2008 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

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2008 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date	1 February 2008 – 14 March 2008
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (1st title)
Grand Slam	England (1st title)
Triple Crown	England
Matches played	15
Top try scorer(s)	Noah Cato (6)
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The 2008 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the first Six Nations Under 20s Championship, a rugby union competition for under-20 national teams, played between February and March 2008. This was the first competition of the new under-20s tournament, following the merger of the under-19 and under-21 tournaments. England won the tournament along with the Grand Slam and Triple Crown.

Table[]

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	England	5	5	0	0	158	63	+95	21	10
2	Wales	5	4	0	1	106	73	+33	12	8
3	France	5	3	0	2	84	77	+7	10	6
4	Ireland	5	2	0	3	56	90	−24	3	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	54	99	−45	5	2
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	56	111	−55	3	0

Results[]

Round 1[]

1 February 2008 19:30

Scotland	6–12	France

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk

1 February 2008 19:35

Ireland	6–0	Italy

Dubarry Park, Athlone

1 February 2008 19:45

England	28–15	Wales

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester

Round 2[]

8 February 2008 19:00

France	24–13	Ireland

Stade Jacques-Fouroux, Auch

8 February 2008 19:10

Wales	27–10	Scotland

Rodney Parade, Newport

9 February 2008 15:00

Italy	13–22	England

Stadio La Sciorba, Genoa

Round 3[]

22 February 2008 19:10

Wales	33–13	Italy

Rodney Parade, Newport

22 February 2008 19:30

Ireland	17–12	Scotland

Dubarry Park, Athlone

22 February 2008 20:00

France	6–24	England

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Round 4[]

7 March 2008 19:30

Scotland	15–41	England

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk

7 March 2008 19:35

Ireland	6–11	Wales

Dubarry Park, Athlone

8 March 2008 15:00

Italy	14–26	France

Porto-Vecchio

Round 5[]

14 March 19:10

Wales	20–16	France

Rodney Parade, Newport

14 March 19:30

Italy	14–13	Scotland

Stadio Comunale, Mogliano Veneto

14 March 19:35

England	43–14	Ireland

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester

Top try scorers[]

Noah Cato (ENG) – 6

Leigh Halfpenny (WAL) – 3

Zagar, Bastareaud (both FRA), Strain (SCO), Stegmann, Ellis, Cox, Eves (all ENG) – 2

External links[]

• Historic results at sixnationsrugby.com
• Historic tables at sixnationsrugby.com