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] 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)

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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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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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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)

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)

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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