2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

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]

2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date4 February 2022 – 20 March 2022
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Ireland
Grand Slam Ireland
Triple Crown Ireland
Matches played6
Attendance29,915 (4,986 per match)
Tries scored33 (5.5 per match)
2021 (Previous) (Next) 2023

Participants

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Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
  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

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Position Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points
Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Tries Loss
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

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Week 1

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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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: Andrew 74' m
Musgrave Park, Cork
Attendance: 7,289[5]
Referee: Sara Cox (England)

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Week 2

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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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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

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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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: Rizzoli 42' c
Scramoncin 78' m
Con: Teneggi 43'
Musgrave Park, Cork
Referee: Aled Evans (Wales)

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Week 4

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10 March 2022
20:00
Wales  15–47  France (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 31'
Williams 35' m
Pen: J. Lloyd 5'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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

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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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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

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  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.
  4. ^ a b c Jaycock, Ben (6 March 2022). "England eager to crash the Irish party". The RugbyPaper. No. 703. p. 39.
  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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