2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

The 2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was the 11th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. England were the defending champions.

2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date	2 February – 16 March 2018
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Tries scored	89 (7.42 per match)
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Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
England	Kingston Park Ricoh Arena	10,200 32,609	Newcastle Coventry	Steve Bates	Ben Earl
France	Stade Chaban-Delmas Stade Jean Laville Stade de la Méditerranée	34,694 13,872 18,555	Bordeaux Gueugnon Beziers
Ireland	Donnybrook Stadium	6,000	Dublin	Noel McNamara	Tommy O'Brien
Italy	Stadio Enzo Bearzot Stadio della Vittoria	1,000 40,400	Gorizia Bari	Fabio Roselli	Michele Lamaro
Scotland	Broadwood Stadium Myreside	8,086 5,500	Cumbernauld Edinburgh	Stevie Scott[1]	Robbie Smith
Wales	Parc Eirias	6,080	Colwyn Bay	Jason Strange	Tommy Reffell

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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	France	5	4	0	1	211	80	131	30	8	4	0	20
2	England	5	4	0	1	151	74	77	19	9	3	1	20
3	Ireland	5	2	0	3	145	182	−37	21	26	3	1	12
4	Italy	5	2	0	3	126	181	−55	17	27	2	1	11
5	Wales	5	2	0	3	99	120	−21	14	16	2	0	10
6	Scotland	5	1	0	4	102	197	−95	13	27	1	1	6
Source:

Fixtures

Round 1

2 February 2018 18:00 GMT (UTC+1)

Italy	17 – 27	England (BP)
Try: Luccardi 40' c Penalty 77' Con: Rizzi (1/1) Pen: Rizzi (1/1) 57'	[5]	Try: Earl 19' m White 48' c Parton 50' c Loader 61' m Con: Grayson (2/4) Pen: Grayson (1/1) 3'

Stadio Enzo Bearzot, Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)

2 February 2018 20:00 GMT (UTC+1)

(BP) France	34 – 24	Ireland
Try: Ntamack (2) 13' c, 29' c Diallo 26' m Gimbert 63' m Bamba 78' c Con: Ntamack (2/3) Carbonel (1/2) Pen: Ntamack (1/1) 3'	[6]	Try: Penalty 53' Stewart 59' c McCarthy 72' c Con: Byrne (2/2) Pen: Byrne (1/1) 23'

Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Referee: Christopher Ridley (England)

2 February 2018 20:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(BP) Wales	36 – 3	Scotland
Try: Morgan 3' c Goodchild 24' m Baldwin (2) 27' c, 77' c Davis 71' c Con: C. Evans (4/5) Pen: C. Evans (1/1) 62'	[7]	Pen: Dewhirst (1/2) 20'

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

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Round 2

9 February 2018 19:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(BP) Ireland	38 – 34	Italy (2 BP)
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Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin

9 February 2018 19:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(BP) England	37 – 12	Wales
	[9]

Kingston Park, Newcastle

9 February 2018 19:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	19 – 69	France (BP)
	[10]

Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

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Round 3

23 February 2018 18:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(BP) France	78 – 12	Italy

Stade Jean-Laville, Gueugnon

23 February 2018 19:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(2 BP) Ireland	38 – 41	Wales (BP)

Donnybrook, Dublin

23 February 2018 19:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(BP) Scotland	24 – 17	England (BP)

Myreside, Edinburgh

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Round 4

9 March 2018 19:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(BP) Ireland	30 – 25	Scotland (BP)

Donnybrook, Dublin

9 March 2018 19:15 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	7 – 18	Italy

Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay

9 March 2018 20:00 GMT (UTC+1)

France	6 – 22	England

Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

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Round 5

16 March 2018 15:00 GMT (UTC+1)

(BP) Italy	45 – 31	Scotland

Stadio della Vittoria, Bari

16 March 2018 20:00 GMT (UTC+0)

(BP)England	48 – 15	Ireland

Ricoh Arena, Coventry

16 March 2018 20:15 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	3 – 24	France (BP)

Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay