2024 U20 Rugby Championship

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2024 U20 Rugby Championship
Tournament details
HostFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Date2–12 May 2024
CountriesFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored37 (6.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Rossetto (20)
Most triesFlag of Argentina.svg Franco Rossetto (4)
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The 2024 U20 Rugby Championship was the first edition of the rugby union competition, the U20 Rugby Championship, the under-20 equivalent of The Rugby Championship, played by senior men's teams of Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The first edition consisted of three rounds in which all teams played each other at a single venue (in Australia), with the table leaders New Zealand being crowned winners. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Venue

The venue was announced in March 2024 to be the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina, located in South East Queensland. [1] [2]

Bokarina (Sunshine Coast)
Sunshine Coast Stadium
Capacity: 10,000
Sunshine Coast Stadium.jpg

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATBLBPts
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (C)32109258+341371011
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31116265−389017
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 31027379−61010116
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)31025580−25611004
Source: All Rugby
(C) Champion; (H) Host

Fixtures

Round 1

2 May
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg13–13Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Try: Solomon 53' m
Vaenuku 78' m
Con: Simpson (0/2)
Pen: Hutchinson (1/2) 30'		 Report Try: Leotlela 58' c
Con: Sefoor (1/1) 59'
Pen: Sefoor (2/3) 57', 63'
Cards: van Heerden Yellow card.svg 72'
Sunshine Coast Stadium [1] [5] [6]
Referee: Jordan Kaminski (Australia)
2 May
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6–25Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (1 BP)
Pen: Fowler (2/3) 7', 59'
Cards: Harley Yellow card.svg 36' to 46'		 Report Try: Rapetti 38' c
Pedro Bernasconi 42' m
Rossi 77' c
Con: Di Lucca (1/2) 39'
Fossati (1/1) 78'
Pen: Di Lucca (2/4) 9', 45'
Cards: Sánchez Valarolo Yellow card.svg 50' to 60'
Sunshine Coast Stadium [5] [6]
Referee: Griffin Colby (South Africa)

Round 2

7 May
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)
(1 BP) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg43–20Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Try: Pledger (2) 1' c, 62' c
Wrampling-Alec (2) 5' c, 24' c
A. Smith 44' c
O'Donovan 67' m
Con: Simpson (5/5) 1', 6', 25', 45', 63'
Grant (0/1)
Pen: Simpson (1/1) 35'		 Report Try: Elías 29' m
Manuel Vivas 50' m
Torrado 55' c
Con: Fossati (0/2)
Di Lucca (1/1) 56'
Pen: Fossati (1/2) 19'
Cards: Asevedo Yellow card.svg 23' to 33'
Sunshine Coast Stadium [5] [6]
Referee: George Myers (Australia)
7 May
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg24–19Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (1 BP)
Try: Wilcox (2) 34' c, 65' c
Penalty try 72'
Con: Wilcox (1/1) 35'
Fowler (1/1) 66'
Pen: Gray (1/2) 28'		 Report Try: van Heerden 31' c
Bester (2) 62' c, 77' m
Con: Williams (2/3) 32', 63'
Cards: Maqubela Red card.svg 19'
Hlekani Yellow card.svg 73'
Sunshine Coast Stadium [5] [6]
Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)

Round 3

12 May
13:30 AEST (UTC+10)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg30–28Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (1 BP)
Try: Julius 1' c
Jacobs 47' c
Badenhorst 58' m
Porthen 70' m
Con: van Niekerk (2/4) 2', 48'
Pen: van Niekerk (2/2) 68', 81'
Cards: Ezekiel Ngobeni Yellow card.svg 33' to 43'		 Report Try: Rossetto (4) 27' c, 35' c, 42' c, 74' c
Con: Rodríguez (3/3) 28', 36', 43'
Di Lucca (1/1) 75'
Pen: Rodríguez (0/1)
Di Lucca (0/1)
Drop: Rodríguez (0/1)
Cards: Gael Galván Yellow card.svg 67' to 77'
Sunshine Coast Stadium [5] [6]
Referee: Dan Waenga (New Zealand)
12 May
15:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg25–36Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Try: Sawers 49' c
McCulloch (2) 56' c, 59' m
Con: McLaughlin-Phillips (2/3) 49', 57'
Pen: McLaughlin-Phillips (2/2) 4', 30'		 Report Try: Solomon (2) 18' m, 36' c
Pledger 43' c
Letiu 66' c
Taele 77' c
Con: Simpson (3/4) 37', 44', 67'
Coles (1/1) 78'
Pen: Coles (1/1) 72'
Cards: Maxwell Yellow card.svg 53' to 63'
Simpson Yellow card.svg 69' to 79'
Sunshine Coast Stadium [5] [6]
Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Statistics

As of 12 May 2024. [7]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "U20 Rugby Championship launched to bridge growing gap with northern hemisphere" . Daily Maverick . 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Junior Boks to open U20 Rugby Championship against NZ". SuperSport . MultiChoice. 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Mostert, Herman (27 March 2024). "Junior Springboks to open U20 Rugby Championship campaign against New Zealand". News24 . Naspers. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "SANZAAR CONFIRMS THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER-20 MATCH SCHEDULE AND VENUE". super.rugby. SANZAAR. 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Williamson, Nathan (27 March 2024). "U20s Rugby Championship confirmed for Sunshine Coast". rugby.com.au.
  7. ↑ "U20 Rugby Championship". Archived from the original on 8 January 2025.
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