2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

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)
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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
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

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] Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine 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'		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

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

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

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

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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  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.
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  8. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 700. 13 February 2022. p. 38.
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