2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date19 June 2021 – 13 July 2021
Countries
Tournament statistics
Grand Slam England
Triple Crown England
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The 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 14th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all the matches were played at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.[2]

The 2020 tournament was suspended with three games left to play, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled in August with no winner announced.[3]

Participants

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Nation Head Coach Captain
 England Alan Dickens Jack van Poortvliet
 France Philippe Boher Nolann Le Garrec
 Italy Massimo Brunello Luca Andreani[4]
 Ireland Richie Murphy[5] Alex Kendellen
 Scotland Sean Lineen[6] Alex Samuel[7]
 Wales Ioan Cunningham[8]

Table

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Position Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points
Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Tries Loss
1  England 5 5 0 0 165 69 96 25 9 5 0 28
2  France 5 4 0 1 150 117 33 19 15 3 0 19
3  Ireland 5 3 0 2 151 100 51 20 14 3 1 16
4  Wales 5 2 0 3 91 153 −62 10 21 1 0 9
5  Italy 5 1 0 4 102 98 4 13 10 1 2 7
6  Scotland 5 0 0 5 67 189 −122 9 .27 0 0 0
Source: [1] Updated: 17 July 2021

Table ranking rules

  • Four match points are awarded for a win.
  • Two match points are awarded for a draw.
  • A bonus match point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
  • Three bonus match points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (known as a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team always ranks over a team who won four matches in which they also were awarded four try bonus points and were also awarded two bonus points in the match that they lost.
  • Tie-breakers
    • If two or more teams are tied on match points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
    • If the above tie-breaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scored the higher number of total tries in their matches is ranked higher.
    • If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title is shared between them.

Fixtures

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Week 1

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19 June 2021
14:00
 Scotland7 – 38 Ireland (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
19 June 2021
17:00
(1 BP)  England38 – 22 France
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Chris Busby
19 June 2021
20:00
 Italy8 – 25 Wales
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Nika Amashukeli

Week 2

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25 June 2021
14:00
(1 BP)  England31 – 12 Scotland
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Nika Amashukeli
25 June 2021
17:00
(1 BP)  Italy11 – 13 France
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Adam Leal
25 June 2021
20:00
 Wales12 – 40 Ireland (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Tual Trainini

Week 3

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1 July 2021
14:00
 Scotland3 – 43 Italy (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Tual Trainini
1 July 2021
17:00
(1 BP)  France36 – 19 Wales
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
1 July 2021
20:00
 Ireland15 – 24 England (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Adam Jones

Week 4

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7 July 2021
14:00
(1 BP)  Italy23 – 30 Ireland (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Sam Grove-White
7 July 2021
17:00
(1 BP)  France45 – 21 Scotland
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Adam Jones
7 July 2021
20:00
 Wales3 – 45 England (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Chris Busby

Week 5

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13 July 2021
14:00
(1 BP)  England27 – 17 Italy
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Hollie Davidson
13 July 2021
17:00
(1 BP)  Ireland28 – 34 France (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Sam Grove-White
13 July 2021
20:00
 Scotland24 – 32 Wales (1 BP)
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Adam Leal

References

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  1. ^ "2021 U20 Six Nations Fixtures Announced". IRFU. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "England U20 Men produce second half comeback to beat France". EnglandRugby. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Date for Guinness Six Nations 2020 restart announced". Guinness Six Nations. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Preview:Scotland Under-20s v Italy Under-20s". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Ireland Under-20 management". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Scotland U20". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Scotland U20 team to face Italy". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. ^ "U20 squad". WRU. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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