2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

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2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date3 February – 17 March 2017
Countries
Tournament statistics
ChampionsEngland (6th title)
Grand SlamEngland (3rd)
Triple CrownEngland
Matches played15
Tries scored99 (6.6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Wales Ben Jones (75)
Top try scorer(s)Wales Keiran Williams (5)
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The 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was the 10th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Wales were the defending champions. The competition was won by England, who completed a Grand Slam by winning all their five matches.

For the first time, the 2017 tournament used the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments.[1] As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points.[1] Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.[1][2]

Participants[]

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 England Sandy Park
Northern Echo Arena
Franklin's Gardens 		12,600
10,000
15,249 		Exeter
Darlington
Northampton 		Louis Deacon Ben Earl
 France Stade des Alpes
Stade Sapiac 		20,068
12,600 		Grenoble
Montauban 		Florian Verhaeghe
 Ireland Donnybrook Stadium 6,000 Dublin Nigel Carolan Jack Kelly
 Italy Stadio Giovanni Mari

 5,000
2,500

 Legnano
Prato
Capoterra
 Scotland Broadwood Stadium 8,086 Cumbernauld Sean Lineen Callum Hunter-Hill
 Wales Parc Eirias 6,080 Colwyn Bay Jason Strange

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Table[]

Position Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points
Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Tries Loss
1  England 5 5 0 0 189 53 136 28 6 4 0 27*
2  France 5 3 0 2 133 127 6 17 16 2 1 15
3  Wales 5 3 0 2 174 143 31 20 20 2 0 14
4  Ireland 5 3 0 2 111 122 −11 12 13 0 1 13
5  Scotland 5 1 0 4 104 171 −67 14 23 2 1 7
6  Italy 5 0 0 5 61 156 −95 8 21 0 2 2
Source: Under-20 Six Nations, 18 March 2017

* England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.

Fixtures[]

Round 1[]

3 February 2017
18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Italy  5–27  Wales
Stadio Giovanni Mari, Legnano
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Sean Gallagher
FB 15 Massimo Cioffi
RW 14 Andrea Bronzini
OC 13 Ludovico Vaccari
IC 12 Marco Zanon
LW 11 Giovanni D'Onofrio
FH 10 Antonio Rizzi
SH 9 Charly Trussardi
N8 8 Giovanni Licata (c)
OF 7 Lorenzo Masselli
BF 6 Jacopo Bianchi
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3 Marco Riccioni
HK 2 Massimo Ceciliani
LP 1 Daniele Rimpelli
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17 Danilo Fischetti
PR 18
LK 19 Gabriele Venditti
FL 20 Nardo Casolari
SH 21
FH 22 Michelangelo Biondelli
CE 23
Coach:
Italy Alessandro Troncon
FB 15 Will Talbot-Davies
RW 14
OC 13 Ioan Nicholas
IC 12 Kieran Williams
LW 11 Ryan Conbeer
FH 10 Ben Jones
SH 9
N8 8 Morgan Morris
OF 7 Will Jones
BF 6
RL 5 Max Williams
LL 4 Alex Dombrandt
TP 3
HK 2 Ellis Shipp (c)
LP 1 Rhys Carré
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18 Christian Coleman
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21 Declan Smith
FH 22 Phil Jones
CE 23 Cameron Lewis
Coach:
Wales Byron Hayward
  • Twenty Welsh players made their debuts.
  • This was the 8th consecutive victory for Wales and their 13th win against Italy in 13 matches.[7]
3 February 2017
20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Scotland  19–20  Ireland
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Christopher Ridley (England)
FB 15
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12
LW 11
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7
BF 6
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2 (c)
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones
FB 15
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12
LW 11
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7
BF 6
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2 (c)
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
N8 19
N8 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Argentina Daniel Hourcade
4 February 2017
12:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP)  England 59–17 France 
Sandy Park, Exeter
Attendance: 6,836
Referee: Dan Jones
FB 15 Tom Parton
RW 14 Joe Cokanasiga
OC 13 Max Wright
IC 12 Will Butler
LW 11 Sam Aspland-Robinson
FH 10 Max Malins
SH 9 Harry Randall
N8 8
OF 7 Zach Mercer (c)
BF 6 Ben Curry
RL 5 Nick Isiekwe
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie Blamire
PR 17 Ciaran Knight
PR 18
LK 19 Justin Clegg
FL 20
SH 21 Alex Mitchell
CE 22 Jacob Umaga
WG 23 Gabriel Ibitoye
Coach:
England Jon Callard
FB 15 Romain Buros
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12
LW 11
FH 10 Thomas Darmon
SH 9 Arthur Retière
N8 8
OF 7 Alexandre Roumat (c)
BF 6 Selevasio Tolofua
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
FL 19
N8 20 Baptiste Pesenti
SH 21 Baptiste Couilloud
FH 22
CE 23
Coach:
France Thomas Lièvremont

Round 2[]

10 February 2017
18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Italy  26–27  Ireland
, Prato
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Adam Jones
10 February 2017
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  21–37  England (BP)
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frank Murphy
10 February 2017
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) France  36–8  Scotland
Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sean Gallagher

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Round 3[]

24 February 2017
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) England  46–0  Italy
Northern Echo Arena, Darlington
Attendance: 6,319
Referee: Sam Gove-White
24 February 2017
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  27–22  France (BP)
Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin
Attendance: 4,521[9]
Referee: Tom Foley
24 February 2017
20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Scotland  34–65  Wales (BP)
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Referee: Thomas Charabas

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Round 4[]

10 March 2017
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Italy  13–18  France
, Cagliari
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Mikw Adamson
11 March 2017
18:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) England  33–5  Scotland
11 March 2017
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Wales  41–27  Ireland
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
Attendance: 2,700

[11]

Round 5[]

17 March 2017
18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Ireland  10–14  England
Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin
Referee: Pierre Brousset
17 March 2017
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) France  40–20  Wales
Stade Sapiac, Montauban
Referee: Mike Adamson
17 March 2017
20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
(BP) Scotland  38–17  Italy

[12]

Broadcasting rights[]

Some of the matches are broadcast on television by France 4 and Sky Sports.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Guinness Six Nations Rugby News".
  2. ^ "Six Nations: Bonus-point system introduced for 2017 tournament". BBC Sport. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ Verdier, Nick (29 January 2017). "Magnificent seven ride again for Wales". The RugbyPaper. No. 437. p. 31.
  4. ^ "Fixtures & Results". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ^ "England U20 name side for France". The RugbyPaper. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  6. ^ Baker, Ben. "Wales Under-20s run in eight tries to beat Scotland". RBS Six nations. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. ^ Gillespie, Graeme. "REPORT: Lethal Conbeer steers Wales U20 to victory". WRU. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Six Nations". The RugbyPaper. No. 439. 12 February 2017. pp. 12 & 38.
  9. ^ "Match Report". RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 441. 26 February 2017. p. 38.
  11. ^ "U20 Six Nations". The RugbyPaper. No. 443. 12 March 2017. pp. 14 & 38.
  12. ^ "U20 Six Nations". The RugbyPaper. No. 444. 19 March 2017. pp. 14 & 40.

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