2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

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2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date1 February – 15 March 2019
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Ireland (3rd title)
Grand Slam Ireland (2nd title)
Triple Crown Ireland (3rd title)
Matches played15
Tries scored101 (6.73 per match)
Top point scorer(s) IRFU flag.svg Harry Byrne (36)
Top try scorer(s) IRFU flag.svg Dylan Tierney-Martin (4)
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The 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 12th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. France were the defending champions. Ireland won the tournament and a Grand Slam, after winning all five of their matches. [1]

Contents

Participants

NationStadiumHead coachCaptain
Home stadiumCapacityLocation
Flag of England.svg  England [2] Sandy Park
Goldington Road
Franklin's Gardens 		12,800
6,000
15,250		 Exeter
Bedford
Northampton 		Steve Bates Fraser Dingwall
Flag of France.svg  France [3] Stade de la Rabine
Stade du Hameau 		9,500
18,000		 Vannes
Pau 		Sébastien Piqueronies Arthur Vincent
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland [4] Irish Independent Park 8,008 Cork Noel McNamara David Hawkshaw
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [5] Stadio Danilo Martelli
Stadio Centro d'Italia
Stadio Pozzi La Marmora		17,844
10,163
5,000		 Mantua
Rieti
Biella 		Alessandro Troncon Davide Ruggeri
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [6] Netherdale
Meggetland 		4,000
3,000		 Galashiels
Edinburgh 		Carl Hogg Connor Boyle
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales [7] Eirias Stadium 6,080 Colwyn Bay Gareth Williams Dewi Lake

Final table

PositionNationGamesPointsTriesBonus points
Total
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstTriesLoss
1IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 5500150925818123026*
2Flag of France.svg  France 53021571302722194117
3Flag of England.svg  England 5302148826620113116
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 5203100107−712151110
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 510499168−691522217
6Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 510488163−751422206
*Ireland were awarded 3 bonus points for winning the Grand Slam.
Source: Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine

Table ranking rules

Fixtures

Week 1

1 February 2019
19:15
(1 BP) IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 35–27Flag of England.svg  England
Try: Tierney-Martin (2) 30' c, 46' m
Penny 38' c
Foley 79' c
Con: Byrne (3/4) 32', 39', 80'
Pen: Byrne (3/4) 5', 35', 55'		Report [8] Try: Murley 10' c
T. Willis 14' c
Hodge 33' c
Con: Smith (3/3) 12', 16', 34'
Pen: Smith (1/1) 40'
Hardwick (1/1) 48'
Irish Independent Park, Cork
Attendance: 5,764
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
1 February 2019
19:30
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 22–32Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (1 BP)
Try: Boyle 43' c
Jupp 48' c
McLean 71' m
Con: Thompson (2/3) 44', 49'
Pen: Thompson (1/1) 38'		Report [9] Try: Nocera 23' m
Taddia 58' c
Mori 64' c
Trulla 79' c
Con: Garbisi (3/4) 59', 65', 80'
Pen: Garbisi (2/2) 12', 26'
Netherdale, Galashiels
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
3 February 2019
14:00
(1 BP) Flag of France.svg  France 32–10Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Zegueur 25' c
Lebel 39' c
Geraci 48' m
Pinto 80' c
Con: Carbonel (3/4) 26', 40', 80'+1
Pen: Carbonel (2/2) 10', 59'		Report [10] Try: Roberts 20' c
Con: Evans (1/1) 21'
Pen: Evans (1/1) 31'
Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
Attendance: 7,139
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Week 2

8 February 2019
19:30
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5–24IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Boyle 71' mReport [11] Try: Tierney-Martin 21' c
Hodnett 60' c
Wren 80' c
Con: Byrne (3/3) 22', 61', 80'+1
Pen: Byrne (1/1) 6'
Netherdale, Galashiels
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
9 February 2019
13:05
Flag of England.svg  England 31–19Flag of France.svg  France
Try: Sleightholme 3' m
Penalty try (2) 22', 54'
Willis 32' m
Adkins 39' c
Con: Smith (1/3) 40'		Report [12] Try: Joseph 26' m
Delbouis 36' c
Penalty try 74'
Con: Carbonel (1/2) 37'
Sandy Park, Exeter
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
10 February 2019
14:00
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12–42Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales (1 BP)
Try: Mba 60' m
Trulla 78' c
Con: Garbisi (1/2) 78'		Report [13] Try: Basham (3) 14' c, 20' c, 44' c
Scragg 38' c
Buckland 74' c
Davies 80' c
Con: Evans (4/4) 14', 20', 38', 44'
Costelow (2/2) 74', 80'
Stadio Danilo Martelli, Mantua
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Week 3

