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2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

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2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date19 June 2021 – 13 July 2021
Countries
Tournament statistics
Grand Slam England
Triple Crown England
2020 (Previous) (Next) 2022

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] Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine 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)
Try: Gourlay 20'
Con: Scott 20'
ReportTry: Soroka 3'
Penalty try 36'
Illo 42'
Kendellen 56'
Jennings 62'
Osborne 78'
Con: Humphreys 3'
Corkery (2) 62' 78'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
FB 15 Ollie Melville
RW 14 Finlay Callaghan downward-facing red arrow 45'
OC 13 Scott King
IC 12 Elliot Gourlay
LW 11 Michael Gray Yellow card 36'
FH 10 Cameron Scott downward-facing red arrow 60'
SH 9 Murray Redpath downward-facing red arrow 47'
N8 8 Ben Muncaster
OF 7 Harri Morris Red card 41'
BF 6 Archie Smeaton downward-facing red arrow 61'
RL 5 Alex Samuel downward-facing red arrow 72'
LL 4 Max Williamson
TP 3 Ollie Frostick downward-facing red arrow 40' upward-facing green arrow 79'
HK 2 Patrick Harrison downward-facing red arrow 50'
LP 1 Cole Lamberton downward-facing red arrow 50'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie Drummond upward-facing green arrow 50'
PR 17 Michael Jones upward-facing green arrow 50'
PR 18 George Breese upward-facing green arrow 40' downward-facing red arrow 79'
LK 19 Euan Ferrie upward-facing green arrow 72'
BR 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow upward-facing green arrow 61'
BR 21 Ethan McVicker upward-facing green arrow 47'
WG 22 Christian Townsend upward-facing green arrow 60'
WG 23 Rhys Tait upward-facing green arrow 45'
Coach:
FB 15 Jamie Osborne
RW 14 Ben Moxham
OC 13 Shane Jennings
IC 12 Cathal Forde
LW 11 Josh O'Connor downward-facing red arrow 54'
FH 10 James Humphreys downward-facing red arrow 29'
SH 9 Conor McKee downward-facing red arrow 63'
N8 8 Alex Kendellen
OF 7 Oisin McCormack downward-facing red arrow 58'
BF 6 Alex Soroka downward-facing red arrow 47'
RL 5 Harry Sheridan
LL 4 Mark Morrissey
TP 3 Sam Illo downward-facing red arrow 58'
HK 2 Ronan Loughnane downward-facing red arrow 61'
LP 1 Temi Lasisi downward-facing red arrow 58'
Replacements:
HK 16 Eoin de Buitlear upward-facing green arrow 61'
PR 17 Jack Boyle upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 Mark Donnelly upward-facing green arrow 58'
LK 19 Donnacha Byrne upward-facing green arrow 58'
FL 20 Reuben Crothers upward-facing green arrow 47'
SH 21 Will Reilly upward-facing green arrow 63''
FH 22 Tim Corkery upward-facing green arrow 29'
WG 23 Chris Cosgrave upward-facing green arrow 54'
Coach:
Richie Murphy

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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