2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

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2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date4 February 2022 – 20 March 2022
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Grand Slam IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Triple Crown IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Matches played6
Attendance29,915 (4,986 per match)
Tries scored33 (5.5 per match)
2021 (Previous)(Next) 2023

The 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship is the 15th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship contested by the under-20 national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England were the defending champions, having completed a Grand Slam in the previous tournament. [1] Ireland won the tournament for the fourth time and due to winning all five of their matches, a third Grand Slam. [2]

Contents

Participants

NationStadiumHead coachCaptain
Home stadiumCapacityLocation
Flag of England.svg  England Castle Park
Barnet Copthall
5,000
10,500
Doncaster
London
Alan Dickens [3] Fin Baxter [4]
Flag of France.svg  France Stade Guy Boniface
Stade Aimé Giral
16,800
14,593
Mont-de-Marsan
Perpignan
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Musgrave Park 8,008 Cork Richie Murphy Reuben Crothers
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Stadio Comunale di Monigo 5,000 Treviso Massimo Brunello Giacomo Ferrari
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Edinburgh Rugby Stadium 7,800 Edinburgh Rhys Tait [4]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Eirias Stadium 6,080 Colwyn Bay Byron Haywood [4]

Table

PositionNationGamesPointsTriesBonus points
Total
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstTriesLoss
1IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 5500210651452994 (+3 Grand Slam)027
2Flag of France.svg  France 5401160867417113120
3Flag of England.svg  England 52031331122119133213
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 530287113−2611121013
5Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 510480183−1031125116
6Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 500572183−111926101
Source: Updated: 20 March 2022

Table ranking rules

Fixtures

Week 1

4 February 2022
20:00
(1 BP) France  Flag of France.svg41–15Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Try: Reybier 14' c
Dayral 24' c
Bevia 29' m
Auriac 72' c
Con: Auriac (3) 15', 26', 73'
Pen: Auriac (5) 21', 48', 53', 60', 78'
Report Try: Ortombina 41' c
Pani 43' m
Con: Teneggi 42'
Pen: Teneggi 41'
Stade Guy Boniface
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

4 February 2022
20:00
(1 BP) Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg24–41Flag of England.svg  England (1 BP)
Try: Leatherbarrow (2) 12' m, 30' c
Melville 44' m
Hiddleston 80+2' c
Con: Townsend (2) 32', 80+4'
Report Try: Arundell 22' m
Knight (2) 37' m, 63' c
Carr-Smith 54' c
Grayson 65' c
Litchfield 75' c
Con: Benson (4) 55', 64', 66', 76'
Pen: Benson 51'
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Benoît Rousselet (France)

4 February 2022
20:00
(1 BP) Ireland  IRFU flag.svg53–5Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Mullins (2) 13' m, 51' c
Devine 22' c
Morrissey 34' c
Crothers 41' c
McNabney 44' m
McCormick 60' m
Brownlee 79' c
Con: Tector (4) 23', 35', 42', 52'
Butler 80'
Pen: Tector 3'
Report Try: Andrew 74' m
Musgrave Park, Cork
Attendance: 7,289 [5]
Referee: Sara Cox (England)

[6] [7]

Week 2

11 February 2022
19:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg6–0Flag of England.svg  England (1 BP)
Pen: Teneggi (2) 6', 44' Report
Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
Attendance: 2,845
Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France)

11 February 2022
20:00
(1 BP) Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg26–13Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: Mann 49' c
Hawkins 67' c
Houston 73' m
Morse 79' c
Con: J. Lloyd 50'
Edwards (2) 68', 80'
Report Try: Deehan 14' c
Con: Townsend 15'
Pen: McClintock (2) 45', 64'
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Attendance: 2,583
Referee: Julianne Zussman (Canada)

11 February 2022
20:00
(1 BP) France  Flag of France.svg16–17IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Montgaillard 26' c
Con: Auriac 28'
Pen: Auriac (3) 4', 44', 57'
Report Try: McCormick 32' c
Brownlee 79' c
Con: Tector (2) 33', 80'
Pen: Tector 54'
Stade Maurice David
Attendance: 5,043
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

