2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date	31 January – 13 March 2020
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales;
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.^[1]

The tournament was suspended with three games left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2] and cancelled in August with no winner announced. At the point of cancellation, Ireland had beaten the three other Home nations, and as such had won a triple crown, which is officially recognised despite the cancellation of the tournament.^[3]

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
England^[4]	Franklin's Gardens Kingsholm Stadium	15,200 16,115	Northampton Gloucester	Alan Dickens
France^[5]	Stade des Alpes Stade Maurice David Stade Aimé Giral	20,068 6,428 14,593	Grenoble Aix-en-Provence Perpignan	Sébastien Piqueronies
Ireland^[6]	Irish Independent Park	8,008	Cork	Noel McNamara	David McCann
Italy^[7]	Stadio Mirabello Payanini Rugby Centre	4,500	Reggio Emilia Verona	Fabio Roselli	Paolo Garbisi
Scotland ^[8]	Myreside Stadium Netherdale	5,500 4,000	Edinburgh Galashiels	Sean Lineen
Wales^[9]	Eirias Stadium	6,080	Colwyn Bay	Gareth Williams	Jac Morgan

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	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'