottish) 9 10 20 Russell Weir (Loughborough University) Alex Duncan 21 Matthew Scott (Currie) Black Weir 22 Oliver Grove (Worcester Warriors) Leeds Carnegie Glasgow Warriors 11 12 13 14 Michael Alex James Callum Key Stats Tait Dunbar Johnstone MacBurnie Newcastle Falcons Glasgow Warriors Currie Moseley # Caps Starting Lineup: 78 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 20 Oldest Player: Nicky Little (20) 15 Youngest Player: Duncan Weir (19) Avg Weight Forwards: 106 kg Tom Brown Edinburgh Academicals SCOTLAND Matches #: 15 © International Rugby Board 2010. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (20/06/2010 20:20). Page 3 Monday 21th June 2010, Ko: 12:00 IReLAnd club Atletico estudiantes, Paraná ScoTLAnd Head to Head All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. Recent Results date Team A Result Team B Venue 22/06/2008 Ireland 39 12 Scotland Newport Summary Ireland 1 Matches (0 Draw) Scotland 1 Won 0 39 Points 12 5 Tries 2 4 Conversions 1 2 Penalties 0 0 Drop Goals 0 Player Records For Ireland against Scotland For Scotland against