World Rugby U20 Championship

Samoa U20s target survival on return to the top

They have twice had to win the second-tier U20 Trophy to return to the premier age-grade tournament after suffering the agony of relegation.

They dropped out of the elite tier in both 2010 and 2015, but bounced back at the first attempt on each occasion by winning the Trophy – even if it was only thanks to a nail-biting sudden-death, extra-time win over Spain in the 2016 final in Harare, Zimbabwe.