2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date	4 February 2022 – 20 March 2022
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland
Grand Slam	Ireland
Triple Crown	Ireland
Matches played	6
Attendance	29,915 (4,986 per match)
Tries scored	33 (5.5 per match)
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The 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship is the 15th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship contested by the under-20 national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England were the defending champions, having completed a Grand Slam in the previous tournament.^[1] Ireland won the tournament for the fourth time and due to winning all five of their matches, a third Grand Slam.^[2]

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
England	Castle Park Barnet Copthall	5,000 10,500	Doncaster London	Alan Dickens^[3]	Fin Baxter^[4]
France	Stade Guy Boniface Stade Aimé Giral	16,800 14,593	Mont-de-Marsan Perpignan
Ireland	Musgrave Park	8,008	Cork	Richie Murphy	Reuben Crothers
Italy	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	5,000	Treviso	Massimo Brunello	Giacomo Ferrari
Scotland	Edinburgh Rugby Stadium	7,800	Edinburgh		Rhys Tait^[4]
Wales	Eirias Stadium	6,080	Colwyn Bay	Byron Haywood^[4]

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points		Total points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Tries	Loss	Total points
1	Ireland	5	5	0	0	210	65	145	29	9	4 (+3 Grand Slam)	0	27
2	France	5	4	0	1	160	86	74	17	11	3	1	20
3	England	5	2	0	3	133	112	21	19	13	3	2	13
4	Italy	5	3	0	2	87	113	−26	11	12	1	0	13
5	Wales	5	1	0	4	80	183	−103	11	25	1	1	6
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	72	183	−111	9	26	1	0	1
Source: [1] Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Updated: 20 March 2022

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 reaches a minimum of 23 points, and thus 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 (a try bonus and a losing bonus) in the match that they lost for a total of 22 points.
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

Week 1

4 February 2022
20:00

(1 BP) France	41–15	Italy
Try: Reybier 14' c Dayral 24' c Bevia 29' m Auriac 72' c Con: Auriac (3) 15', 26', 73' Pen: Auriac (5) 21', 48', 53', 60', 78'	Report	Try: Ortombina 41' c Pani 43' m Con: Teneggi 42' Pen: Teneggi 41'

Stade Guy Boniface
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

4 February 2022
20:00

(1 BP) Scotland	24–41	England (1 BP)
Try: Leatherbarrow (2) 12' m, 30' c Melville 44' m Hiddleston 80+2' c Con: Townsend (2) 32', 80+4'	Report	Try: Arundell 22' m Knight (2) 37' m, 63' c Carr-Smith 54' c Grayson 65' c Litchfield 75' c Con: Benson (4) 55', 64', 66', 76' Pen: Benson 51'

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Benoît Rousselet (France)

4 February 2022
20:00

(1 BP) Ireland	53–5	Wales
Try: Mullins (2) 13' m, 51' c Devine 22' c Morrissey 34' c Crothers 41' c McNabney 44' m McCormick 60' m Brownlee 79' c Con: Tector (4) 23', 35', 42', 52' Butler 80' Pen: Tector 3'	Report	Try: Andrew 74' m

Musgrave Park, Cork
Attendance: 7,289^[5]
Referee: Sara Cox (England)


FB	15	Patrick Campbell	35'
RW	14	Chay Mullins	64'
OC	13	Fionn Gibbons
IC	12	Ben Brownlee
LW	11	Shane Mallon
FH	10	Charlie Tector	52' 64' 72'
SH	9	Matthew Devine	52' 72'
N8	8	James Culhane
OF	7	Reuben Crothers (c)
BF	6	James McNabney	61'
RL	5	Mark Morrissey	59'
LL	4	Conor O'Tighearnaigh
TP	3	Scott Wilson	59'
HK	2	James McCormick	61'
LP	1	Jack Boyle	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Josh Hanlon	61'
PR	17	Oisin Michel	49'
PR	18	Rory McGuire	59'
LK	19	Adam McNamee	59'
FL	20	Ronan O'Sullivan	61'
SH	21	Ethan Coughlan	52'
FH	22	Tony Butler	52'
WG	23	Aitzol King	35'
Coach:
Richie Murphy


FB	15	Cameron Winnett		66'
RW	14	Harri Houston		60'
OC	13	Bryn Bradley		46'
IC	12	Eddie James
LW	11	Oli Andrew	21'
FH	10	Dan Edwards
SH	9	Harri Williams		60'
N8	8	Ben Moa		49'
OF	7	Ethan Fackrell
BF	6	Alex Mann		22' 31'
RL	5	Lewis Jones		55'
LL	4	Joe Peard	50'
TP	3	Nathan Evans
HK	2	Efan Daniel		31'
LP	1	Joe Cowell		46'
Replacements:
HK	16	Morgan Veness		31'
PR	17	Rhys Barratt		46'
PR	18	Ellis Fackrell		66'
LK	19	Benji Williams		55'
BR	20	Tom Cowan		22' 31' 49'
BR	21	Morgan Lloyd		60'
WG	22	Jac Lloyd		60'
WG	23	Joe Hawkins		46'
Coach:
Byron Hayward

