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2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
| Tournament details |
|---|
| Georgia |
| 31 May – 18 June 2017 |
| 12 |
| New Zealand |
| England |
| South Africa |
| France |
| 30 |
| 239 (7.97 per match) |
| Tiaan Falcon (69) |
| Juarno Augustus (7) |
| ← 2016 2018 → |
The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Georgia by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.
The following teams participated in the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship:
| Pool | Team | No of Tournaments | Position 2016 | Position 2017 | Previous best result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Australia | 10 | 6th | 6th | Runner-up (2010) | |
| A | England | 10 | 1st | 2nd | Champions (2013, 2014, 2016) | |
| A | Samoa | 7 | DNP | 12th | Eighth (2014) | Promoted from 2016 World Rugby Under 20 TrophyRelegated to 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy |
| A | Wales | 10 | 7th | 7th | Runner-up (2013) | |
| B | Ireland | 10 | 2nd | 9th | Runner-up (2016) | |
| B | Italy | 8 | 11th | 8th | Eleventh (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016) | |
| B | New Zealand | 10 | 5th | 1st | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015) | |
| B | Scotland | 10 | 8th | 5th | Eighth (2015, 2016) | |
| C | Argentina | 10 | 3rd | 11th | Third (2016) | |
| C | France | 10 | 9th | 4th | Fourth (2011, 2015) | |
| C | Georgia | 2 | 10th | 10th | Tenth (2016) | |
| C | South Africa | 10 | 4th | 3rd | Champions (2012) |
The following officials will oversee the thirty matches:
The fixtures were released in September 2016.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams advanced to finals | |
| Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs | |
| Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs |
All times are in Georgian Standard Time (UTC+04)
Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:
- 4 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
- 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
- 0 points for a loss above 7 points
If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:
- The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
- The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
- The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
- The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
- The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
- If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.
Team
Pld
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
TF
TA
BP
Pts
England
3 3 0 0 128 58 +70 18 6 2 14
Australia
3 2 0 1 76 63 +13 8 7 2 10
Wales
3 1 0 2 93 78 +15 13 9 2 6
Samoa
3 0 0 3 63 161 –98 7 24 1 1
| 13:00 | Try: Crossdale (2) 2' m, 51' mMercer (2) 9' c, 34' cMalins 12' mMitchell 21' mMorris (2) 27' c, 67' cIbitoye (2) 38' c, 69' cStreet 42' mKnight 60' cCon: Malins (4/7) 10', 28', 35', 39'Umaga (3/5) 61', 67', 70' | Match details | Try: Filipo (2) 64' c, 72' cCon: Paisami (2/2) 65', 73'Pen: Ene (1/2) 25' | Referee: Dan Jones |
