The 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was the 10th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Wales were the defending champions. The competition was won by England, who completed a Grand Slam by winning all their five matches.
For the first time, the 2017 tournament used the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points. Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.
Participants NationStadiumHead coachCaptainHome stadiumCapacityLocation Sandy ParkNorthern Echo ArenaFranklin's Gardens 12,60010,00015,249 ExeterDarlingtonNorthampton Louis Deacon Ben Earl Stade des AlpesStade Sapiac 20,06812,600 GrenobleMontauban Florian Verhaeghe Donnybrook Stadium 6,000 Dublin Nigel Carolan Jack Kelly Stadio Giovanni MariStadio Enrico ChersoniStadio Santa Rosa 5,0002,500 LegnanoPratoCapoterra Broadwood Stadium 8,086 Cumbernauld Sean Lineen Callum Hunter-Hill Parc Eirias 6,080 Colwyn Bay Jason Strange
Table PositionNationGamesPointsTries Bonus points TotalpointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstTriesLoss 1 5 5 0 0 189 53 136 28 6 4 0 27* 2 5 3 0 2 133 127 6 17 16 2 1 15 3 5 3 0 2 174 143 31 20 20 2 0 14 4 5 3 0 2 111 122 −11 12 13 0 1 13 5 5 1 0 4 104 171 −67 14 23 2 1 7 6 5 0 0 5 61 156 −95 8 21 0 2 2Source: * England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.
Fixtures Round 1
FB 15Massimo CioffiRW 14Andrea BronziniOC 13Ludovico VaccariIC 12Marco ZanonLW 11Giovanni D'OnofrioFH 10Antonio RizziSH 9 Charly TrussardiN8 8 Giovanni Licata (c)OF 7 Lorenzo MasselliBF 6 Jacopo BianchiRL 5 Edoardo IachizziLL 4 Giordano BaldinoTP 3 Marco RiccioniHK 2 Massimo CecilianiLP 1 Daniele RimpelliReplacements:HK 16Alberto RolleroPR 17Danilo FischettiPR 18Giosuè ZilocchiLK 19Gabriele VendittiFL 20Nardo CasolariSH 21Emilio FuscoFH 22Michelangelo BiondelliCE 23Roberto Dal ZilioCoach: Alessandro Troncon FB 15Will Talbot-DaviesRW 14Jared RosserOC 13Ioan NicholasIC 12Kieran WilliamsLW 11Ryan ConbeerFH 10Ben JonesSH 9 Dane BlackerN8 8 Morgan MorrisOF 7 Will JonesBF 6 Morgan SieniawskiRL 5 Max WilliamsLL 4 Alex DombrandtTP 3 Kieron AssirattiHK 2 Ellis Shipp (c)LP 1 Rhys CarréReplacements:HK 16Corrie TarrantPR 17Steffan ThomasPR 18Christian ColemanLK 19Jack PopeN8 20Aled WardSH 21Declan SmithFH 22Phil JonesCE 23Cameron LewisCoach: Byron Hayward Twenty Welsh players made their debuts. This was the 8th consecutive victory for Wales and their 13th win against Italy in 13 matches.
FB 15RW 14OC 13IC 12LW 11FH 10SH 9 N8 8 OF 7 BF 6 RL 5 LL 4 TP 3 HK 2 (c)LP 1 Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19FL 20SH 21FH 22WG 23Coach: Eddie Jones FB 15RW 14OC 13IC 12LW 11FH 10SH 9 N8 8 OF 7 BF 6 RL 5 LL 4 TP 3 HK 2 (c)LP 1 Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18N8 19N8 20SH 21FH 22WG 23Coach: Daniel Hourcade
FB 15Tom PartonRW 14Joe CokanasigaOC 13Max WrightIC 12Will ButlerLW 11Sam Aspland-RobinsonFH 10Max MalinsSH 9 Harry RandallN8 8 Ben EarlOF 7 Zach Mercer (c)BF 6 Ben CurryRL 5 Nick IsiekweLL 4 Jack NayTP 3 Joseph MorrisHK 2 Joe MullisLP 1 Ollie DaweReplacements:HK 16Jamie BlamirePR 17Ciaran KnightPR 18Jake PopeLK 19Justin CleggFL 20Josh BaylissSH 21Alex MitchellCE 22Jacob UmagaWG 23Gabriel IbitoyeCoach: Jon Callard FB 15Romain BurosRW 14Geoffrey CrosOC 13Nathan DecronIC 12Théo MilletLW 11William IraguhaFH 10Thomas DarmonSH 9 Arthur RetièreN8 8 Julien RuaudOF 7 Alexandre Roumat (c)BF 6 Selevasio TolofuaRL 5 Mickaël CapelliLL 4 Florian VerhaegeTP 3 Corentin ChabeaudieHK 2 Florian DufourLP 1 Mathis DumainReplacements:HK 16Étienne FourcadePR 17Léo AoufPR 18Ugo BonifaceFL 19Kilian BendjaballahN8 20Baptiste PesentiSH 21Baptiste CouilloudFH 22Anthony FuertesCE 23Théo DacharyCoach: Thomas Lièvremont
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Broadcasting rights Some of the matches are broadcast on television by France 4 and Sky Sports.
See also 2017 Six Nations Championship
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