2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship | |||
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Date | 3 February – 17 March 2017 | ||
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Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | England (6th title) | ||
Grand Slam | England (3rd) | ||
Triple Crown | England | ||
Matches played | 15 | ||
Tries scored | 99 (6.6 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Ben Jones (75) | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Keiran Williams (5) | ||
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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.
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]
Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
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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 |
Position | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | Bonus points | Total points | |||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Tries | Loss | |||
1 | England | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 53 | 136 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 27* |
2 | France | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 127 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
3 | Wales | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 143 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
4 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 122 | −11 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
5 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 171 | −67 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 156 | −95 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Source: Under-20 Six Nations, 18 March 2017 |
* England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.
3 February 2017 18:00 GMT (UTC+0) |
Italy | 5–27 | Wales |
Stadio Giovanni Mari, Legnano Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Sean Gallagher |
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3 February 2017 20:30 GMT (UTC+0) |
(BP) Scotland | 19–20 | Ireland |
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Christopher Ridley (England) |
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4 February 2017 12:00 GMT (UTC+0) |
(BP) England | 59–17 | France |
Sandy Park, Exeter Attendance: 6,836 Referee: Dan Jones |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
17 March 2017 18:00 GMT (UTC+0) |
(BP) Ireland | 10–14 | England |
Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin Referee: Pierre Brousset |
17 March 2017 20:30 GMT (UTC+0) |
(BP) Scotland | 38–17 | Italy |
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Referee: Frank Murphy |
Some of the matches are broadcast on television by France 4 and Sky Sports.
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