| 20:30 | Try: Hutchison 35' cJohnson-Holmes 58' cPerese 77' cCon: Goddard (1/1) 36'Nucifora (2/2) 60', 79'Pen: Goddard (1/2) 30' | Match details | Try: Lewis 4' cBlacker 55' cCon: Robson (2/2) 5', 56'Drop: Robson (1/1) 76' | Referee: Frank Murphy |
| 15:30 | Try: Hutchison 11' mRiley 47' cTupou 54' mMcNamara 59' cCon: Nucifora (1/2) 48'Goddard (1/2) 59'Pen: Nucifora (1/2) 15'Goddard (2/2) 70', 80' | Match details | Try: Teleʻa 17' cPohla (2) 42' m, 65' mCon: Paisami (1/2) 19'Pen: Paisami (1/3) 35'Ene (2/2) 72', 76' | Referee: Jaco van Heerden |
| 20:30 | Try: Clegg 10' cIbitoye (2) 13' c, 28' cMitchell 65' cCon: Malins (4/4) 10', 13', 30', 66'Pen: Malins (1/2) 33'Drop: Malins (1/1) 69' | Match details | Try: Assiratti 39' cPenalty try 48'Goodchild 76' mCon: Robson (1/1) 40'Pen: Robson (1/1) 6' | Referee: Pierre Brousset |
| 13:00 | Try: Rosser 10' cWard 20' cLewis-Hughes (2) 29' c, 49' mMoore 39' cBlacker 70' cGriffiths 74' cGoodchild 80' cCon: B. Jones (5/6) 10', 20', 29', 40', 71'Robson (2/2) 75', 80' | Match details | Try: Pohla 56' cEnoka 67' cCon: Ene (2/2) 58', 68'Pen: Ene (2/2) 5', 9' | Referee: Jamie Nutbrown |
| 20:30 | Try: Ibitoye 23' cStreet 51' cCon: Malins (2/2) 24', 52'Pen: Brophy-Clews (1/1) 7'Malins (1/1) 78' | Match details | Try: Tuipulotu 9' cCon: Goddard (1/1) 10'Pen: Goddard (3/4) 2', 15', 21'Nucifora (1/2) 72' | Referee: Mike Adamson |
Team
Pld
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
TF
TA
BP
Pts
New Zealand
3 3 0 0 179 49 +130 26 7 3 15
Scotland
3 2 0 1 69 86 –17 11 10 1 9
Italy
3 1 0 2 64 106 –42 8 14 2 6
Ireland
3 0 0 3 52 123 –71 5 19 2 2
| 13:00 | Try: Faingaanuku (3) 2' c, 25' c, 80' mAumua 13' mPapalii 45' mLeger 50' cCon: Falcon (3/6) 4', 25', 51'Pen: Falcon (2/3) 43', 57' | Match details | Try: Renwick 11' mGraham 19' mHenderson 66' cCon: Henderson (1/1) 67'Pen: Eastgate (1/1) 41' | Referee: Tom Foley |
| 15:30 | Try: Nash (2) 41' m, 46' cCon: Dean (1/2) 47'Pen: Dean (2/3) 27', 63'Frawley (1/2) 70' | Match details | Try: Fischetti 10' mBianchi 16' cCioffi 76' cCon: Rizzi (1/2) 18'Cioffi (1/1) 77'Drop: Rizzi (1/1) 28' | Referee: Mike Adamson |
| 13:00 | Try: Stafford 21' cKelly (2) 57' c, 75' mCon: Dean (1/1) 22'Tynan (1/2) 58'Pen: Dean (2/2) 17', 51'Tynan (1/1) 67' | Match details | Try: McCann 28' cRenwick 39' mGraham 53' cEastgate 61' mNairn 68' mCon: Eastgate (2/5) 29', 54'Pen: Eastgate (1/1) 47' | Referee: Dan Jones |
| 15:30 | Try: Jordan 9' cLeger 16' cClarke (2) 20' c, 42' cNareki 28' mEnnor 32' cRakete-Stones 66' cTua 69' mChoat 79' cCon: Falcon (5/6) 10', 18', 21', 33', 42'Leger (2/3) 67', 80'Pen: Falcon (3/3) 4', 8', 52' | Match details | Try: Cornelli 1' cCannone 14' cLamaro 38' cRollero 48' mCon: Di Marco (3/4) 2', 15', 39' | Referee: Pablo de Luca |
| 13:00 | Try: Nairn 6' mCrosbie 15' cDodd 65' mCon: Eastgate (1/2) 16' | Match details | Try: Zanon 10' cCon: Rizzi (1/1) 11'Pen: Rizzi (3/3) 36', 50', 57' | Referee: Nic Berry |
| 15:30 | Pen: Fitzgerald (1/1) 4' | Match details | Try: Clarke (3) 10' c, 36' m, 60' cJordan (3) 17' m, 23' c, 77' cEnnor 21' cChristie 42' cEnari 43' mMcKay 67' cFalcon 72' mCon: Falcon (7/11) 11', 22', 25', 43', 61', 68', 77' | Referee: Jaco van Heerden |
