2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date	19 June 2021 – 13 July 2021
Countries	England ; France ; Ireland ; Italy ; Scotland ; Wales ;
Tournament statistics
Grand Slam	England
Triple Crown	England
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Last updated November 10, 2025

The 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 14th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.^[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all the matches were played at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.^[2]

Participants

Nation	Head Coach	Captain
England	Alan Dickens	Jack van Poortvliet
France	Philippe Boher	Nolann Le Garrec
Italy	Massimo Brunello	Luca Andreani ^[4]
Ireland	Richie Murphy ^[5]	Alex Kendellen
Scotland	Sean Lineen ^[6]	Alex Samuel ^[7]
Wales	Ioan Cunningham ^[8]

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points		Total points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Tries	Loss	Total points
1	England	5	5	0	0	165	69	96	25	9	5	0	28
2	France	5	4	0	1	150	117	33	19	15	3	0	19
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	151	100	51	20	14	3	1	16
4	Wales	5	2	0	3	91	153	−62	10	21	1	0	9
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	102	98	4	13	10	1	2	7
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	67	189	−122	9	.27	0	0	0
Source: Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Updated: 17 July 2021

Table ranking rules

Four match points are awarded for a win.
Two match points are awarded for a draw.
A bonus match point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
Three bonus match points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (known as a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team always ranks over a team who won four matches in which they also were awarded four try bonus points and were also awarded two bonus points in the match that they lost.
Tie-breakers
- If two or more teams are tied on match points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
- If the above tie-breaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scored the higher number of total tries in their matches is ranked higher.
- If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title is shared between them.

Fixtures

Week 1

19 June 2021
14:00

Scotland	7 – 38	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Gourlay 20' Con: Scott 20'	Report	Try: Soroka 3' Penalty try 36' Illo 42' Kendellen 56' Jennings 62' Osborne 78' Con: Humphreys 3' Corkery (2) 62' 78'

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi


FB	15	Ollie Melville
RW	14	Finlay Callaghan		45'
OC	13	Scott King
IC	12	Elliot Gourlay
LW	11	Michael Gray	36'
FH	10	Cameron Scott		60'
SH	9	Murray Redpath		47'
N8	8	Ben Muncaster
OF	7	Harri Morris	41'
BF	6	Archie Smeaton		61'
RL	5	Alex Samuel		72'
LL	4	Max Williamson
TP	3	Ollie Frostick		40' 79'
HK	2	Patrick Harrison		50'
LP	1	Cole Lamberton		50'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie Drummond		50'
PR	17	Michael Jones		50'
PR	18	George Breese		40' 79'
LK	19	Euan Ferrie		72'
BR	20	Ollie Leatherbarrow		61'
BR	21	Ethan McVicker		47'
WG	22	Christian Townsend		60'
WG	23	Rhys Tait		45'
Coach:


FB	15	Jamie Osborne
RW	14	Ben Moxham
OC	13	Shane Jennings
IC	12	Cathal Forde
LW	11	Josh O'Connor	54'
FH	10	James Humphreys	29'
SH	9	Conor McKee	63'
N8	8	Alex Kendellen
OF	7	Oisin McCormack	58'
BF	6	Alex Soroka	47'
RL	5	Harry Sheridan
LL	4	Mark Morrissey
TP	3	Sam Illo	58'
HK	2	Ronan Loughnane	61'
LP	1	Temi Lasisi	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eoin de Buitlear	61'
PR	17	Jack Boyle	58'
PR	18	Mark Donnelly	58'
LK	19	Donnacha Byrne	58'
FL	20	Reuben Crothers	47'
SH	21	Will Reilly	63'
FH	22	Tim Corkery	29'
WG	23	Chris Cosgrave	54'
Coach:
Richie Murphy

19 June 2021
17:00

(1 BP) England	38 – 22	France
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Chris Busby

19 June 2021
20:00

Italy	8 – 25	Wales
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Nika Amashukeli

Week 2

25 June 2021
14:00

(1 BP) England	31 – 12	Scotland
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Nika Amashukeli

25 June 2021
17:00

(1 BP) Italy	11 – 13	France
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Adam Leal

25 June 2021
20:00

Wales	12 – 40	Ireland (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Tual Trainini

Week 3

1 July 2021
14:00

Scotland	3 – 43	Italy (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Tual Trainini

1 July 2021
17:00

(1 BP) France	36 – 19	Wales
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi

1 July 2021
20:00

Ireland	15 – 24	England (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Adam Jones

Week 4

7 July 2021
14:00

(1 BP) Italy	23 – 30	Ireland (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Sam Grove-White

7 July 2021
17:00

(1 BP) France	45 – 21	Scotland
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Adam Jones

7 July 2021
20:00

Wales	3 – 45	England (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Chris Busby

Week 5

13 July 2021
14:00

(1 BP) England	27 – 17	Italy
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Hollie Davidson

13 July 2021
17:00

(1 BP) Ireland	28 – 34	France (1 BP)
	Report