2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date	3 February 2023 – 19 March 2023
Countries	England   France   Ireland   Italy   Scotland   Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (5th title)
Grand Slam	Ireland (4)
Triple Crown	Ireland
Matches played	15
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The 2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 16th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship for players under 20 years of age. Ireland retained the championship, their fifth, winning all five matches as they had done in the last tournament to record a fourth Grand Slam. ^{[1] [2]} Ireland became the first team to win back-to-back Grand Slams in the history of the tournament.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
England [3]	Twickenham Stoop Kingsholm Stadium Recreation Ground	14,800 16,115 14,509	London Gloucester Bath	Alan Dickens	Lewis Chessum
France [4]	Stade Armandie Stade Charles-Mathon	14,000 11,500	Agen Oyonnax	Sébastien Calvet	Nicolas Depoortere
Ireland [5]	Musgrave Park	8,008	Cork	Richie Murphy	Gus McCarthy
Italy	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	5,000	Treviso	Massimo Brunello	David Odiase
Scotland [6]	Scotstoun Stadium	9,708	Glasgow	Kenny Murray	Duncan Munn Liam McConnell
Wales [7]	Eirias Stadium	6,080	Colwyn Bay	Byron Hayward	Ryan Woodman

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points			Total points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Tries	Loss	GSB
1	Ireland (C)	5	5	0	0	239	116	+123	32	17	4	0	3	27
2	France	5	4	0	1	222	96	+126	32	13	4	1	0	21
3	Italy	5	2	0	3	148	146	+2	24	18	5	2	0	15
4	England	5	3	0	2	141	160	−19	21	21	3	0	0	15
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	90	234	−144	10	34	0	1	0	5
6	Wales	5	0	0	5	107	195	−88	14	30	1	2	0	3

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 reaches a minimum of 23 points, and thus 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 (a try bonus and a losing bonus) in the match that they lost for a total of 22 points.
• 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

3 February 2023 18:30

Italy	27–28	France
Try: Berlese 7' c Gallorini 24' m Rubinato 32' m Mey 51' m Douglas 83' m Con: Sante (1/4) 8' Bruniera (0/1) Pen: Sante (0/1)	Report	Try: Moustin 28' c penalty 38' Castro 71' m Con: Tarel (1/1) 29' Desperes (0/1) Pen: Tarel (2/3) 10', 20'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)

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3 February 2023 19:00

Wales	27–44	Ireland
Try: Hennessey 9' c Morgan 18' m, 77' c Scarfe 52' m Con: Edwards (2/4) 11', 78' Pen: Edwards (1/1) 16'	Report	Try: O'Tighearnaigh 7' c McCarthy 31' c Nicholson 54' c, 65' m Quinn 61' m McErlean 80' c Con: Prendergast (3/5) 8', 32', 55' West (1/1) 82' Pen: Prendergast (2/2) 59', 73'

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay Referee: Luc Ramos (France)

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3 February 2023 19:00

England	41–36	Scotland
Try: Hathaway 2' m, 8' c, 14' m Cunningham-South 18' c Carnduff 24' c Elliott 68' c Con: Harris (4/6) 10', 19', 26', 70' Pen: Harris (1/2) 79'	Report	Try: McLeod 6' c Brown 31' c McConnell 44' c Con: Simpson (3/3) 8', 31', 45' Pen: Simpson (5/5) 13', 41', 56', 60', 63'

Twickenham Stoop, London Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)

Week 2

10 February 2023 19:00

England	32–25	Italy
Try: Harris 8' m Ma'asi-White 12' c Elliott 38' m Cunningham-South 55' c Fasogbon 75' m Con: Harris (2) 13', 57' Pen: Harris 30'	Report	Try: Aminu 23' m, 64' m Gallorini 46' c Bozzoni 79' m Con: Bruniera 47' Pen: Sante 33'

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)

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10 February 2023 19:15

Scotland	18–17	Wales
Try: Brown 9' m Penalty try 49' Pen: Afshar 29' King 69'	Report	Try: Morse 44' c Andrew 54' c Con: Edwards 45', 55' Pen: Edwards 52'

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)

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10 February 2023 20:00

Ireland	33–31	France
Try: McCarthy 12' c Gavin 29' c Gleeson 69' c Con: Prendergast 13', 30', 70' Pen: Prendergast 10', 24', 42', 77'	Report	Try: Auradou 18' c Liufau 34' c Attissogbe 58' m Nouchi 61' m Benmegal 72' c Con: Raffy 19', 35' Reus 73'

Musgrave Park, Cork Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)

Week 3

24 February 2023 19:15

(1 BP)   Italy	27–44	Ireland (1 BP)
	Report

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,504 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

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24 February 2023 19:15

Wales	21–37	England (1 BP)
	Report

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay Attendance: 6,080 Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

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24 February 2023 19:15

(1 BP)   France	54–12	Scotland
	Report

Stade Armandie, Agen Attendance: 10,411 Referee: Frederico Vedovelli (Italy)

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Week 4

10 March 2023 19:15

(1 BP)   Italy	29–25	Wales (1 BP)
	Report

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)

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10 March 2023 19:15

Scotland	7–82	Ireland (1 BP)
	Report

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 2,792 [9] Referee: Takehito Namekawa (Japan)

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10 March 2023 20:00

England	7–42	France (1 BP)
Try: Harris 56' c Con: Harris (1/1) 57'	Report	Try: Drouet 35' c Gailleton 50' c Penverne 63' c Castro Ferreira 72' c Guilly 78' m Con: Reus (4/5) 36', 52', 64', 73' Pen: Reus (3/3) 12', 25', 49'

Recreation Ground, Bath Attendance: 11,083 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Week 5

19 March 2023 15:00

Scotland	17–40	Italy
	Report

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

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19 March 2023 18:00

Ireland	36–24	England
	Report

Musgrave Park, Cork Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Adriaan Jacobs (South Africa)

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19 March 2023 21:00

France	67–16	Wales
	Report

Stade Charles-Mathon, Oyonnax

References

1. "Ireland claim Grand Slam with England win". BBC Sport. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
2. "Ireland U-20s make it two Grand Slams in 24 hours". Irish Independent. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
3. "England name squad for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations". Under-20 Six Nations. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
4. "France squad for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations revealed". Under-20 Six Nations. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
5. "Ireland squad named for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations". Under-20 Six Nations. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
6. "Murray names Scotland squad for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations". Under-20 Six Nations. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
7. "Wales squad announced for 2023 Under-20 Six Nations". Under-20 Six Nations. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
8. "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 754. 26 February 2023. p. 38.
9. "U20s 6N: Scotland hammered by rampant Ireland". The Offside Line. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

External links

• Under-20 Six Nations