The World Rugby U20 Trophy’s second round of matches took place on Thursday at Nyayo Stadium.
Spain produced a five-try second stanza to see off hosts Kenya 48-18 in the last of the second round
fixtures at the Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi.
World Rugby U20 Trophy Pool B
The win means Spain maintain their spot on top of the group on point with a superior point difference. Samoa, who are also on 10 points, had to make a late comeback to pick a 30-27 win against Hong Kong China in a match where they were reduced to 12 men at a point.
Hong Kong are third after picking a bonus point against Samoa while Kenya have to contend
with the bottom on a solitary point, at least until their Hong Kong-China fixture. Kenya who are out of Cup contention will be keen to rise from the bottom.
Spain and Samoa are on course to clash in round three action to decide who heads to the final
Scotland made their promotion case in World U20 Trophy round two action after seeing off
USA 40-13.
Pool A standings
Maximum points and convincing wins for the Scots who are keen to make a comeback to the U20 Championship after being relegated in 2019.
USA find themselves without a win after completion of round two to take third on the table
which has Zimbabwe at the bottom after they were outplayed 51-13 by second-placed Uruguay.
Attention now shifts to the last pool matches in round three actions next week on Tuesday, 25 th
July.
World Rugby U20 Trophy
Match Day 1 | Saturday 15 July 2023
Scotland 64-33 Zimbabwe
Samoa 34-25 Kenya
Uruguay 33-31 USA
Spain 53-0 Hong Kong China
Match Day 2 | Thursday 20 July 2023
Samoa 30-27 Hong Kong China
Uruguay 51-14 Zimbabwe
Scotland 40-13 USA
Match Day 3 | Tuesday 25 July 2023
USA v Zimbabwe | 10.00am
Kenya v Hong Kong China | 12.00pm
Spain v Samoa | 2.00pm
Scotland v Uruguay | 4.00pm
Match Day 4 | Sunday 30 July 2023
Group A 4th v Group B 4th | 10.00am
Group A 3rd v Group B 3rd | 12.00pm
Group A 2nd v Group B 2nd | 2.00pm
Group A 1st v Group B 1st | 4.00pm
