2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship explained

2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Date:	3 February 2023 – 19 March 2023
Countries:
Count:	5
Grand Slam:	(4)
Matches:	15
Previous Year:	2022
Previous Tournament:	2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Next Year:	2024
Next Tournament:	2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

The 2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 16th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship for players under 20 years of age. Ireland retained the championship, their fifth, winning all five matches as they had done in the last tournament to record a fourth Grand Slam.^{[1] [2]} Ireland became the first team to win back-to-back Grand Slams in the history of the tournament.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
^[3]	Twickenham Stoop Kingsholm Stadium Recreation Ground	14,800 16,115 14,509	London Gloucester Bath	Alan Dickens	Lewis Chessum
^[4]	Stade Armandie Stade Charles-Mathon	14,000 11,500	Agen Oyonnax	Sébastien Calvet	Nicolas Depoortere
^[5]	Musgrave Park	8,008	Cork	Richie Murphy	Gus McCarthy
	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	5,000	Treviso	Massimo Brunello	David Odiase
^[6]	Scotstoun Stadium	9,708	Glasgow	Kenny Murray	Duncan Munn Liam McConnell
^[7]	Eirias Stadium	6,080	Colwyn Bay	Byron Hayward	Ryan Woodman

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points			Total points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Tries	Loss
1	(C)	5	5	0	0	239	116	+123	32	17	4	0	3	27
2		5	4	0	1	222	96	+126	32	13	4	1	0	21
3		5	2	0	3	148	146	+2	24	18	5	2	0	15
4		5	3	0	2	141	160	−19	21	21	3	0	0	15
5		5	1	0	4	90	234	−144	10	34	0	1	0	5
6		5	0	0	5	107	195	−88	14	30	1	2	0	3

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: Ireland claim Grand Slam with England win. 19 March 2023. BBC Sport. 22 March 2023.
2. Web site: Ireland U-20s make it two Grand Slams in 24 hours. 19 March 2023. Irish Independent. 22 March 2023.
3. Web site: 9 January 2023 . England name squad for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations . 1 February 2023 . Under-20 Six Nations .
4. Web site: 20 January 2023 . France squad for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations revealed . 1 February 2023 . Under-20 Six Nations .
5. Web site: 18 January 2023 . Ireland squad named for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations . 1 February 2023 . Under-20 Six Nations .
6. Web site: 27 January 2023 . Murray names Scotland squad for 2023 Under-20s Six Nations . 1 February 2023 . Under-20 Six Nations .
7. Web site: 27 January 2023 . Wales squad announced for 2023 Under-20 Six Nations . 1 February 2023 . Under-20 Six Nations .
8. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 754 . 26 February 2023 . 38.