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Week 2

11 February 2022
19:00

Italy	6–0	England (1 BP)
Pen: Teneggi (2) 6', 44'	Report

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
Attendance: 2,845
Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France)

11 February 2022
20:00

(1 BP) Wales	26–13	Scotland
Try: Mann 49' c Hawkins 67' c Houston 73' m Morse 79' c Con: J. Lloyd 50' Edwards (2) 68', 80'	Report	Try: Deehan 14' c Con: Townsend 15' Pen: McClintock (2) 45', 64'

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Attendance: 2,583
Referee: Julianne Zussman (Canada)

11 February 2022
20:00

(1 BP) France	16–17	Ireland
Try: Montgaillard 26' c Con: Auriac 28' Pen: Auriac (3) 4', 44', 57'	Report	Try: McCormick 32' c Brownlee 79' c Con: Tector (2) 33', 80' Pen: Tector 54'

Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 5,043
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

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FB	15	Max Auriac
RW	14	Jefferson Joseph
OC	13	Émilien Gailleton
IC	12	Louis Le Brun
LW	11	Enzo Reybier
FH	10	Louis Foursans-Bourdette
SH	9	Baptiste Jauneau
N8	8	Malohi Suta
OF	7	Noe Della Schiava
BF	6	Leo Banos
RL	5	Matthieu Uhila
LL	4	Samuel M'Foudi
TP	3	Valentin Simutoga
HK	2	Victor Montgaillard
LP	1	Matis Perchaud
Replacements:
HK	16	Lucas Martin
PR	17	Louis Penverne
PR	18	Thomas Crețu
LK	19	Raphael Portat
BR	20	Joseph Exshaw
BR	21	Jules Coulon
WG	22	Aubin Eymeri
WG	23	Ethan Randle
Coach:
Jean-Marc Béderède


FB	15	Patrick Campbell
RW	14	Aitzol King
OC	13	Ben Brownlee
IC	12	Daniel Hawkshaw
LW	11	Shane Mallon	69'
FH	10	Charlie Tector
SH	9	Ethan Coughlan	45'
N8	8	James Culhane
OF	7	Reuben Crothers (c)
BF	6	James McNabney	67'
RL	5	Mark Morrissey	69'
LL	4	Conor O'Tighearnaigh
TP	3	Rory McGuire	64'
HK	2	James McCormick
LP	1	Jack Boyle
Replacements:
HK	16	Josh Hanlon
PR	17	Oisin Michel
PR	18	Darragh McSweeney	64'
LK	19	Adam McNamee	69'
FL	20	Conor Moloney	67'
SH	21	Matthew Devine	45'
FH	22	Tony Butler
WG	23	Dylan O'Grady	69'
Coach:
Richie Murphy

Week 3

25 February 2022
20:00

(1 BP) England	43–14	Wales
Try: Arundell (2) 26' m, 68' c Theobald-Thomas 34' c Ilione 41' c Hobson 51' c Bailey 64' c Con: Benson (3) 35', 42', 53' Johnson 66', 69' Pen: Benson 21'	Report	Try: Barratt 2' c B. Williams 48' c Con: J. Lloyd (2) 3', 49'

Castle Park, Doncaster
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)

25 February 2022
20:00

Scotland	17–30	France (1 BP)
Try: Norrie 59' c Taylor 78' c Con: McClintock (2) 60', 79' Pen: McClintock 4'	Report	Try: Capilla 16' m Le Brun 32' c Gailleton 44' m Sa 66' c Con: Dayral 33' Le Brun 67' Pen: Dayral (2) 9', 26'

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)

25 February 2022
20:00

(1 BP) Ireland	39–12	Italy
Try: Gibbons 16' c Devine 56' c McLoughlin 60' m Crothers 69' c Mullins 74' c Con: Tector (2) 18', 57' Butler (2) 70', 75' Pen: Tector (2) 24', 28'	Report	Try: Rizzoli 42' c Scramoncin 78' m Con: Teneggi 43'

Musgrave Park, Cork
Referee: Aled Evans (Wales)

