The Junior World Rugby Trophy (Under-20 World Rugby - Eight-team tournament) kicks off on Tuesday, May 24. Samoa, Russia, Uruguay and USA will compete in Pool A while Japan, hosts Georgia, Canada and Zimbabwe are in Pool B.
The Georgian Rugby Union has also announced that there will be free admission to all matches at the Shevardeni Stadium and matches at the Avchala Stadium will be priced from 5-10 Georgia Lari.
In addition to providing a significant boost to Rugby in the Host Union, the Under 20 tournament plays a vital player development role for all the participating Unions. Seven of the eight Unions are currently included in the IRB's Strategic Investment programme and there will be fierce competition between the teams to win the title and with it promotion to the IRB Junior World Championship 2012.
Six pool matches, including all three of Georgia's games will be broadcast live along with the third place play-off and the final on Sunday, June 5 in Tbilisi.
Schedule (link)
MATCH DAY 1: TUESDAY, MAY, 24
No. Kick-off Group Match Venue
1. 1400 B Japan v Zimbabwe Shevardeni
2. 1400 A Samoa v USA Avchala
3. 1600 A Russia v Uruguay Avchala
4. 1800 B Georgia v Canada Avchala
No. Kick-off Group Match Venue
1. 1400 B Japan v Zimbabwe Shevardeni
2. 1400 A Samoa v USA Avchala
3. 1600 A Russia v Uruguay Avchala
4. 1800 B Georgia v Canada Avchala
MATCH DAY 2: SATURDAY, MAY, 28
No. Kick-off Group Match Venue
5. 1400 A Samoa v Uruguay Shevardeni
6. 1400 B Japan v Canada Avchala
7. 1600 A Russia v USA Avchala
8. 1800 B Georgia v Zimbabwe Avchala
No. Kick-off Group Match Venue
5. 1400 A Samoa v Uruguay Shevardeni
6. 1400 B Japan v Canada Avchala
7. 1600 A Russia v USA Avchala
8. 1800 B Georgia v Zimbabwe Avchala
MATCH DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 1
No. Kick-off Group Match Venue
9. 1400 B Canada v Zimbabwe Shevardeni
10. 1400 A Uruguay v USA Avchala
11. 1600 A Samoa v Russia Avchala
12. 1800 B Georgia v Japan Avchala
No. Kick-off Group Match Venue
9. 1400 B Canada v Zimbabwe Shevardeni
10. 1400 A Uruguay v USA Avchala
11. 1600 A Samoa v Russia Avchala
12. 1800 B Georgia v Japan Avchala
FINAL DAY: SUNDAY, JUNE, 5
No. Kickoff Match Venue
13. 1330 4th Group A v 4th Group B Shevardeni
14. 1330 3rd Group A v 3rd Group B Avchala
15. 1545 2nd Group A v 2nd Group B Avchala
13. 1330 4th Group A v 4th Group B Shevardeni
14. 1330 3rd Group A v 3rd Group B Avchala
15. 1545 2nd Group A v 2nd Group B Avchala
16. 1800 FINAL
1st Group A v 1st Group B Avchala
1st Group A v 1st Group B Avchala
Official Tournament website with latest news, standings, and schedules: http://www.irb.com/jwrt/
To watch games for free as a live streaming video, follow either link below. It's the same channel, but different supporting servers:
Georgian TV – Georgian server: http://www.babajana.com/tv/georgia/channel-1-georgia.htm
Georgian Public TV – European server: http://www.babajana.com/tv/georgia/channel-1-europe.htm
Georgian Public TV – American server: http://www.babajana.com/tv/georgia/channel-1-usa.htm
From my own experience, local Georgian servers works better than European or American. Just click on one of the Georgian Public TV links on time when game starts. Kick-off time in the schedule is in local Tbilisi Time (which is set for GMT + 3 hours), 24h format.
Also the International Rugby Board (IRB) will deliver a live streaming service of the eight matches plus four additional matches produced by the Host Broadcaster via the official tournament website:
www.irb.com/jwrt
www.irb.com/jwrt
