Australian Youth Rugby Championships

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Logo introduced in 2018
Sport Rugby union
Inaugural season2014
(National U20s)
CountryAustralia
Holders New South Wales
(2022)

The Under-19s Rugby Championship is an Australian rugby union competition for men's youth teams that forms part of the pathway for selection to the Junior Wallabies. The competition is hosted annually by Rugby Australia and players must meet an under-19 age requirement. Previously, this tournament was played closer in time to the World Junior Championship and used an under-20 age requirement. [1]

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History

National U20s

The first National U20 Rugby Championship was played in 2014, [2] [3] and was contested by teams from New South Wales, Queensland and an Australian Barbarians side (selected from the other states and territories). National under-20 teams from the Pacific islands were also invited to play matches. [4] [5]

The competition was played over two stages, with a Southern States U20 Championship held in March for teams from ACT, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, as well as New South Wales Country and Queensland Country. [6] A representative team from that tournament was selected to participate in the National U20 Championship's top division. [7]

Logo for 2016-2017. Super U20s Championship logo.png
Logo for 2016–2017.

Super U20s

The Super Under 20s Championship was launched in 2016, with teams from Australia's five Super Rugby franchises competing. [8] Matches were scheduled as curtain-raisers to home games hosted by the Super Rugby teams, with the tournament played as a single round-robin followed by a final between the top two sides to determine the champion team. [8]

U19s Rugby Championship

In 2018 the competition was changed to an Under-19 championship played six months earlier in the lead in to the Junior Wallabies campaign for the Oceania and World Rugby tournaments. [1]

Teams

The teams playing in the Under-19s Rugby Championship are:

Following the tournament, an initial squad for the Junior Wallabies team is selected from the best players. The Australian team competes in the Oceania U20 and World Rugby U20 championships.

Champions

Year# of
Teams		FinalRefs
WinnerScoreRunner-up
National Under 20s Championship
20144 New South Wales Flag of New South Wales.svg round
robin		 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland [3]
20155 New South Wales Flag of New South Wales.svg round
robin		 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland [9]
Super Under 20s Championship
20165 Queensland Flag of Queensland.svg 35–5 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Rebels [10]
20175 Queensland Flag of Queensland.svg 49–19 Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales [11]
U19s Rugby Championship
20188 Brisbane City Flag of Queensland.svg 41–7 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Country [12]
20198 Brisbane City Flag of Queensland.svg 43–19 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney [13]
Tournaments cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic   [14]
20225 New South Wales Flag of New South Wales.svg 44–31 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland [15]
20235 Australian Capital Territory Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg 20–12 Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales [16]
20246 Australian Capital Territory Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg 40–31 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland [17]


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