2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date	2 February – 15 March 2024
Countries	England ; France ; Ireland ; Italy ; Scotland ; Wales ;
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (10th title)
Matches played	15
Tries scored	109 (7.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jack Murphy (36)
Top try scorer(s)	Henry Pollock (3); Mathis Castro (3); Marco Scalabrin (3); Danny Sheahan (3); Freddie Douglas (3);
Official website	sixnationsrugby.com
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Last updated March 18, 2024

The 2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 17th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship for players under 20 years of age. Ireland were the reigning champions, having won the title in both 2022 and 2023. They managed four wins and a draw to match England's record for the championship, but England secured more bonus points to claim their 10th title, their first since 2021.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	England	5	4	1	0	171	98	+73	24	14	5	0	23
2	Ireland	5	4	1	0	171	93	+78	23	12	4	0	22
3	France	5	2	0	3	156	131	+25	21	18	4	2	14
4	Italy	5	2	0	3	118	120	−2	16	17	1	1	10
5	Wales	5	2	0	3	91	160	−69	14	23	2	0	10
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	74	179	−105	11	26	1	0	1

Source: Six Nations Rugby

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

The fixtures for the tournament were announced on 20 July 2023.^[1]

Week 1

2 February 2024
19:15

Italy	11–36	England (1 BP)
Try: Siciliano 67' m Pen: Pucciarello (2) 10', 18'	Report	Try: Pollock (3) 19', 33', 77' Carnduff 39' Bellamy 62' Con: Kerr (2) 20', 34' Taylor (2) 63', 78' Pen: Kerr 2'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
Referee: Evan Urruzmendi (France)

2 February 2024
19:15

(1 BP) Wales	37–29	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Anderson 17' Price (2) 28', 71' Morse 32' Ackerman 60' Lewis 76' Con: Wilde 32' Ford 72' Pen: Wilde 13'	Report	Try: Young (2) 9', 34' Douglas (2) 23', 64' Yule 44' Con: Coates 34', 44'

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

3 February 2024
20:10

(2 BP) France	31–37	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Castro (2) 11', 35' Tuifua 46' Perrin 72' Con: Raffy (4) 12', 36', 47', 73' Pen: Raffy 64'	Report	Try: Sheahan 4' Gleeson 24' Gavin 51' Treacy 67' Con: Murphy (4) 5', 25', 52', 68' Pen: Murphy (3) 42', 76', 80'

Stade Maurice David, Aix-en-Provence
Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)

Week 2

9 February 2024
19:15

(1 BP) England	28–7	Wales
Try: Wills 10' McParland 15' Jones 29' Kirk 73' Con: Bellamy 74' Pen: Taylor 45' Bellamy 59'	Report	Try: Anderson 31' Con: Wilde 32'

Recreation Ground, Bath
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)

9 February 2024
19:15

Ireland	23–22	Italy (1 BP)
Try: O'Connell 20' O'Connor 28' Edogbo 73' Con: J. Murphy 21' Pen: J. Murphy (2) 3', 60'	Report	Try: Scalabrin (2) 23', 30' Gritti 65' Con: Pucciarello (2) 24', 31' Pen: Pucciarello 34'

Musgrave Park, Cork
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

9 February 2024
20:00

Scotland	14–29	France (1 BP)
Try: Lock 52' Blyth-Lafferty 59' Con: Coates (2) 53', 60'	Report	Try: Mousques 13' Bosmorin 19' Souverbie 30' Castro 40' Con: Desperes (3) 14', 20', 42' Pen: Desperes 65'

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)

Week 3

23 February 2024
19:15

(1 BP) Ireland	43–8	Wales
Try: Edogbo 17' Gavin 39' Walker 45' Sheahan (2) 62', 66' O'Connor 73' Con: J. Murphy (4) 18', 40', 46', 63' Naughton 74' Pen: J. Murphy 7'	Report	Try: Davies 52' Pen: Wilde 14'

Musgrave Park, Cork
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)

23 February 2024
19:15

Scotland	17–30	England (1 BP)
Try: McVie 53' Douglas 64' Gwynn 75' Con: Coates 54'	Report	Try: Wright 12' Kerr 30' Carnduff 46' Michelow 58' Con: Kerr (2) 13', 47' Pen: Kerr (2) 3', 22'

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Mike English (Wales)

23 February 2024
20:00

(1 BP) France	20–23	Italy
Try: Zamora 19' Granell 44' Boirie 61' Con: Cotarmanac'h 62' Pen: Cotarmanac'h 9'	Report	Try: Casilio 5' Scalabrin 24' Botturi 70' Con: Pucciarello 71' Pen: Pucciarello (2) 17', 42'

Stade Raoul-Barrière, Béziers
Referee: Ian Kenny (Scotland)

Week 4

7 March 2024
19:45

Wales	12–45	France (1 BP)
Try: Morse 23' Page 62' Con: Price 62'	Report	Try: Mousques 9' Quere Karaba 31' Aouad 35', 39' Tolofua 59' Belaubre 73' Con: Cotarmanac'h 10', 32', 36', 40' Souverbie 60', 74' Pen: Cotarmanac'h 43'

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Takehito Namekawa (Japan)

8 March 2024
19:15

(1 BP) Italy	47–14	Scotland
Try: Gritti (2) 7', 50' Gasperini (2) 55', 59' Belloni 62' Scalabrin 77' De Villiers 80' Con: Pucciarello (6) 8', 51', 56', 61', 78', 81'	Report	Try: McVie 16' Watson 25' Con: Coates (2) 18', 26'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)

8 March 2024
19:15

(1 BP) England	32–32	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Carnduff 3' Spencer 55' James 68' Waghorn 76' Con: Kerr (3) 4', 69', 78' Pen: Kerr (2) 11', 35'	Report	Try: Treacy 15' O'Connor 28' McLaughlin 47' Walker 63' Murphy 80+2' Con: Murphy 16' Naughton 80+3' Pen: Murphy 8'

Recreation Ground, Bath
Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)

Week 5

15 March 2024
19:00

(1 BP) Ireland	36–0	Scotland
Try: McLaughlin 20' O'Connell 59' Sheahan (2) 70', 80+2' Edogbo 76' Con: Murphy (4) 21', 71', 77', 80+3' Pen: Murphy 49'	Report

Musgrave Park, Cork
Referee: Takehito Namekawa (Japan)

15 March 2024
19:30

(1 BP) Wales	27–15	Italy
Try: Thomas 46' Beddall 59' Stone 67' Young 71' Con: Ford (2) 60', 68' Pen: Ford 76'	Report	Try: Gallorini 15' Pen: Pucciarello 3'

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)

15 March 2024
20:00

(1 BP) France	31–45	England (1 BP)
Try: Ferte 12' Gourgues 24' Carbonneau 26' Castro 45' Con: Reus (4) 13', 25', 27', 46' Pen: Reus 56'	Report	Try: Redshaw 1' Isaacs (2) 36', 42' Jones 47' Pollock 58' Halliwell 69' Con: Kerr (3) 37', 43', 69' Makepeace-Cubitt 59'

Stade du Hameau, Pau
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)

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References

↑ "Under-20 Six Nations stars are back in action in 2024". Six Nations Rugby. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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[1] "Under-20 Six Nations stars are back in action in 2024". Six Nations Rugby. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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