[8]

Week 3

25 February 2022
20:00
(1 BP) England  Flag of England.svg43–14Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Arundell (2) 26' m, 68' c
Theobald-Thomas 34' c
Ilione 41' c
Hobson 51' c
Bailey 64' c
Con: Benson (3) 35', 42', 53'
Johnson 66', 69'
Pen: Benson 21'
Report Try: Barratt 2' c
B. Williams 48' c
Con: J. Lloyd (2) 3', 49'
Castle Park, Doncaster
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)

25 February 2022
20:00
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg17–30Flag of France.svg  France (1 BP)
Try: Norrie 59' c
Taylor 78' c
Con: McClintock (2) 60', 79'
Pen: McClintock 4'
Report Try: Capilla 16' m
Le Brun 32' c
Gailleton 44' m
Sa 66' c
Con: Dayral 33'
Le Brun 67'
Pen: Dayral (2) 9', 26'
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)

25 February 2022
20:00
(1 BP) Ireland  IRFU flag.svg39–12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Try: Gibbons 16' c
Devine 56' c
McLoughlin 60' m
Crothers 69' c
Mullins 74' c
Con: Tector (2) 18', 57'
Butler (2) 70', 75'
Pen: Tector (2) 24', 28'
Report Try: Rizzoli 42' c
Scramoncin 78' m
Con: Teneggi 43'
Musgrave Park, Cork
Referee: Aled Evans (Wales)

[9]

Week 4

10 March 2022
20:00
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg15–47Flag of France.svg  France (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 31'
Williams 35' m
Pen: J. Lloyd 5'
Report Try: Fonnicola 6' c
Sa (2) 16' c, 46' c
Reybier 72' c
Tarel 77' m
Auriac 79' m
Con: Barre (4) 7', 17', 47', 72'
Pen: Barre (3) 12', 40', 43'
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

11 March 2022
19:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg27–13Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: Ferrari (2) 3' c, 52' c
Mey 32' c
Con: Sante (3) 4', 33', 53'
Pen: Sante (2) 19', 49'
Report Try: Taylor 80' c
Con: Townsend 80+1'
Pen: McClintock (2) 8', 16'
Stadio Comunale Di Monigo
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

12 March 2022
19:15
(1 BP) England  Flag of England.svg27–42IRFU flag.svg  Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Hendy 4' c
Ilione 30' c
Cleaves 57' m
Bailey 74' m
Con: Benson (2) 6', 31'
Pen: Benson 10'
Report Try: Devine 17' c
McLoughlin 22' c
McGuire 43' c
King (2) 61' c, 66' m
Con: Tector (4) 18', 23', 44', 62'
Pen: Tector (3) 13', 53', 71'
Barnet Copthall, London
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Week 5

20 March 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg20–27Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (1 BP)
Try: Davies 63' c
Mann 74' c
Con: Phillips (2) 64', 75'
Pen: Hawkins (2) 5', 32'
Report Try: Mey 2' c
Garbisi (2) 33', 48'
Frangini 60' c
Con: Sante 3'
Teneggi 62'
Pen: Sante 40'
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

20 March 2022
17:00
(1 BP) Ireland  IRFU flag.svg59–5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: Boyle 5' c
Gibbons (2) 11' m, 78' c
Postlethwaite 23' c
Culhane 32' c
Carson 39' c
Devine 52' m
McCormick 57' c
Hanlon 74' c
Con: Tector (4) 6', 24', 34', 40'
Butler (3) 58', 75', 79'
Report Try: McKnight 70' m
Musgrave Park, Cork
Attendance: 8,008
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)

20 March 2022
20:00
France  Flag of France.svg26–22Flag of England.svg  England (1 BP)
Try: Yemsi 3' c
Reybier 62' c
Con: Barre 4'
Auriac 63'
Pen: Barre 19'
Auriac (3) 49', 65', 74'
Report Try: Arundell 52' m
Penalty try 71'
Brooke 76' c
Con: Johnson 76'
Pen: Johnson 2'
Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan
Referee: AJ Jacobs (South Africa)

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