2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Rugby union championship
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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.
Date2 February – 16 March 2018
Matches played12
Tries scored89 (7.42 per match)
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 |
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 |
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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) |