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FB	15	Patrick Campbell
RW	14	Chay Mullins
OC	13	Jude Postlethwaite
IC	12	Ben Brownlee		40'
LW	11	Fionn Gibbons
FH	10	Charlie Tector		68'
SH	9	Matthew Devine		67'
N8	8	James Culhane
OF	7	Reuben Crothers (c)
BF	6	James McNabney		51'
RL	5	Mark Morrissey
LL	4	Conor O'Tighearnaigh		70'
TP	3	Rory McGuire		59'
HK	2	James McCormick		67'
LP	1	Jack Boyle		68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Josh Hanlon		67'
PR	17	Oisin Michel		68'
PR	18	Darragh McSweeney		59'
LK	19	Adam McNamee		70'
FL	20	Lorcan McLoughlin	78'	51'
SH	21	Ethan Coughlan		67'
FH	22	Tony Butler		68'
WG	23	Dylan O'Grady		40'
Coach:
Richie Murphy


FB	15	Lorenzo Pani
RW	14	Federico Cuminetti
OC	13	François Carlo Mey		62'
IC	12	Dewi Passarella
LW	11	Filippo Lazzarin
FH	10	Nicolò Teneggi		62'
SH	9	Alessandro Garbisi		70'
N8	8	Giacomo Ferrari	40'	59' 67'
OF	7	Ross Vintcent		36' 40' 45'
BF	6	David Odiase	24'	69'
RL	5	Riccardo Andreoli
LL	4	Alessandro Ortombini
TP	3	Riccardo Genovese		68'
HK	2	Lapo Frangini	57'	67'
LP	1	Luca Rizzoli		76'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tommaso Scramoncin		59'
PR	17	Valerio Bizzotti		68'
PR	18	Ricardo Bartolini		76'
LK	19	Carlos Berlese		69'
BR	20	Giovanni Cenedese		36' 40' 45'
BR	21	Gianluca Tomaselli		70'
WG	22	Giovanni Sante		62'
WG	23	Arturo Fusari		62'
Coach:
Massimo Brunello

Week 4

10 March 2022
20:00

Wales	15–47	France (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 31' Williams 35' m Pen: J. Lloyd 5'	Report	Try: Fonnicola 6' c Sa (2) 16' c, 46' c Reybier 72' c Tarel 77' m Auriac 79' m Con: Barre (4) 7', 17', 47', 72' Pen: Barre (3) 12', 40', 43'

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

11 March 2022
19:00

Italy	27–13	Scotland
Try: Ferrari (2) 3' c, 52' c Mey 32' c Con: Sante (3) 4', 33', 53' Pen: Sante (2) 19', 49'	Report	Try: Taylor 80' c Con: Townsend 80+1' Pen: McClintock (2) 8', 16'

Stadio Comunale Di Monigo
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

12 March 2022
19:15

(1 BP) England	27–42	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Hendy 4' c Ilione 30' c Cleaves 57' m Bailey 74' m Con: Benson (2) 6', 31' Pen: Benson 10'	Report	Try: Devine 17' c McLoughlin 22' c McGuire 43' c King (2) 61' c, 66' m Con: Tector (4) 18', 23', 44', 62' Pen: Tector (3) 13', 53', 71'

Barnet Copthall, London
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)


FB	15	George Hendy
RW	14	Deago Bailey
OC	13	Jacob Cusick	47'
IC	12	Ethan Grayson
LW	11	Cassius Cleaves
FH	10	Jamie Benson	47'
SH	9	Sam Edwards
N8	8	Emeka Ilione
OF	7	Toby McKnight	55'
BF	6	Ewan Richards	69'
RL	5	Tom Lockett	47'
LL	4	Lewis Chessum
TP	3	Tim Hoyt	64'
HK	2	John Stewart	80'
LP	1	Fin Baxter	71'
Replacements:
HK	16	Finn Theobald-Thomas	80'
PR	17	Mark Dormer	71'
PR	18	Mike Summerfield	64'
LK	19	Chandler Cunningham-South	47'
BR	20	Lucas Brooke	55'
BR	21	Nye Thomas	69'
WG	22	Louie Johnson	47'
WG	23	Will Joseph	47'
Coach:
Alan Dickens


FB	15	Patrick Campbell
RW	14	Chay Mullins	60'
OC	13	Jude Postlethwaite
IC	12	Ben Carson
LW	11	Fionn Gibbons
FH	10	Charlie Tector	71'
SH	9	Matthew Devine	58'
N8	8	James Culhane
OF	7	Reuben Crothers (c)
BF	6	Lorcan McLoughlin	71'
RL	5	Mark Morrissey	72'
LL	4	Conor O'Tighearnaigh
TP	3	Rory McGuire	69'
HK	2	James McCormick	69'
LP	1	Jack Boyle	75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Josh Hanlon	69'
PR	17	Oisin Michel	75'
PR	18	Scott Wilson	69'
LK	19	James McNabney	72'
FL	20	Diarmuid Mangan	71'
SH	21	Ethan Coughlan	58'
FH	22	Tony Butler	71'
WG	23	Aitzol King	60'
Coach:
Richie Murphy

