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The World Rugby U20 Trophy kicks off in two days with the first round of matches in Scotland.
The eight captains met up on West Sands Beach in St Andrews, Scotland, on Saturday for a photo shoot. This location is known for being where the opening scenes of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire were shot.Japan and Hong Kong kick off the U20 Trophy at 11:45 local time on at Hive Stadium in Edinburgh. Japan finished last in the U20 World Championship last year and were relegated into the Trophy for 2024.
“We want to do our best to win this tournament so that we can show what we have done for this competition,” said Japan captain Yoshiaki Taian. “It is important to win every single game, and we would like to win all of them and go back to the Championship.“
Tournament hosts Scotland, who finished third in the U20 Trophy in Kenya last year after being relegated from the U20 Championship in 2019, will face Samoa in the other Pool A match.
Uruguay, winners of the inaugural U20 Trophy in 2008, will face Kenya in the first Pool B match while the USA, Trophy champions in 2012, will take on the Netherlands at 2:45PM ET on Tuesday.
Netherlands captain Kit Temperley added: “It is our first time here so we are really, really excited for it. It is a big thing for the country as a whole and we really can’t wait to prove ourselves here. We feel like we should be here and we can’t wait to get started. We are taking every moment as it comes, we know it is going to be a high level but we do back ourselves and we can’t wait to show how good we are.
“People probably say something about rugby isn’t that big there [the Netherlands] and those type of things, but it is definitely growing and we have got the women in WXV and qualification for the World Cup, the men will be doing World Cup qualification and we are here and we don’t think it should be taken lightly that we are here. We are here to make a statement and we can’t wait to show ourselves. This will help so much with the younger generations and everyone coming through.”
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