2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date 31 January – 13 March 2020
Countries
Tournament statistics
Triple Crown Ireland
Matches played 12
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The 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 13th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ireland were the defending champions, having won the 2019 Championship with a Grand Slam.

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

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
England Franklin's Gardens
Kingsholm Stadium 		15,200
16,115 		Northampton
Gloucester 		Alan Dickens
France Stade des Alpes
Stade Maurice David
Stade Aimé Giral 		20,068
6,428
14,593 		Grenoble
Aix-en-Provence
Perpignan 		Sébastien Piqueronies
Ireland Irish Independent Park 8,008 Cork Noel McNamara David McCann
Italy Stadio Mirabello
Payanini Rugby Centre 		4,500
 Reggio Emilia
Verona 		Fabio Roselli Paolo Garbisi
Scotland Myreside Stadium
Netherdale 		5,500
4,000 		Edinburgh
Galashiels 		Sean Lineen
Wales Eirias Stadium 6,080 Colwyn Bay Gareth Williams Jac Morgan

Table

Position Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points
Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Tries Loss
1 Ireland 3 3 0 0 113 69 44 17 10 3 0 15
2 Scotland 5 2 0 3 147 134 13 20 20 3 2 13
3 France 4 2 0 2 95 84 11 11 12 2 2 12
4 England 4 2 0 2 93 103 −10 14 12 2 1 11
5 Wales 5 2 0 3 83 138 −55 11 18 0 0 8
6 Italy 3 1 0 2 65 68 −3 8 9 1 1 6
Source: [1]

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

Week 1

31 January 2020
19:15
(1 BP) Ireland 38 – 26 Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Crowley (2) 10' c, 40' c
Clarkson 22' c
Smith 43' c
Ahern 47' m
McKee 74' m
Con: Crowley (4/5) 11', 24', 40', 44'		 Report Try: Ashman 15' c
Blain 33' m
Chamberlain 61' c
Scott 80' c
Con: Chamberlain (3/4) 16', 62', 80'
Irish Independent Park, Cork
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
31 January 2020
19:35
Wales 7 – 17 Italy
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
1 February 2020
20:00
(1 BP) France 24 – 29 England (1 BP)
Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Week 2

7 February 2020
19:15
(1 BP) Ireland 36 – 22 Wales
Try: Hernan (2) 1' c, 40' c
Kelly 17' c
Finlay 23' c
Smith 63' m
Con: Crowley (4/5) 2', 18', 25' 40'
Pen: Crowley 30'		 Report Try: Knott (2) 35' c, 68' m
Penalty try 48'
Con: Costelow 36'
Pen: Costelow 43'
Irish Independent Park, Cork
Attendance: 4,822
Referee: Nika Amashukeli
7 February 2020
19:30
(1 BP) Scotland 17 – 21 England
Myreside Stadium, Edinburgh
7 February 2020
20:00
(1 BP) France 31 – 19 Italy
Stade Maurice David, Aix-en-Provence

Week 3

21 February 2020
18:00
(2 BP) Italy 29 – 30 Scotland (1 BP)
Stadio Mirabello, Reggio Emilia
21 February 2020
19:35
Wales 14 – 11 France (1 BP)
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
21 February 2020
19:45
England 21 – 39 Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Hammond 8' c
Tizard 45' c
Dan 55' c
Con: Barton (3/3) 9', 47', 56'		 Report Try: Soroka 18' m
Hyde 26' c
Ahern (2) 34' c, 72' m
McIlroy 40' c
O'Reilly 51' m
Con: Crowley (2/5) 27', 36'
Corkery (1/1) 40'
Pen: Crowley 4'
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Referee: Ben Blain

Week 4

6 March 2020
19:15
Ireland Cancelled Italy
Irish Independent Park, Cork
6 March 2020
19:45
(1 BP) England 22 – 23 Wales
Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Referee: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy
6 March 2020
20:00
(1 BP) Scotland 22 – 29 France (1 BP)
Netherdale, Galashiels
Referee: Adam Jones

Week 5

13 March 2020
19:35
Wales 17 – 52 Scotland (1 BP)
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
13 March 2020
20:00
France Cancelled Ireland
Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan
15 March 2020
17:30
Italy Cancelled England
Payanini Rugby Centre, Verona

See also