England national under-20 rugby union team

England U-20
Union	Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	Red Rose
Ground(s)	Twickenham
Coach(es)	Mark Mapletoft
Captain(s)	Finn Carnduff
Top scorer	Tom Homer
Most tries	Jonny May
Team kit	Change kit
First international
	England 28–15 Wales ; (1 Feb 2008)
Largest win
	England 109–0 United States ; (13 June 2013)
Largest defeat
	New Zealand 64–17 England ; (18 June 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 2008)
Best result	Champions (2013, 2014, 2016)

Last updated April 12, 2024

The England Under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from England. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19s and Under 21s. They compete in the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship and World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

World Rugby Under 20 Championship

Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, in which they took second place, being defeated by New Zealand 3–38 in the final.^[2] The following year saw England finish runners up to New Zealand again at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.^[3]

At the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship, they reached the semi-finals after winning all of their pool stage games against Argentina, Ireland and France.^[4] They lost the semi-final to Australia 16–28^[5] and then lost against South Africa 22–27 to finish in 4th place.^[6] England finished runners up to New Zealand again at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.^[7]

At the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, England defeated New Zealand 33-21 in the semi-final.^[8] In the final against Wales, tries from Jack Nowell and Sam Hill saw England recover from a dozen point half-time deficit to become World Champions at junior level for the first time.^[9]

England retained their title at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship, defeating South Africa in the final.^[10] The following year saw England lose in the final of the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship to New Zealand.^[11] England hosted the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.^[12] They regained the title after defeating Ireland in the final.^[13]

England were runners up to both New Zealand at the 2017 tournament ^[14] and hosts France at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.^[15]

Championship record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
2008	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	148	104
2009	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	193	79
2010	Semi-final	4th	5	3	0	2	139	107
2011	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	153	114
2012	Pool stage	7th	5	3	0	2	128	88
2013	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	219	73
2014	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	181	78
2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	151	94
2016	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	193	61
2017	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	169	144
2018	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	174	97
2019	Pool stage	5th	5	4	0	1	181	147
2020–2022	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Semi-final	4th	5	1	2	2	155	137
Total	13/13	3 Titles	65	48	2	15	2,184	1,323

Overall

All results, up to and including the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	% Won
Argentina	3	3	0	100%
Australia	7	6	1	85.71%
Canada	1	1	0	100%
Fiji	1	1	0	100%
France	18	12	6	66.67%
Ireland	20	13	7	65.00%
Italy	18	17	1	94.45%
Japan	2	2	0	100%
New Zealand	6	1	5	16.66%
Samoa	2	2	0	100%
Scotland	17	15	2	88.23%
South Africa	11	8	3	72.72%
United States	1	1	0	100%
Wales	16	13	3	81.25%
Total	123	95	28	77.87%

Players

Current squad

This is the England Under-20s squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship.^[16]

Player	Position	Club
Nathan Jibilu	Hooker	Harlequins
Finn Theobald-Thomas	Hooker	Gloucester
Craig Wright	Hooker	Northampton Saints
Ethan Clarke	Prop	Harlequins
Afolabi Fasogbon	Prop	London Irish
James Halliwell	Prop	Bristol Bears
Archie McArthur	Prop	Gloucester
Asher Opoku-Fordjour	Prop	Sale Sharks
Harry Browne	Lock	Harlequins
Finn Carnduff	Lock	Leicester Tigers
Lewis Chessum	Lock	Leicester Tigers
Harvey Cuckson	Lock	Bath
Zach Carr	Back Row	Harlequins
Chandler Cunningham-South	Back Row	Harlequins
Greg Fisilau	Back Row	Exeter Chiefs
Nathan Michelow	Back Row	Saracens
Tristan Woodman	Back Row	Sale Sharks
Charlie Bracken	Scrum-half	Saracens
Nye Thomas	Scrum-half	Sale Sharks
Sam Harris	Fly-half	Bath
Louie Johnson	Fly-half	Newcastle Falcons
Jacob Cusick	Centre	Leicester Tigers
Joe Jenkins	Centre	Bristol Bears
Rekeiti Ma'asi-White	Centre	Sale Sharks
Toby Thame	Centre	Northampton Saints
Joseph Woodward	Centre	Leicester Tigers
Cassius Cleaves	Wing	Harlequins
Alex Wills	Wing	Sale Sharks
Tobias Elliot	Full-back	Saracens
Connor Slevin	Full-back	Harlequins

Award winners

The following England U20s players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2008:^[17]

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year
Year	Nominees	Winners
2008	Joe Simpson	—
2009	Carl Fearns	—
2011	George Ford	George Ford
2013	Jack Clifford	—
2014	Nathan Earle	—
2015	James Chisholm	James Chisholm
2016	Harry Mallinder	—
2017	Gabriel Ibitoye
2017	Zach Mercer
2018	Gabriel Ibitoye (2)
2018	Jordan Olowofela

Management

Mark Mapletoft (head coach)
Andy Titterrell (forwards coach)

Honours

Under-20 Rugby World Cup

Winners (3): 2013, 2014, 2016

Runners-up (6): 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018

Under-20 Six Nations

Winners (8): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2024

Grand Slam (4): 2008, 2011, 2017, 2021

Triple Crown (6): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021

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[1] "Steve Bates to lead the RFU's England U20s programme". Sky Sports. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[08WC-2] "England U20 3-38 NZ U20". BBC Sport. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[09WC-3] "England U20s suffer loss in Japan". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[4] "England book semi-final date with Australia". ESPN Scrum. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[5] "New Zealand and Australia set up showdown". ESPN Scrum. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[6] "England settle for fourth as Baby Blacks triumph". Six Nations Rugby. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[11WC-7] "New Zealand U20 33-22 England U20". BBC Sport. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[8] "England Under-20s beat New Zealand to reach world final". BBC Sport. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[13WC-9] "Junior World Championship: Wales U20 15-23 England U20". BBC Sport. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[14WC-10] "Junior World Championship: England 21-20 South Africa". BBC Sport. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[15WC-11] "World Rugby U20 Championship: New Zealand 21-16 England". BBC Sport. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[12] "World Rugby U20 Championship: Manchester to host 2016 event". BBC Sport. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[16WC-13] "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England beat Ireland in final". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[17WC-14] "World Under-20 Championship final: England 17-64 New Zealand". BBC Sport. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[18WC-15] "World Rugby U20 Championship: England lose out to France in final". BBC Sport. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[16] "ENGLAND U20 MEN SQUAD NAMED FOR WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". England Rugby. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[World_Rugby_Award_winners-17] "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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