The 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 14th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all the matches were played at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.[2]
| 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 19 June 2021 – 13 July 2021 | ||
| Countries | |||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Grand Slam |  England | ||
| Triple Crown | England | ||
| |||
The 2020 tournament was suspended with three games left to play, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled in August with no winner announced.[3]
Participants
edit| Nation | Head Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|
 England
|
Alan Dickens | Jack van Poortvliet |
 France
|
Philippe Boher | Nolann Le Garrec |
 Italy
|
Massimo Brunello | Luca Andreani[4] |
 Ireland
|
Richie Murphy[5] | Alex Kendellen |
 Scotland
|
Sean Lineen[6] | Alex Samuel[7] |
 Wales
|
Ioan Cunningham[8] |
Table
edit| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | Bonus points |
Total points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Tries | Loss | |||
| 1 | England
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 69 | 96 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | France
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 117 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | Ireland
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 100 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Wales
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 153 | −62 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Italy
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 98 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Scotland
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 189 | −122 | 9 | .27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: [1] Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Updated: 17 July 2021 | |||||||||||||
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
editWeek 1
edit| 19 June 2021 14:00 |
| Scotland | 7 – 38 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| Report |
| Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi |
Week 2
edit| 25 June 2021 14:00 |
| (1 BP) England | 31 – 12 | Scotland |
| Report |
| Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Nika Amashukeli |
Week 3
editWeek 4
edit| 7 July 2021 14:00 |
| (1 BP) Italy | 23 – 30 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| Report |
| Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Sam Grove-White |
Week 5
edit| 13 July 2021 14:00 |
| (1 BP) England | 27 – 17 | Italy |
| Report |
| Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Hollie Davidson |
References
edit- ^ "2021 U20 Six Nations Fixtures Announced". IRFU. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "England U20 Men produce second half comeback to beat France". EnglandRugby. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Date for Guinness Six Nations 2020 restart announced". Guinness Six Nations. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Preview:Scotland Under-20s v Italy Under-20s". Under-20 Six Nations. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Ireland Under-20 management". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Scotland U20". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Scotland U20 team to face Italy". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "U20 squad". WRU. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
External links
edit- Under-20 Six Nations Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine