Scotland face the Pacific Islands on Tuesday in the Plate of the Student World Cup after succumbing to three straight defeats in the group stage. Drawn in the group of death, Scotland lost heavily to hosts Australia and holders New Zealand and narrowly to Wales.

GROUP A
July 10

AUSTRALIA 74 (C Fleming 5, A Kourouche 3, J Crawley 2, B Groves, J Atkins,
B Wherry tries; C Lovering 11 goals) defeated WALES 6 (D Scourfield try; M
Jackson goal) at Griffith University, Brisbane.
Man of the match: Australia - Chris Fleming. Wales - Matt Jackson.
Referee: Stephane Vincent (France).

NEW ZEALAND 70 (T Palea'asina 3, J O'Brien 2, M Nathan 2, D McGregor 2, P
Atkins 2, S Hurrell, A Donaldson tries; J McDonald 5, J O'Brien 4 goals)
defeated SCOTLAND 4 (C Morrison try) at Griffith University, Brisbane.
Man of the match: New Zealand - Mike Nathan. Scotland - Dougie Flockhart.
Referee: Gary Owram (England).

This article was originally posted on 18-Jul-2005, 22:51 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 18-Jul-2005, 22:52.