2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Rugby union tournament
2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship |
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Date | 31 January – 13 March 2020 |
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Triple Crown | Ireland |
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Matches played | 12 |
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The 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 13th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ireland were the defending champions, having won the 2019 Championship with a Grand Slam.[1]
The tournament was suspended with three games left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2] and cancelled in August with no winner announced. At the point of cancellation, Ireland had beaten the three other Home nations, and as such had won a triple crown, which is officially recognised despite the cancellation of the tournament.[3]
Participants
Nation
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Stadium
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Head coach
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Captain
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Home stadium
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Capacity
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Location
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England[4]
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Franklin's Gardens Kingsholm Stadium
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15,200 16,115
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Northampton Gloucester
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Alan Dickens
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France[5]
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Stade des Alpes Stade Maurice David Stade Aimé Giral
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20,068 6,428 14,593
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Grenoble Aix-en-Provence Perpignan
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Sébastien Piqueronies
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Ireland[6]
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Irish Independent Park
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8,008
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Cork
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Noel McNamara
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David McCann
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Italy[7]
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Stadio Mirabello Payanini Rugby Centre
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4,500
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Reggio Emilia Verona
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Fabio Roselli
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Paolo Garbisi
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Scotland [8]
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Myreside Stadium Netherdale
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5,500 4,000
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Edinburgh Galashiels
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Sean Lineen
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Wales[9]
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Eirias Stadium
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6,080
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Colwyn Bay
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Gareth Williams
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Jac Morgan
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Table
Position
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Nation
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Games
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Points
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Tries
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Bonus points
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Total points
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Played
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Won
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Drawn
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Lost
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For
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Against
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Diff
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For
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Against
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Tries
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Loss
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1 |
Ireland
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
113 |
69 |
44 |
17 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
15
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2 |
Scotland
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5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
147 |
134 |
13 |
20 |
20 |
3 |
2 |
13
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3 |
France
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4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
95 |
84 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
12
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4 |
England
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4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
93 |
103 |
−10 |
14 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
11
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5 |
Wales
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5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
83 |
138 |
−55 |
11 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
8
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6 |
Italy
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3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
65 |
68 |
−3 |
8 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
6
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Source: [1] Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
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Table ranking rules
- Four match points are awarded for a win.
- Two match points are awarded for a draw.
- A bonus match point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
- Three bonus match points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (known as a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team always ranks over a team who won four matches in which they also were awarded four try bonus points and were also awarded two bonus points in the match that they lost.
- Tie-breakers
- If two or more teams are tied on match points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
- If the above tie-breaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scored the higher number of total tries in their matches is ranked higher.
- If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title is shared between them.
Fixtures
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
See also
References
External links
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