2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship | |||
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Date | 19 June 2021 – 13 July 2021 | ||
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Tournament statistics | |||
Grand Slam | England | ||
Triple Crown | England | ||
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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]
The 2020 tournament was suspended with three games left to play, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled in August with no winner announced. [3]
Nation | Head Coach | Captain |
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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] | |
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 | 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: Updated: 17 July 2021 |
Table ranking rules
19 June 2021 14:00 |
Scotland | 7 – 38 | Ireland (1 BP) |
Report |
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi |
1 July 2021 14:00 |
Scotland | 3 – 43 | Italy (1 BP) |
Report |
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Tual Trainini |
13 July 2021 14:00 |
(1 BP) England | 27 – 17 | Italy |
Report |
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Hollie Davidson |
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