Week 5

20 March 2022
14:00

(1 BP) Wales	20–27	Italy (1 BP)
Try: Davies 63' c Mann 74' c Con: Phillips (2) 64', 75' Pen: Hawkins (2) 5', 32'	Report	Try: Mey 2' c Garbisi (2) 33', 48' Frangini 60' c Con: Sante 3' Teneggi 62' Pen: Sante 40'

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

20 March 2022
17:00

(1 BP) Ireland	59–5	Scotland
Try: Boyle 5' c Gibbons (2) 11' m, 78' c Postlethwaite 23' c Culhane 32' c Carson 39' c Devine 52' m McCormick 57' c Hanlon 74' c Con: Tector (4) 6', 24', 34', 40' Butler (3) 58', 75', 79'	Report	Try: McKnight 70' m

Musgrave Park, Cork
Attendance: 8,008
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)


FB	15	Patrick Campbell		36'
RW	14	Aitzol King
OC	13	Jude Postlethwaite	70'
IC	12	Ben Carson
LW	11	Fionn Gibbons
FH	10	Charlie Tector		55'
SH	9	Matthew Devine		55'
N8	8	James Culhane		61'
OF	7	Reuben Crothers (c)
BF	6	Lorcan McLoughlin
RL	5	Mark Morrissey		61'
LL	4	Conor O'Tighearnaigh
TP	3	Rory McGuire		55'
HK	2	James McCormick		59'
LP	1	Jack Boyle		57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Josh Hanlon		59'
PR	17	Oisin Michel		57'
PR	18	Scott Wilson		55'
LK	19	Adam McNamee		61'
FL	20	Diarmuid Mangan		61'
SH	21	Ethan Coughlan		55'
FH	22	Tony Butler		55'
WG	23	Chay Mullins		36'
Coach:
Richie Murphy


FB	15	Robin McClintock	28'
RW	14	Ross McKnight	71'
OC	13	Duncan Munn
IC	12	Andy Stirrat
LW	11	Ben Evans
FH	10	Christian Townsend
SH	9	Murray Redpath	57'
N8	8	Rhys Tait	67'
OF	7	Tim Brown
BF	6	Matt Deehan	59'
RL	5	Max Williamson
LL	4	Josh Taylor
TP	3	Gregor Scougall	59'
HK	2	Paddy Harrison	71'
LP	1	Mikey Jones	44'
Replacements:
HK	16	Duncan Hood	71'
PR	17	Ali Rogers	44'
PR	18	Corey Bowker	59'
LK	19	Innes Hill	59'
BR	20	Robert Gordon	67'
BR	21	Jonty Cope	57'
WG	22	Thomas Glendinning	71'
WG	23	Kieran Clark	28'
Coach:
Kenny Murray

20 March 2022
20:00

France	26–22	England (1 BP)
Try: Yemsi 3' c Reybier 62' c Con: Barre 4' Auriac 63' Pen: Barre 19' Auriac (3) 49', 65', 74'	Report	Try: Arundell 52' m Penalty try 71' Brooke 76' c Con: Johnson 76' Pen: Johnson 2'

Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan
Referee: AJ Jacobs (South Africa)

References

^ White, Peter. "England seal Grand Slam glory with Italy win". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "'They bonded really tightly. It's amazing to see the provincial barriers broken down'". The 42. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Venues confirmed for U20s men's Six Nations". EnglandRugby. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jaycock, Ben (6 March 2022). "England eager to crash the Irish party". The RugbyPaper. No. 703. p. 39.
^ "Munster Rugby". Twitter. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "Fixtures & Results". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 699. 6 February 2022. p. 38.
^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 700. 13 February 2022. p. 38.
^ "Fixtures & Results". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

External links

Under-20 Six Nations

[1] White, Peter. "England seal Grand Slam glory with Italy win". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[2] "'They bonded really tightly. It's amazing to see the provincial barriers broken down'". The 42. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[3] "Venues confirmed for U20s men's Six Nations". EnglandRugby. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[jaycock-4] Jaycock, Ben (6 March 2022). "England eager to crash the Irish party". The RugbyPaper. No. 703. p. 39.

[IRE_WAL_attendance-5] "Munster Rugby". Twitter. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[6] "Fixtures & Results". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[7] "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 699. 6 February 2022. p. 38.

[8] "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 700. 13 February 2022. p. 38.

[9] "Fixtures & Results". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

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