Coach Phil Davies saw Wales U20 finish the tournament on a high

Wales Under-20s finished seventh in the IRB Junior World Championships after a late flourish saw them beat Fiji 39-15 in Santa Fe, Argentina on Monday.

Fly-half Matthew Jarvis kicked six penalties to keep Wales just in front against the Pacific Islanders, who they had also beaten in the pool stage.

Replacement back-row Morgan Allen's brace of tries and one from sub scrum-half Gareth Davies puled Wales clear.

Jarvis added two conversions to finish with a personal tally of 22 points.

It was a one place drop on last year's performance in Japan, while the 4th place in 2008 remains Wales' best performance in the fledgling tournament.

Wales lost out on a place in the fifth-place play-off in a penalty shoot-out against hosts Argentina last Thursday, having drawn 19-19 before going into a scoreless sudden-death extra time and then losing the shoot-out 9-8.

In the inaugural 2008 event hosted by Wales, the side coached by Patrick Horgan finished fourth and under current boss Phil Davies in 2009 they ended the tournament in sixth.

Wales Under-20: Dan Fish; Kristian Phillips, Ben John, Ashley Beck, James Loxton; Matthew Jarvis, Rhys Downes; Dan Watchurst (capt), Rhys Williams, Rhodri Jones, Lloyd Peers (vice-capt), Joel Galley, Edward Siggery, Josh Navidi, James Thomas.
Replacements: Ieuan Davies, Joe Rees, Will Taylor, Morgan Allen, Gareth Davies, Steven Shingler, Scott Williams.

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