Team
Pld
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
TF
TA
BP
Pts
South Africa
3 2 1 0 133 51 +82 19 7 2 12
France
3 2 1 0 103 48 +55 14 5 1 11
Argentina
3 1 0 2 76 124 –48 10 16 2 6
Georgia
3 0 0 3 40 129 –89 4 19 0 0
| 15:30 | Try: Augustus (2) 1' c, 80' cCon: Bosch (2/2) 1', 80'Pen: Bosch (3/3) 6', 46', 62' | Match details | Try: Buros 7' mDufour 27' cCouilloud 41' mCon: Ntamack (1/3) 28'Drop: Ntamack (2/2) 48', 54' | Referee: Nic Berry |
| 18:00 | Try: Kremer 6' mGonzález 11' mRuiz 25' cSauze 61' cStávile 67' cCon: Albornoz (2/4) 26', 62'Daireaux (1/1) 68'Pen: Albornoz (2/3) 44', 46' | Match details | Try: Kveseladze 65' cTcheishvili 71' cCon: Aprasidze (1/1) 66'Gogoladze (1/1) 72'Pen: Aprasidze (4/4) 5', 18' 33', 37' | Referee: Pierre Brousset |
| 13:00 | Try: Daireaux (2) 35' c, 44' cOviedo 67' mCon: Carreras (1/1) 36'Daireaux (1/2) 45'Pen: Albornoz (1/1) 74'Drop: Albornoz (1/1) 76' | Match details | Try: Ngandebe 51' cBoniface 64' mMauvaka 80' mCon: Arrate (1/2) 52'Pen: Ntamack (1/1) 3'Arrate (2/2) 59', 71' | Referee: Jamie Nutbrown |
| 18:00 | Try: Augustus 16' cSimelane (2) 34' c, 56' cLibbok (2) 36' m, 69' cPenxe 54' mCon: Cilliers (2/3) 17', 35'Bosch (2/3) 58', 70' | Match details | Try: Tabidze 29' cGogoladze 64' cCon: Aprasidze (2/2) 30', 65' | Referee: Tom Foley |
| 15:30 | Try: Luna 14' cMalanos 29' cCon: Albornoz (2/2) 14', 30' | Match details | Try: Grobbelaar (2) 5' c, 9' mLombard (2) 16' c, 51' mWillemse 35' mPenxe 38' cAugustus 42' cPapier 57' cLibbok 73' mDe Villiers 74' cCilliers 78' cCon: Bosch (7/11) 6', 17', 38', 43', 58', 75', 79'Pen: Bosch (1/2) 47' | Referee: Frank Murphy |
| 18:00 | Try: Couilloud 2' cBoniface 5' cMauvaka 11' cJalibert 36' cDecron 48' mTolofua 52' cRoumat 64' cPesenti 80' cCon: Jalibert (6/7) 3', 6', 12', 37', 54', 65'Arrate (1/1) 80' | Match details | Referee: Pablo de Luca |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | 9th place | |||||
| Ireland | 52 | |||||
| Samoa | 26 | |||||
| Ireland | 24 | |||||
| Georgia | 18 | |||||
| Argentina | 25 | |||||
| Georgia | 26 | |||||
| 11th place | ||||||
| Samoa | 42 | |||||
| Argentina | 53 |
| 13:00 | Try: Kelleher (2) 4' c, 60' cCooper 10' mWycherley 20' cDowling 38' cNash 40' mFrawley 64' cDoris 77' cCon: Dean (6/8) 4', 20', 39', 61', 65', 78' | Match details | Try: Solipo 32' mEnoka 57' cAh See 68' cIelemia 80' cCon: Ene (3/4) 58', 69', 80' | Referee: Tom Foley |
| 15:30 | Try: Delguy 16' mFerrario 41' cMalanos 80' cCon: Daireaux (2/2) 42', 80'Pen: Albornoz (2/2) 10', 20' | Report | Try: Saghinadze 3' cSpanderashvili 12' cCon: Aprasidze (2/2) 4', 13'Pen: Aprasidze (4/6) 25', 34', 38', 76' | Referee: Jaco van Heerden |
| 12:00 | Try: Paisami (2) 32' c, 71' cEnoka 43' cMoore 48' cFonoti 77' cPohla 80' cCon: Paisami (5/5) 33', 44', 48', 71', 77'Tinei (1/1) 80' | Match details | Try: J. González 7' cDelguy (2) 11' c, 36' cL. González (2) 14' c, 60' cAlbornoz 45' cMalanos 74' mCon: Albornoz (6/7) 8', 12', 15', 37', 46', 61'Pen: Albornoz (2/2) 2', 64' | Referee: Pierre Brousset |
