The first day of matches of the U19 Junior World Cup in Leek are finalised with Catalonia and Belgium leading a group and Chinese Taipei en the Netherlands heading the other group. All four countries showed themselves unbeatable this first day.

In group A Catalonia was very convincing against competitor Romania (23–2) and they realised similar scores against South Africa (18–3). It took the Catalonians more efforts to beat the rejuvenated British team with 7–12.

The Belgian team was a powerhouse against Romania with a 31–1 score. Portugal showed more strength but was beaten as well by Belgium (6-10). The British team, who in previous years ended up on the fourth place, lost all three matches of the day. Romania is in the same situation, with no points yet scored on this first day.

In the B-group Chinese Taipei convinced against Hungary with 25–5 as well as against Germany (18-8) and Czech Republic (21-11).
The Dutch National team, who surely wants to continue this leading position this year as well, convinced against Hungary (28–2) and Czech Republic (26–3). Poland and Hungary still need to win first points tomorrow.

Twelve countries participate in this 15th edition of the U19 Junior World Cup for three continents. The talent teams of the Northern and Eastern district joined, outside the formal Cup competition, as well. The matches for both groups continue on Saturday. The (semi) finals are played on Sunday.