2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date2 February – 16 March 2018
Countries
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Tries scored89 (7.42 per match)
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The 2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was the 11th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. England were the defending champions.

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 England Kingston Park
Ricoh Arena 		10,200
32,609 		Newcastle
Coventry 		Steve Bates Ben Earl
 France Stade Chaban-Delmas
Stade Jean Laville
Stade de la Méditerranée 		34,694
13,872
18,555 		Bordeaux
Gueugnon
Beziers
 Ireland Donnybrook Stadium 6,000 Dublin Noel McNamara Tommy O'Brien
 Italy Stadio Enzo Bearzot
Stadio della Vittoria 		1,000
40,400 		Gorizia
Bari 		Fabio Roselli Michele Lamaro
 Scotland Broadwood Stadium
Myreside 		8,086
5,500 		Cumbernauld
Edinburgh 		Stevie Scott[1] Robbie Smith
 Wales Parc Eirias 6,080 Colwyn Bay Jason Strange Tommy Reffell

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Table

Position Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points
Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Tries Loss
1  France 5 4 0 1 211 80 131 30 8 4 0 20
2  England 5 4 0 1 151 74 77 19 9 3 1 20
3  Ireland 5 2 0 3 145 182 −37 21 26 3 1 12
4  Italy 5 2 0 3 126 181 −55 17 27 2 1 11
5  Wales 5 2 0 3 99 120 −21 14 16 2 0 10
6  Scotland 5 1 0 4 102 197 −95 13 27 1 1 6
Source: [1]

Fixtures

Round 1

2 February 2018
18:00 GMT (UTC+1)
Italy 17 – 27 England (BP)
Try: Luccardi 40' c
Penalty 77'
Con: Rizzi (1/1)
Pen: Rizzi (1/1) 57'		[5]Try: Earl 19' m
White 48' c
Parton 50' c
Loader 61' m
Con: Grayson (2/4)
Pen: Grayson (1/1) 3'
Stadio Enzo Bearzot,
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
2 February 2018
20:00 GMT (UTC+1)
(BP) France 34 – 24 Ireland
Try: Ntamack (2) 13' c, 29' c
Diallo 26' m
Gimbert 63' m
Bamba 78' c
Con: Ntamack (2/3)
Carbonel (1/2)
Pen: Ntamack (1/1) 3'		[6]Try: Penalty 53'
Stewart 59' c
McCarthy 72' c
Con: Byrne (2/2)
Pen: Byrne (1/1) 23'
Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Referee: Christopher Ridley (England)
2 February 2018
20:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Wales 36 – 3 Scotland
Try: Morgan 3' c
Goodchild 24' m
Baldwin (2) 27' c, 77' c
Davis 71' c
Con: C. Evans (4/5)
Pen: C. Evans (1/1) 62'		[7]Pen: Dewhirst (1/2) 20'
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

Round 2

9 February 2018
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Ireland 38 – 34 Italy (2 BP)
[8]
Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin
9 February 2018
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) England 37 – 12 Wales
[9]
Kingston Park, Newcastle
9 February 2018
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland 19 – 69 France (BP)
[10]
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

Round 3

23 February 2018
18:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) France 78 – 12 Italy
Stade Jean-Laville, Gueugnon
23 February 2018
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(2 BP) Ireland 38 – 41 Wales (BP)
Donnybrook, Dublin
23 February 2018
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Scotland 24 – 17 England (BP)
Myreside, Edinburgh

Round 4

9 March 2018
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Ireland 30 – 25 Scotland (BP)
Donnybrook, Dublin
9 March 2018
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales 7 – 18 Italy
Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay
9 March 2018
20:00 GMT (UTC+1)
France 6 – 22 England
Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

Round 5

16 March 2018
15:00 GMT (UTC+1)
(BP) Italy 45 – 31 Scotland
Stadio della Vittoria, Bari
16 March 2018
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP)England 48 – 15 Ireland
Ricoh Arena, Coventry
16 March 2018
20:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales 3 – 24 France (BP)
Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay

References

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  7. ^ "Baldwin double gives Wales under-20s perfect start". Six Nations Rugby. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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  9. ^ "Ibitoye and Olowofela help England Under-20s triumph over Wales". Rugby's Greatest Championship. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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