| 13:00 | Try: Tynan 20' cDoris 44' cBoyle 49' cCon: Dean (3/3) 21', 45', 50'Pen: Dean (1/1) 73' | Match details | Try: Gogichashvili 31' cAprasidze 54' cCon: Aprasidze (1/1) 32'Abzhandadze (1/1) 55'Pen: Aprasidze (2/2) 27', 60' | Referee: Pablo de Luca |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | 5th place | |||||
| Australia | 42 | |||||
| Italy | 19 | |||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||
| Scotland | 24 | |||||
| Scotland | 29 | |||||
| Wales | 25 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| Italy | 24 | |||||
| Wales | 25 |
| 15:30 | Try: Perese (3) 4' c, 8' c, 46' cGoddard 53' cTuipulotu 55' cHewat 77' cCon: Goddard (5/5) 5', 9', 48', 53', 56'Nucifora (1/1) 78' | Match details | Try: Dal Zilio (2) 34' m, 68' cD'Onofrio 37' cCon: Rizzi (2/3) 38', 69'Pen: Di Marco (0/1) | Referee: Dan Jones |
| 18:00 | Try: Graham (2) 20' c, 75' cMcCann 27' cHunter-Hill 34' mCon: Eastgate (3/4) 21', 28', 76'Pen: Eastgate (1/1) 55' | Match details | Try: W. Jones 14' mNicholas 30' cRobson 69' cCon: Robson (2/3) 30', 70'Pen: Robson (2/2) 51', 57' | Referee: Pierre Brousset |
| 17:00 | Try: Bradbury 29' cConbeer 38' mP. Jones 67' cCon: Robson (2/3) 30', 68'Pen: Robson (1/1) 18'P. Jones (1/1) 74' | Match details | Try: D'Onofrio 41' cSchiabel 61' mCon: Rizzi (1/2) 42'Pen: Rizzi (4/5) 6', 16', 33', 51' | Referee: Jaco van Heerden |
| 14:30 | Try: Nairn 47' cShiel (2) 56' c, 80' cCon: Eastgate (3/3) 49', 57', 80'Pen: Eastgate (1/2) 38' | Match details | Try: Goddard (2) 23' c, 59' cCon: Goddard (2/2) 24', 60'Pen: Goddard (1/2) 27' | Referee: Jamie Nutbrown |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| England | 24 | |||||
| South Africa | 22 | |||||
| England | 17 | |||||
| New Zealand | 64 | |||||
| New Zealand | 39 | |||||
| France | 26 | |||||
| 3rd place | ||||||
| South Africa | 37 | |||||
| France | 15 |
| 18:00 | Try: Mercer (2) 2' c, 75' cMitchell 15' cCon: Malins (3/3) 3', 16', 76'Pen: Malins (1/2) 20' | Match details | Try: Augustus (2) 9' c, 40' mVan Heerden 55' cCon: Bosch (2/3) 10', 56'Pen: Bosch (1/1) 72' | Referee: Frank Murphy |
| 20:30 | Try: Jordan 6' cFalcon 10' mPapalii 23' cClarke 33' cAumua 45' cCon: Falcon (4/5) 8', 24', 35', 46'Pen: Falcon (2/2) 2', 77' | Match details | Try: Couilloud 49' cPesenti 51' cMauvaka 63' mTauzin 69' cCon: Arrate (3/4) 50', 53', 70' | Referee: Mike Adamson |
| 15:30 | Try: Van Heerden 15' cGrobbelaar (2) 41' c, 65' mBrits 52' cAugustus 71' mCon: Libbok (3/5) 15', 42', 53'Pen: Libbok (2/2) 48', 60' | Match details | Try: Mauvaka 27' mCouilloud 77' cCon: Couilloud (1/2) 77'Pen: Couilloud (1/1) 34' | Referee: Tom Foley |
| 18:00 | Try: Earl 18' cMitchell 52' mBayliss 71' mCon: Malins (1/3) 19' | Match details | Try: Papalii 4' mRakete-Stones 9' cAumua (3) 25' c, 37' c, 60' mWalker-Leawere 28' cJacobson (2) 40' c, 78' cMcKay 46' mChristie 67' cCon: Perofeta (7/10) 10', 27', 29', 39', 40', 67', 80' | Referee: Nic Berry |
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