2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

The 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was the 10th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Wales were the defending champions. The competition was won by England, who completed a Grand Slam by winning all their five matches.

2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date3 February – 17 March 2017
Countries
Tournament statistics
ChampionsEngland (6th title)
Grand SlamEngland (3rd)
Triple CrownEngland
Matches played15
Tries scored99 (6.6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Wales Ben Jones (75)
Top try scorer(s)Wales Keiran Williams (5)
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For the first time, the 2017 tournament used the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments.[1] As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points.[1] Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.[1][2]

Participants
Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 England Sandy Park
Northern Echo Arena
Franklin's Gardens		 12,600
10,000
15,249		 Exeter
Darlington
Northampton		 Louis Deacon Ben Earl
 France Stade des Alpes
Stade Sapiac		 20,068
12,600		 Grenoble
Montauban		 Florian Verhaeghe
 Ireland Donnybrook Stadium 6,000 Dublin Nigel Carolan Jack Kelly
 Italy Stadio Giovanni Mari
Stadio Enrico Chersoni
Stadio Santa Rosa		 5,000
2,500

 Legnano
Prato
Capoterra
 Scotland Broadwood Stadium 8,086 Cumbernauld Sean Lineen Callum Hunter-Hill
 Wales Parc Eirias 6,080 Colwyn Bay Jason Strange

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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 England 5500189531362864027*
2 France 5302133127617162115
3 Wales 53021741433120202014
4 Ireland 5302111122−1112130113
5 Scotland 5104104171−671423217
6 Italy 500561156−95821022
Source: Under-20 Six Nations, 18 March 2017

* England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.

Fixtures

Round 1
3 February 2017
18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Italy 5–27 Wales
Stadio Giovanni Mari, Legnano
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Sean Gallagher
FB15Massimo Cioffi
RW14Andrea Bronzini
OC13Ludovico Vaccari
IC12Marco Zanon
LW11Giovanni D'Onofrio
FH10Antonio Rizzi
SH9Charly Trussardi
N88Giovanni Licata (c)
OF7Lorenzo Masselli
BF6Jacopo Bianchi
RL5Edoardo Iachizzi
LL4Giordano Baldino
TP3Marco Riccioni
HK2Massimo Ceciliani
LP1Daniele Rimpelli
Replacements:
HK16Alberto Rollero
PR17Danilo Fischetti
PR18Giosuè Zilocchi
LK19Gabriele Venditti
FL20Nardo Casolari
SH21Emilio Fusco
FH22Michelangelo Biondelli
CE23Roberto Dal Zilio
Coach:
Italy Alessandro Troncon
FB15Will Talbot-Davies
RW14Jared Rosser
OC13Ioan Nicholas
IC12Kieran Williams
LW11Ryan Conbeer
FH10Ben Jones
SH9Dane Blacker
N88Morgan Morris
OF7Will Jones
BF6Morgan Sieniawski
RL5Max Williams
LL4Alex Dombrandt
TP3Kieron Assiratti
HK2Ellis Shipp (c)
LP1Rhys Carré
Replacements:
HK16Corrie Tarrant
PR17Steffan Thomas
PR18Christian Coleman
LK19Jack Pope
N820Aled Ward
SH21Declan Smith
FH22Phil Jones
CE23Cameron Lewis
Coach:
Wales Byron Hayward
  • Twenty Welsh players made their debuts.
  • This was the 8th consecutive victory for Wales and their 13th win against Italy in 13 matches.[7]
3 February 2017
20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Scotland 19–20 Ireland
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Christopher Ridley (England)
FB15
RW14
OC13
IC12
LW11
FH10
SH9
N88
OF7
BF6
RL5
LL4
TP3
HK2(c)
LP1
Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
FL20
SH21
FH22
WG23
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones
FB15
RW14
OC13
IC12
LW11
FH10
SH9
N88
OF7
BF6
RL5
LL4
TP3
HK2(c)
LP1
Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
N819
N820
SH21
FH22
WG23
Coach:
Argentina Daniel Hourcade
4 February 2017
12:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP)  England59–17France 
Sandy Park, Exeter
Attendance: 6,836
Referee: Dan Jones
FB15Tom Parton
RW14Joe Cokanasiga
OC13Max Wright
IC12Will Butler
LW11Sam Aspland-Robinson
FH10Max Malins
SH9Harry Randall
N88Ben Earl
OF7Zach Mercer (c)
BF6Ben Curry
RL5Nick Isiekwe
LL4Jack Nay
TP3Joseph Morris
HK2Joe Mullis
LP1Ollie Dawe
Replacements:
HK16Jamie Blamire
PR17Ciaran Knight
PR18Jake Pope
LK19Justin Clegg
FL20Josh Bayliss
SH21Alex Mitchell
CE22Jacob Umaga
WG23Gabriel Ibitoye
Coach:
England Jon Callard
FB15Romain Buros
RW14Geoffrey Cros
OC13Nathan Decron
IC12Théo Millet
LW11William Iraguha
FH10Thomas Darmon
SH9Arthur Retière
N88Julien Ruaud
OF7Alexandre Roumat (c)
BF6Selevasio Tolofua
RL5Mickaël Capelli
LL4Florian Verhaege
TP3Corentin Chabeaudie
HK2Florian Dufour
LP1Mathis Dumain
Replacements:
HK16Étienne Fourcade
PR17Léo Aouf
PR18Ugo Boniface
FL19Kilian Bendjaballah
N820Baptiste Pesenti
SH21Baptiste Couilloud
FH22Anthony Fuertes
CE23Théo Dachary
Coach:
France Thomas Lièvremont

Round 2
10 February 2017
18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Italy 26–27 Ireland
Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Adam Jones
10 February 2017
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales 21–37 England (BP)
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frank Murphy
10 February 2017
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) France 36–8 Scotland
Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sean Gallagher

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Round 3
24 February 2017
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) England 46–0 Italy
Northern Echo Arena, Darlington
Attendance: 6,319
Referee: Sam Gove-White
24 February 2017
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland 27–22 France (BP)
Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin
Attendance: 4,521[9]
Referee: Tom Foley
24 February 2017
20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Scotland 34–65 Wales (BP)
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Referee: Thomas Charabas

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Round 4
10 March 2017
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Italy 13–18 France
Stadio Santa Rosa, Cagliari
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Mikw Adamson
11 March 2017
18:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) England 33–5 Scotland
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance: 6,442
11 March 2017
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Wales 41–27 Ireland
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Attendance: 2,700

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Round 5
17 March 2017
18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Ireland 10–14 England
Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin
Referee: Pierre Brousset
17 March 2017
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) France 40–20 Wales
Stade Sapiac, Montauban
Referee: Mike Adamson
17 March 2017
20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Scotland 38–17 Italy
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Referee: Frank Murphy

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Broadcasting rights

Some of the matches are broadcast on television by France 4 and Sky Sports.

See also

References
  1. "Guinness Six Nations Rugby News".
  2. "Six Nations: Bonus-point system introduced for 2017 tournament". BBC Sport. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. Verdier, Nick (29 January 2017). "Magnificent seven ride again for Wales". The RugbyPaper. No. 437. p. 31.
  4. "Fixtures & Results". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. "England U20 name side for France". The RugbyPaper. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  6. Baker, Ben. "Wales Under-20s run in eight tries to beat Scotland". RBS Six nations. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. Gillespie, Graeme. "REPORT: Lethal Conbeer steers Wales U20 to victory". WRU. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. "Six Nations". The RugbyPaper. No. 439. 12 February 2017. pp. 12 & 38.
  9. "Match Report". RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  10. "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 441. 26 February 2017. p. 38.
  11. "U20 Six Nations". The RugbyPaper. No. 443. 12 March 2017. pp. 14 & 38.
  12. "U20 Six Nations". The RugbyPaper. No. 444. 19 March 2017. pp. 14 & 40.
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