22 February 2019
19:00
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14–34IRFU flag.svg  Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Nocera 73' c
Butturini 78' c
Con: Garbisi (2/2) 74', 79'		Report [14] Try: Casey (2) 10' c, 60' c
Penny 38' c
Hawkshaw 76' c
Con: Byrne (3/3) 11', 39', 61'
Healy (1/1) 77'
Pen: Byrne (2/2) 22', 44'
Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
22 February 2019
19:05
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 11–10Flag of England.svg  England (1 BP)
Try: Smith 80'+1 m
Pen: Evans (2/2) 57', 63'		Report [15] Try: Tuima 69' c
Con: Hodge (1/1) 70'
Pen: Wilkinson (1/2) 5'
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
22 February 2019
21:00
(1 BP) Flag of France.svg  France 42–27Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Pinto 5' c
Eglaine 13' c
Favre 26' c
Joseph (2) 53' c, 78' c
Moefana 62' c
Con: Smaili (6/6) 6', 14', 28', 54', 63', 79'		Report [16] Try: Blain (2) 31' m, 49' m
Thompson 33' m
McCallum 39' c
Fraser 66' m
Con: Thompson (1/5) 40'
Stade du Hameau, Pau
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)

Week 4

8 March 2019
19:15
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 31–29Flag of France.svg  France (2 BP)
Try: Wycherley (2) 13' c, 59' c
Reid 69' m
Con: Healy (2/3) 14', 60'
Pen: Healy (4/4) 4', 32', 46', 55'		Report [17] Try: Gros 15' c
Carbonel (2) 26' c, 64' m
Viallard 79' c
Con: Carbonel (3/4) 16', 27', 80'
Pen: Carbonel (1/1) 52'
Irish Independent Park, Cork
Attendance: 8,008
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
8 March 2019
19:30
(1 BP) Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 27–20Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales (1 BP)
Try: Boyle 6' m
McCallum 15' c
McMichael 38' c
Blain 50' m
Con: Thompson (2/4) 16', 39'
Pen: Thompson (1/1) 48'		Report [18] Try: Griffiths 76' c
Costelow 80' c
Con: Costelow (1/1) 77'
Evans (1/1) 80'+1
Pen: Evans (2/2) 30', 35'
Meggetland, Edinburgh
Attendance: 2,473
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
8 March 2019
19:45
(1 BP) Flag of England.svg  England 35–10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Try: Seabrook 5' c
Wilkinson 38' m
Fox 49' c
Sleightholme 57' c
Con: Wilkinson (1/1) 6'
Hodge (2/2) 50', 58'
Pen: Hodge (2/2) 41', 51'
Vunipola (1/1) 67'		Report [19] Try: Mori 12' m
Peruzzo 36' m
Goldington Road, Bedford
Referee: Nikoloz Amashukeli (Georgia)

Week 5

15 March 2019
18:00
(2 BP) Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31–35Flag of France.svg  France (1 BP)
Try: Trulla 5' m
Marinello (2) 55' m, 61' c
Mba (2) 71' c, 80'+6 c
Con: Garbisi (1/2) 62'
da Re (2/3) 71', 80'+7		Report [20] Try: Viallard 26' c
Lemardelet 37' c
Pinto 42' c
Dumortier 44' c
Moefana 69' c
Con: Smaili (5/5) 27', 38', 43', 45', 70'
Stadio Pozzi La Marmora, Biella
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
15 March 2019
19:05
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 17–26IRFU flag.svg  Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Owen 11' c
Morgan 59' c
Con: Evans (2/2) 12', 60'
Pen: Evans (1/3) 30'		Report [21] Try: Wren 39' c
Tierney-Martin 47' c
Reilly 72' m
Clarkson 80' c
Con: Healy (2/2) 40', 48'
Flannery (1/2) 80'+1
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
15 March 2019
19:45
(1 BP) Flag of England.svg  England 45–7Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: de Glanville 11' c
Willis 40'+3 m
Hinkley 56' c
Redpath 65' c
Petch 70' c
Barbeary 76' m
Reed 80' c
Con: Vunipola (5/7) 12', 57', 66', 71', 80'+1		Report [22] Try: Anderson 7' c
Con: Thompson (1/1) 8'
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)

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