England national under-20 rugby union team

The England Under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from England. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19s and Under 21s. They compete in the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship and World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

England U-20
UnionRugby Football Union
Emblem(s)Red Rose
Ground(s)Twickenham
Coach(es)Alan Dickens (rugby union)
Top scorerTom Homer
Most triesJonny May
Team kit
Change kit
First international
England England 28–15 Wales Wales
(1 Feb 2008)
Largest win
England England 109–0 United States United States
(13 June 2013)
Largest defeat
New Zealand New Zealand 64–17 England England
(18 June 2017)
World Cup
Appearances11 (First in 2008)
Best resultChampions (2013, 2014, 2016)

The head coach of the team is, Alan Dickens.[1]

World Rugby Under 20 Championship

Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, in which they took second place, being defeated by New Zealand 3–38 in the final.[2] The following year saw England finish runners up to New Zealand again at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]

At the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship, they reached the semi-finals after winning all of their pool stage games against Argentina, Ireland and France.[4] They lost the semi-final to Australia 16–28[5] and then lost against South Africa 22–27 to finish in 4th place.[6] England finished runners up to New Zealand again at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.[7]

At the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, England defeated New Zealand 33-21 in the semi-final.[8] In the final against Wales, tries from Jack Nowell and Sam Hill saw England recover from a dozen point half-time deficit to become World Champions at junior level for the first time.[9]

England retained their title at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship, defeating South Africa in the final.[10] The following year saw England lose in the final of the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship to New Zealand.[11] England hosted the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[12] They regained the title after defeating Ireland in the final.[13]

England were runners up to both New Zealand at the 2017 tournament[14] and hosts France at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[15]

Championship record


Year Round Position Pld W D L PF PA
Wales 2008Runners-up2nd5401148104
Japan 2009Runners-up2nd540119379
Argentina 2010Semi-final4th5302139107
Italy 2011Runners-up2nd5401153114
South Africa 2012Pool stage7th530212888
France 2013Champions1st540121973
New Zealand 2014Champions1st550018178
Italy 2015Runners-up2nd530215194
England 2016Champions1st550019361
Georgia (country) 2017Runners-up2nd5401169144
France 2018Runners-up2nd540117497
Argentina 2019Pool stage5th5401181147
Total12/123 Titles60470132,0291,186

Overall

All results, up to and including the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn  % Won
Argentina Argentina3300
100%
Australia Australia7610
85.71%
Canada Canada1100
100%
Fiji Fiji1100
100%
France France181260
66.67%
 Ireland201370
65.00%
Italy Italy181710
94.45%
Japan Japan2200
100%
New Zealand New Zealand6150
16.66%
Samoa Samoa2200
100%
Scotland Scotland171520
88.23%
South Africa South Africa11830
72.72%
United States United States1100
100%
Wales Wales161330
81.25%
Total12395280
77.87%

Current squad

England Under-20s squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship.[16]

Player Position Club
Nathan Jibilu Hooker England Harlequins
Finn Theobald-Thomas Hooker England Gloucester
Craig Wright Hooker England Northampton Saints
Ethan Clarke Prop England Harlequins
Afolabi Fasogbon Prop England London Irish
James Halliwell Prop England Bristol Bears
Archie McArthur Prop England Gloucester
Asher Opoku-Fordjour Prop England Sale Sharks
Harry Browne Lock England Harlequins
Finn Carnduff Lock England Leicester Tigers
Lewis Chessum Lock England Leicester Tigers
Harvey Cuckson Lock England Bath
Zach Carr Back Row England Harlequins
Chandler Cunningham-South Back Row England Harlequins
Greg Fisilau Back Row England Exeter Chiefs
Nathan Michelow Back Row England Saracens
Tristan Woodman Back Row England Sale Sharks
Charlie Bracken Scrum-half England Saracens
Nye Thomas Scrum-half England Sale Sharks
Sam Harris Fly-half England Bath
Louie Johnson Fly-half England Newcastle Falcons
Jacob Cusick Centre England Leicester Tigers
Joe Jenkins Centre England Bristol Bears
Rekeiti Ma'asi-White Centre England Sale Sharks
Toby Thame Centre England Northampton Saints
Joseph Woodward Centre England Leicester Tigers
Cassius Cleaves Wing England Harlequins
Alex Wills Wing England Sale Sharks
Tobias Elliot Full-back England Saracens
Connor Slevin Full-back England Harlequins

Management

Coaching Team:

Honours
Winners (3): 2013, 2014, 2016
Runners-up (6): 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018
Winners (7): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021
Grand Slam (4): 2008, 2011, 2017, 2021
Triple Crown (6): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021

See also

References
  1. "Steve Bates to lead the RFU's England U20s programme". Sky Sports. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. "England U20 3-38 NZ U20". BBC Sport. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. "England U20s suffer loss in Japan". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  4. "England book semi-final date with Australia". ESPN Scrum. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. "New Zealand and Australia set up showdown". ESPN Scrum. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. "England settle for fourth as Baby Blacks triumph". Six Nations Rugby. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. "New Zealand U20 33-22 England U20". BBC Sport. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  8. "England Under-20s beat New Zealand to reach world final". BBC Sport. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. "Junior World Championship: Wales U20 15-23 England U20". BBC Sport. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  10. "Junior World Championship: England 21-20 South Africa". BBC Sport. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  11. "World Rugby U20 Championship: New Zealand 21-16 England". BBC Sport. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  12. "World Rugby U20 Championship: Manchester to host 2016 event". BBC Sport. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  13. "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England beat Ireland in final". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. "World Under-20 Championship final: England 17-64 New Zealand". BBC Sport. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  15. "World Rugby U20 Championship: England lose out to France in final". BBC Sport. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  16. "ENGLAND U20 MEN SQUAD NAMED FOR WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". England Rugby. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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