2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship explained

2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date:	4 February 2022 – 20 March 2022
Countries:
Matches:	6
Previous Year:	2021
Previous Tournament:	2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Next Year:	2023
Next Tournament:	2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

The 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship is the 15th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship contested by the under-20 national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England were the defending champions, having completed a Grand Slam in the previous tournament.^[1] Ireland won the tournament for the fourth time and due to winning all five of their matches, a third Grand Slam.^[2]

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
	Castle Park Barnet Copthall	5,000 10,500	Doncaster London	Alan Dickens^[3]	Fin Baxter^[4]
	Stade Guy Boniface Stade Aimé Giral	16,800 14,593	Mont-de-Marsan Perpignan
	Musgrave Park	8,008	Cork	Richie Murphy	Reuben Crothers
	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	5,000	Treviso	Massimo Brunello	Giacomo Ferrari
	Edinburgh Rugby Stadium	7,800	Edinburgh		Rhys Tait
	Eirias Stadium	6,080	Colwyn Bay	Byron Haywood

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points		Total points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Tries	Loss
1		5	5	0	0	210	65	145	29	9	4 (+3 Grand Slam)	0	27
2		5	4	0	1	160	86	74	17	11	3	1	20
3		5	2	0	3	133	112	21	19	13	3	2	13
4		5	3	0	2	87	113	−26	11	12	1	0	13
5		5	1	0	4	80	183	−103	11	25	1	1	6
6		5	0	0	5	72	183	−111	9	26	1	0	1
Source: https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/under-20/under-20s-table/ Updated: 20 March 2022

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 reaches a minimum of 23 points, and thus 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 (a try bonus and a losing bonus) in the match that they lost for a total of 22 points.
• 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

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Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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Week 5

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External links

• Under-20 Six Nations

Notes and References

1. Web site: White . Peter . England seal Grand Slam glory with Italy win . Under-20 Six Nations . 28 December 2021.
2. Web site: 'They bonded really tightly. It's amazing to see the provincial barriers broken down'. 21 March 2022. The 42. 23 March 2022.
3. Web site: Venues confirmed for U20s men's Six Nations . EnglandRugby . 28 December 2021.
4. News: Jaycock . Ben . England eager to crash the Irish party . The RugbyPaper . 703 . 6 March 2022 . 39.
5. Web site: Fixtures & Results . Under-20 Six Nations . 28 December 2021.
6. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 699 . 6 February 2022 . 38.
7. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 700 . 13 February 2022 . 38.
8. Web site: Fixtures & Results . Under-20 Six Nations . 28 December 2021.