2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship

The 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship was played in the Auvergne region of France throughout June 2006. The final was played between South Africa and France at the Stade Marcel-Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, which saw France win 24–13.

Participants

Results

Pool stages

9 June England 34–8 Fiji Stade Darragon, Vichy
9 June Italy 16–75 New Zealand Stade Émile Pons, Riom
9 June Wales 73–25 Georgia Stade au Complexe du Mas, Issoire
9 June Ireland 8–26 France Stade au Complexe du Mas, Issoire
9 June Australia 18–14 Scotland Stade Darragon, Vichy
9 June South Africa 20–16 Argentina Stade Émile Pons, Riom
13 June Ireland 22–26 Argentina Stade Couturier, Cournon d'Auvergne
13 June Australia 43–20 Fiji Stade Antonin Chastel, Thiers
13 June England 14–29 New Zealand Stade Darragon, Vichy
13 June South Africa 102–17 Georgia Stade Antonin Chastel, Thiers
13 June Wales 3–32 France Stade Couturier, Cournon d'Auvergne
13 June Italy 10–26 Scotland Stade Darragon, Vichy
17 June Italy 17–43 Fiji Stade Darragon, Vichy
17 June Wales 10–13 Argentina Stade Émile Pons, Riom
17 June Ireland 47–0 Georgia Stade au Complexe du Mas, Issoire
17 June Australia 21–17 New Zealand Stade Darragon, Vichy
17 June England 31–12 Scotland Stade Émile Pons, Riom
17 June South Africa 14–10 France Stade au Complexe du Mas, Issoire

Results after pool games

2006 IRB Under 21 World Championship
Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Tries For	Tries Against	Bonus Points	Points
South Africa	3	3	0	136	43	17	5	1	13
Australia	3	3	0	82	51	10	5	1	13
France	3	2	1	68	25	9	2	3	11
New Zealand	3	2	1	121	51	15	5	2	10
England	3	2	1	79	49	11	4	2	10
Argentina	3	2	1	55	52	8	6	2	10
Ireland	3	1	2	77	52	11	8	2	6
Wales	3	1	2	86	70	11	9	2	6
Scotland	3	1	2	52	59	5	9	2	6
Fiji	3	1	2	71	94	11	11	1	5
Italy	3	0	3	43	144	4	22	0	0
Georgia	3	0	3	42	222	5	31	0	0

Second round

10th v 11th

21 June Fiji 33–12 Italy Stade au Complexe du Mas, Issoire

9th v 12th

21 June Scotland 46–14 Georgia Stade au Complexe du Mas, Issoire

6th v 7th

21 June Argentina 20–42 Ireland Stade Darragon, Vichy

5th v 8th

21 June England 13–11 Wales Stade Darragon, Vichy

Semi-finals

2nd v 3rd

21 June Australia 17–32 France Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand

1st v 4th

21 June South Africa 40–23 New Zealand Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand

Play-offs

11th place play-off

25 June Italy 12–9 Georgia Stade Antonin Chastel, Thiers

9th place play-off

25 June Fiji 21–19 Scotland Stade Antonin Chastel, Thiers

7th place play-off

25 June Argentina 28–12 Wales Stade Couturier, Cournon d'Auvergne

5th place play-off

25 June Ireland 8–32 England Stade Couturier, Cournon d'Auvergne

Finals

3rd place play-off

25 June New Zealand 39–36 Australia Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand

Championship final

25 June South Africa 13–24 France Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand